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

DIRECTIONS:

In each question be low is given a statement followed by three assumptions numbered I, II and III. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement and the assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement. Then decide which of the answers (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) is the correct answer.

Question : 26

Statement:
“Graduates with first-class are eligible to apply for the admission to MBA courses in our Institute”. - An advertisement by a Management Institute.
Assumptions:
I. Only those who are first-class graduates can cope up with the studies for MBA courses.
II. There are plenty of first class graduates who are likely to apply for admission to MBA.
III. The reputation of the Institute may get affected if students having less than first class are admitted.

a) Only I is implicit

b) Only II is implicit

c) Only III is implicit

d) Only I and II are implicit

e) All I, II and III are implicit

Answer: (b)

I is not implicit because of the word ‘only’. II is obvious; that is why graduates with first class only are being considered eligible for the course. III is beyond the scope of the statement;

Hence III is not implicit.

Question : 27

Statement:
“If you did not have a mobile connection of MTNL you will feel a jolt when you come to know about a unique, free incoming facility from 10 PM to 8 AM, without any condition, for any network.”
— X tells Y
Assumptions:
I. X knows about the facilities provided by other mobile services.
II. X wants Y to be a subscriber of MTNL mobile services.
III. People like free incoming facilities without any condition.

a) Only I

b) Only I and II

c) Only II and III

d) Only I and III

e) None of these

Answer: (e)

I is correct because otherwise X can’t hint at the fact about the unique facility provided to MTNL subscribers. II is also correct. Why else should X tell this to Y? III is also correct. Why will Y feel a jolt?

Hence, all are correct.

Question : 28

Statement:
A one-day token strike was called by the employees in Government organisations to protest against privatization of profit-making Public Sector Undertakings.”
Assumptions:
I. The Government may favourably consider the views of the employees.
II. Strike is the most popular tool used by people to protest.
III. The strike may bring pressure on the Government, forcing them to reconsider the decision.

a) Only I is implicit

b) Only II is implicit

c) Only I and III are implicit

d) All I, II and III are implicit

e) None of these

Answer: (c)

Why did the employees call a strike? They must be assuming that strike can be an effective tool. It can put pressure on the government and the government may be compelled to consider the views of the employees.

Hence, I and III are implicit. II goes beyond the scope of the statement.

Hence, II is not implicit.

Question : 29

Statement:
Efforts to develop technologies more appropriate to the needs of the poorest sections of society need to be further intensified.
Assumptions:
I. Nothing is impossible if proper efforts are made.
II. Technology needs are different for different sections of society.
III. It is possible to develop appropriate technologies for various economic sections of the society.

a) Only I

b) Only III

c) Only II

d) Both II and III

e) None of these

Answer: (d)

The term ‘nothing’ has a broad range of connotations.

Hence I is not implicit. Since the speaker is talking of sectional need-based technology development, he is assuming both II and III.

Question : 30

Statement:
India’s economic growth has come at a terrible price of increased industrial and vehicular pollution.
Assumptions:
I. Pollution is a part of industrial society.
II. Indian economic growth is based on only industrial growth.
III. A country desires economic growth with manageable side-effects.

a) Only I

b) Only II

c) Only I and III

d) Only III

e) None of these

Answer: (c)

I is implicit in the phrase “industrial ... pollution.” II is not implicit because of the word only. III is implicit from the concern shown at the “terrible price”.

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