Based On Three Assumptions MCQs Section 2 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

DIRECTIONS:

In each question below is given a statement followed by three assumptions (A), (B) and (C). 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.

Question : 1

Statement:
The police authority cordoned off the entire locality for the entire day and stopped all vehicular movement for the visit of a top functionary of the government in view of the threat perception and advised all the residents in the area to limit their movement outside their dwellings.
Assumptions :
(A) The police personnel may not be able to control the vehicular movement in the locality and may seek help from the armed forces.
(B) People living in the locality may move out of their houses for the day to avoid inconvenience.
(C) The Govt functionary may request the police authority to lift the ban on the movement of residents of the locality outside their dwellings.
Which of the following assumptions is/are implicit in the above statement?

a) None is implicit

b) Only (A) is implicit

c) Only (B) is implicit

d) Only (C) is implicit

e) Only (B) and (C) are implicit

Answer: (a)

All these assumptions are in directions contrary to what the statement says.

Question : 2

Statement:
The apex body controlling universities in the country has decided to revise the syllabus of all the technical courses to make them focused towards the present needs of the industry, thereby making the technical graduates more employable than they are at present.
Assumptions :
(A) Technical colleges affiliated to different universities may not welcome the apex body’s decision and may continue with the same syllabus as at present.
(B) The industry may welcome the decision of the apex body and scale up their hiring from these colleges.
(C) The Govt may not allow the apex body to implement its decision in all the colleges as it may lead to chaos.
Which of the following assumptions is/are implicit in the above statement?

a) None is implicit

b) Only (A) is implicit

c) Only (B) is implicit

d) Only (C) is implicit

e) Only (A) and (B) are implicit

Answer: (c)

Whenever such a decision is taken, the assumptions are that it would be welcome and allowed to implement.

Question : 3

Statement:
Govt has urged all the citizens to use electronic media for carrying out their daily activities, whenever possible, instead of using paper as the manufacture of paper requires the cutting down of a large number of trees causing severe damage to the ecosystem. .
Assumptions :
(A) Most people may be capable of using electronic media to carry out various routines.
(B) Most people may have access to electronic media for carrying out their daily routine activities.
(C) People at large may reject the govt’s appeal and continue using paper as before.
Which of the following assumptions is/are implicit in the above statement?

a) Only (A) is implicit

b) Only (B) is implicit

c) Only (A) and (B) are implicit

d) Only (C) is implicit

e) None of these

Answer: (c)

The urging of the govt makes sense only when (A) and (B) are implicit.

Question : 4

Statement:
The Govt has decided to auction construction of highways to private entities in several blocks across the country on build-operate-transfer basis.
Assumptions :
(A) An adequate number of private entities may not respond to the Government’s auction notification.
(B) Many private entities in the country are capable of constructing highways within a reasonable time.
(C) The Govt’s proposal of build-operate-transfer may financially benefit the private entities.
Which of the following assumptions is/are implicit in the above statement?

a) Only (A) and (B) are implicit

b) Only (B) and (C) are implicit

c) Only (B) is implicit

d) Only (A) and (C) are implicit

e) None of these

Answer: (b)

The decision to auction assumes response to it.

Hence (A) is not implicit. Unless the private entities are capable, the decision would make no sense.

Hence (B) is implicit. (C) is implicit as without financial benefit, private entities would not turn up for the auction.

Question : 5

Statement:
The airlines have requested all their bona fide passengers to check the status of flight operations before leaving their homes as heavy fog is causing immense problems to normal flight operations. .
Assumptions :
(A) Majority of the air passengers may check the flight status before starting their journey to the airport.
(A) The Govt may take serious objection to the notice issued by the airline company.
(A) Majority of the passengers may cancel their tickets and postpone their journey till the situation becomes normal.
Which of the following assumptions is/are implicit in the above statement?

a) None is implicit

b) Only (A) is implicit

c) Only (B) is implicit

d) Only (C) is implicit

e) Only (A) and (C) are implicit

Answer: (b)

(A) must be implicit to make the request meaningful. The govt is out of picture here.

Hence (B) is not implicit. (C) is not implicit as the case may be only of delay, not of cancellation of flight.

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