Based On Two Assumptions MCQs Section 3 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 : 1

Statement:
Kartik left for Delhi on Tuesday by train to attend a function to be held on Friday at his uncle’s house in Delhi
Assumptions:
I. Kartik may reach Delhi on Wednesday.
II. Kartik may reach Delhi before Friday

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: (b)

Clearly, it cannot be deduced as to which day Kartik would reach Delhi. But Kartik has left for Delhi to attend a function to be held on Friday.

So, he must have planned his journey to reach Delhi before Friday. Thus, only II is implicit

Question : 2

Statement:
The government has decided to disinvest a large chunk of its equity in select public sector undertakings for better fiscal management
Assumptions:
I. The amount generated out of the disinvestment process may reduce substantially the mounting fiscal deficits
II. There will be enough demand in the market for the shares of these undertakings

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)

The fact given in I directly follows from the phrase ‘. . . . for a better fiscal management’ in the statement.

So, I is implicit. However, the public response to the new policy cannot be ascertained.

So, II is not implicit

Question : 3

Statement:
I heard the news as soon as I woke up in the morning. I felt shattered.
Assumptions:
I. The incident took place before I woke up.
II. The news was shocking.

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: (d)

Both I and II are implications, not assumptions. I and II are not that on which the statement is based but something that is implied by the statement. Consider this statement: “I heard a shocking news and felt shattered.” Then the assumption is: “Shocking news shatters a person.”

Question : 4

Statement:
Nowadays some people have made it a business to organise rallies and demonstrations agianst big projects citing environmental and social reasons.
Assumptions:
I. Big projects are necessary.
II. Environmental and social reasons attract people towards rallies.

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)

The way ‘business’ is used in the given statement implies assumption I. Whether the rallies will get the support of the people on such issues or not, is not in the mind of the speaker. He is only against such demonstrations.

Hence II is not implicit.

Question : 5

Statement:
“Beware! Recycled coloured plastic bags contain harmful colour pigments, which, on coming in contact with food particles, make food unfit for consumption, resulting in severe food poison, allergies and in extreme cases even death.”
—A scientist
Assumptions:
I. Non-biodegradability nature makes plastic bags an environmental hazard.
II. Use of plastic bags is harmful and has cascading effects on human life.

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: (b)

Non-biodegradable nature of plastic bag can’t be correlated with the statement because the statement does not say whether plastic is biodegradable or nonbiodegradable.

Hence, I is not implicit. But II is obviously implicit. That is why the scientist uses the word ‘Beware’ in his statement before asserting the negative features of plastic bags.

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