Based On Two Assumptions MCQs Section 8 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:
It is not true that the mightiest superpower always wins wars and gets accolades form other countries.
Assumptions:
I. Winners are sometimes admired and appreciated.
II. Winners are occasionally criticized.

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)

Both are root causes of the statement.

Question : 42

Statement:
The Election Commission has deputed a nine-member high level team of official to assess the situation in state ‘X’ and gauge the feasibility of holding early Assembly elections.
Assumptions:
I. State ‘X’ has just got out of its predicament as a result of communal riots.
II. People of state ‘X’ will co-operate with the high level team of officials in its objectives.

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 an assumption. Deputing a high level team for a particular objective implies that the EC is assuming the team will succeed in its objective and for this people of the state will co-operate with the team.

Question : 43

Statement:
The Govt has decided to levy congestion tax on passengers traveling by air to and from the metro cities.
Assumptions:
I. The tax so collected may be adequate to meet part of the expenses for providing additional resources to handle huge traffic.
II. Passengers traveling by air to and from these cities may be able to pay extra amount by way of congestion tax.

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)

Assumption I is implicit as this is the purpose assumed while levying the tax. II is also implicit because when a rule is framed, it is assumed that people are capable of following it.

Question : 44

Statement:
The doctor warned the patient against any further consumption of alcohol if he desired to get cured from the ailment and live a longer life.
Assumptions:
I. The patient may follow the doctor’s advice and stop consuming alcohol.
II. The doctor may be able to cure the patient from the ailment if the patient stops consuming alcohol.

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 in the very giving of the advice. II is implicit in the condition attached.

Question : 45

Statement:
In the country, which has over 70 television channels, hundreds of newspapers, thousands of magazines and a sensation through ‘dotcoms’, the demand for journalists would never die down.
Assumptions:
I. TV channels and dotcom companies are mushrooming by the day.
II. Journalists are the pillar of our democracy.

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)

I may be a conclusion but it is not an assumption.

Hence I is not implicit. Nor is he assuming about the role of journalists in the society before delivering his statement.

Hence II is not implicit.

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