Based On Two Assumptions MCQs Section 2 Practice Questions Answers Test With Solutions & More Shortcuts

DIRECTIONS:

In each question be low is given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.

Give your answer as;

  1. if only assumption I is implicit.
  2. if only assumption II is implicit.
  3. if either I or II is implicit.
  4. if neither I nor II is implicit.
  5. if both I and II are implicit.

Question : 21

Statement:
“No matter which career path you choose in photography, there are skills you need in order to succeed: visual skills, technical, camera and lighting skills and digital imaging skills besides the most important element of success
— proper training.”
— View of Mr Z
Assumptions:
I. A strong sense of visual style and compositional skills in addition to training in the technical intricacies of photography may make a photographer more successful.
II. A sound education provided by a quality photography training can help one to gain the skills one needs to succeed.

a) if only assumption I is implicit.

b) if only assumption II is implicit.

c) if either I or II is implicit.

d) if neither I nor II is implicit.

e) if both I and II are implicit.

Answer: (e)

I is implicit; that is why the speaker mentions the desired skills in addition to proper training. Again, why does an entrant need a proper training? Obviously, the speaker must be assuming II also.

Question : 22

Statement:
Democracy will suffer great damage if the all-pervading nexus between criminals and politicians is not effectively questioned by enlightened people from all walks of life.
Assumptions:
I. Criminalisation of politics will give a major blow to the rule of law.
II. It is only in the hands of the people to break the nexus between politicians and criminals.

a) if only assumption I is implicit.

b) if only assumption II is implicit.

c) if either I or II is implicit.

d) if neither I nor II is implicit.

e) if both I and II are implicit.

Answer: (e)

Why does the speaker want that people take action in the matter? Clearly, he is assuming II. I is also implicit in “Democracy will suffer”.

Question : 23

Statement:
Pollution is a slow poison, and therefore social scientists and the media must work together to create sensitivity among people.
Assumptions:
I. Media is well informed and aware about the effects of pollution.
II. Media is likely to influence people to raise their sensitivity towards various problems.

a) if only assumption I is implicit.

b) if only assumption II is implicit.

c) if either I or II is implicit.

d) if neither I nor II is implicit.

e) if both I and II are implicit.

Answer: (e)

Sensitivity can be created by the media only when it possesses both these attributes.

Question : 24

Statement:
Since my childhood I always liked the poem of poet X and I made my efforts to learn from the style of the poet to be a good poet.
— Mr Y
Assumptions:
I. It is possible to learn some qualities from the poems of a good poet.
II. Poems of poet X were in existence during the childhood of Mr Y.

a) if only assumption I is implicit.

b) if only assumption II is implicit.

c) if either I or II is implicit.

d) if neither I nor II is implicit.

e) if both I and II are implicit.

Answer: (e)

Efforts of Y obviously makes I implicit. One does not make effort to reach an impossible target. The wording ‘Since my childhood’ makes II also implicit.

Question : 25

Statement:
“God bless all the parents whose children passed away in the Yamuna waters.”
— A student.
Assumptions:
I. The student believes in God.
II. Some children have died by drowning.

a) if only assumption I is implicit.

b) if only assumption II is implicit.

c) if either I or II is implicit.

d) if neither I nor II is implicit.

e) if both I and II are implicit.

Answer: (a)

I is implicit: an atheist would not invoke god for blessings. II is not an assumption but a restatement: “passed away in the Yamuna waters” itself means “died by drowning in the Yamuna.”

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