Based On Two Assumptions MCQs Section 4 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 : 11

Statement:
Give adequate job-related training to the employees before assigning them full-fledged work.
Assumptions:
I. Training helps in boosting the performance of employees.
II. Employees have no skill sets before training is provided to them.

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 in the need for training. But II takes things to an extreme with the phrase “no skill sets”.

Question : 12

Statement:
Good batsmen or good bowlers cannot be judged from their performance in one or two matches.
Assumptions:
I. Giving frequent chances to freshers is a must for judging their capacity as a good batsman or bowler.
II. The average of runs scored by a batsman and wickets taken by a bowler stretched over several matches is the real index to judge them as good or bad performers.

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)

Clearly, the speaker does not believe in one-match wonders.

Hence, I is implicit. II is also implicit because consistently good performance over a long stretch can be measured in terms of average.

Question : 13

Statement:
The head of the organization congratulated the entire staff in his speech for their sincere effort to bring down the deficit and urged them to give their best for attaining a more profitable position in future
Assumptions:
I. The employees may get motivated and maintain and if possible enhance their present level of work
II. The employees may now relax and slow down in their day to day work as there is no immediate threat of a huge deficit

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)

Question : 14

Statement:
Over the years, successive railway ministers have utilised the employment potential of the railways in order to boost their political careers.
Assumptions:
I. Over the years, Railways has witnessed tremendous vacancies for employment.
II. The political career of a political leader depends upon the direct benefit given by him to the people of his constituency.

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: this is what the speaker has in mind when he talks of having “utilised the employment potential.” The speaker is assuming II that is why he is relating the employment potential of railway with the political career of the leader.

Question : 15

Statement:
“We need to instil a sense of pride among the people for the rich cultural heritage of the country and its various regions.”
— Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Assumptions:
I. Culture is what gives meaning to our lives and identity to us as a social community.
II. To instil a sense of pride among the people for the rich cultural heritage is almost impossible.

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)

Why the need to instil such a sense of pride among the people? The speaker must be assuming I. II is not implicit because one does not desire for a need unless one assumes it to be feasible.

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