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 : 41

Statement:
Please check the availability of two tickets from Delhi to Lucknow
Assumptions:
I. The person checking knows the desired mode of travel
II. The person checking knows the details of the person travelling.

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 because only then the person checking can check the availability, But II is not implicit. Personal details are generally required at the time of booking tickets

Question : 42

Statement:
The municipal corporation advised all the people living in the shanties along the beaches to move to higher places during monsoon.
Assumptions:
I. Many people living in the shanties may leave the city and relocate themselves elsewhere in the state.
II. Majority of the people living in the shanties along the beach may try to relocate to higher places during monsoon.

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)

I is not implicit because the corporation has not advised the people to leave the city.

Question : 43

Statement:
“Instances of brides being illtreated for insufficient dowry are too common to make news and it seems that even position and rank are no guarantee that a woman will receive her in-laws’ respect.”
— A report in a newspaper
Assumptions:
I. It does not behove a woman at a higher post to be deprived of in-laws’ respect for insufficient dowry.
II. Torturing for dowry is not a trivial issue.

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 because the focus of the statement is on a woman at higher post. II is implicit from the wording ‘too common to make news’.

Question : 44

Statement:
“Readers are recommended to make appropriate enquiries before sending money, incurring any expenses or entering into any commitment in relation to any advertisement published in our newspaper.”
— An instruction to readers through newspaper ‘X’.
Assumptions:
I. Most of the readers can be persuaded easily by false and alluring advertisements.
II. Appropriate enquiries are likely to reduce the cases of fraud and other malpractices.

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)

One does not give instruction to any one unless he/she assumes the latter needs it. This implies that the readers need the instruction. This makes I implicit. Again, if one suggests someone an initiative, the former assumes the initiative is likely to solve the respective problem of the latter.

Hence II is also implicit.

Question : 45

Statement:
A major retail store announced thirty per cent reduction on all food items during the weekend.
Assumptions:
I. People may still prefer buying food items from other stores.
II. A large number of customers may visit the retail store and buy food items.

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)

When prices are reduced, the motive is to attract customers.

Hence I is not implicit but II is.

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