Reasoning Aptitude
STATEMENT & ASSUMPTIONS MCQs
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Question 31. Statement:
The govt has recently announced an incentive package for setting up new business ventures in the rural areas and promised uninterrupted power supply to all the units.
Assumptions:
I. The govt may be able to supply adequate power to all such units.
II. People living in the rural areas may welcome the govt decision.
The govt has recently announced an incentive package for setting up new business ventures in the rural areas and promised uninterrupted power supply to all the units.
Assumptions:
I. The govt may be able to supply adequate power to all such units.
II. People living in the rural areas may welcome the govt decision.
Answer: Option E. -> if both I and II are implicit.
Answer: (e)When a promise is made by someone, they assume that they would be able to fulfil it. Hence I is implicit. Since the business ventures are planned to be set up in rural areas, II must be implicit.
Answer: (e)When a promise is made by someone, they assume that they would be able to fulfil it. Hence I is implicit. Since the business ventures are planned to be set up in rural areas, II must be implicit.
Answer: Option E. -> if both I and II are implicit.
Answer: (e)Both are implicit. The phrase ‘passing time’ confirms both the assumptions.
Answer: (e)Both are implicit. The phrase ‘passing time’ confirms both the assumptions.
Answer: Option D. -> if neither I nor II is implicit.
Answer: (d)Material desires of a person are determined by three factors — the basic necessity, the utility of items purchased and the appetite for luxury items. Hence I can’t be the assumption. II is also not implicit.
Answer: (d)Material desires of a person are determined by three factors — the basic necessity, the utility of items purchased and the appetite for luxury items. Hence I can’t be the assumption. II is also not implicit.
Question 34. Statement:
“Nowadays the audiences too have become very intelligent. You cannot con them with money.”
— Anupam Kher after his removal from the multicrore television game show Sawal Das Crore Ka
Assumptions:
I. Sawal Das Crore Ka is not a very popular game show.
II. Intelligent persons cannot be lured by money only.
“Nowadays the audiences too have become very intelligent. You cannot con them with money.”
— Anupam Kher after his removal from the multicrore television game show Sawal Das Crore Ka
Assumptions:
I. Sawal Das Crore Ka is not a very popular game show.
II. Intelligent persons cannot be lured by money only.
Answer: Option E. -> if both I and II are implicit.
Answer: (e)From the tone of Kher’s remarks both the assumptions can be considered.
Answer: (e)From the tone of Kher’s remarks both the assumptions can be considered.
Answer: Option A. -> if only assumption I is implicit.
Answer: (a)I is implicit because only then does the direction to walk make sense. II is not implicit as the statement makes no distinction between the members of the office and the visitors.
Answer: (a)I is implicit because only then does the direction to walk make sense. II is not implicit as the statement makes no distinction between the members of the office and the visitors.
Answer: Option E. -> if both I and II are implicit.
Answer: (e)The need to treat properly the elderly and the disabled stems from both the assumptions.
Answer: (e)The need to treat properly the elderly and the disabled stems from both the assumptions.
Question 37. Statement:
All the students of a school were instructed by the Principal to reach school at least 15 minutes before the stipulated time for the coming month.
Assumptions:
I. The parents of the students of the school may protest against the Principal’s instruction.
II. The parents may request the Principal to withdraw the instruction.
All the students of a school were instructed by the Principal to reach school at least 15 minutes before the stipulated time for the coming month.
Assumptions:
I. The parents of the students of the school may protest against the Principal’s instruction.
II. The parents may request the Principal to withdraw the instruction.
Answer: Option D. -> if neither I nor II is implicit.
Answer: (d)The Principal must be assuming that the students will abide by the instruction. Note that if a person instructs someone or a group of persons, the former assumes that the latter will abide by it. Hence, both I and II are not implicit.
Answer: (d)The Principal must be assuming that the students will abide by the instruction. Note that if a person instructs someone or a group of persons, the former assumes that the latter will abide by it. Hence, both I and II are not implicit.
Answer: Option D. -> if neither I nor II is implicit.
Answer: (d)I is not implicit: since the statement is silent on whether the move would have a good or a bad impact, it does not make any assumption about the move’s desirability. II is also not implicit. In fact, the assumption is on the contrary. If we say that this move has been taken from a particular point of view (that of exchange rate management), we assume that other moves are also possible.
Answer: (d)I is not implicit: since the statement is silent on whether the move would have a good or a bad impact, it does not make any assumption about the move’s desirability. II is also not implicit. In fact, the assumption is on the contrary. If we say that this move has been taken from a particular point of view (that of exchange rate management), we assume that other moves are also possible.
Question 39. Statement:
The railway authority has announced that it will carry out major repair work for two days beginning Saturday on the main line connecting the two big cities in the state, bringing the rail service to a halt.
Assumptions:
I. People may reschedule their journey in view of the railway authority’s decision.
II. People may still plan their travel by train between the two cities even on these two days.
The railway authority has announced that it will carry out major repair work for two days beginning Saturday on the main line connecting the two big cities in the state, bringing the rail service to a halt.
Assumptions:
I. People may reschedule their journey in view of the railway authority’s decision.
II. People may still plan their travel by train between the two cities even on these two days.
Answer: Option A. -> if only assumption I is implicit.
Answer: (a)Assumption I is implicit because such an announcement is made with the hope that people will heed to it. For the same reason, Assumption II is not implicit.
Answer: (a)Assumption I is implicit because such an announcement is made with the hope that people will heed to it. For the same reason, Assumption II is not implicit.
Question 40. Statement:
‘The bridge was built at the cost of Rs 128 crores and even civil bus service is not utilising it. What a pity to see it grossly underutilised!’
— A citizen’s view on a new flyover linking east and west sides of a suburb.
Assumptions:
I. The building of such bridges does not serve any public objective.
II. There has to be some accountability and utility of money spent on public projects.
‘The bridge was built at the cost of Rs 128 crores and even civil bus service is not utilising it. What a pity to see it grossly underutilised!’
— A citizen’s view on a new flyover linking east and west sides of a suburb.
Assumptions:
I. The building of such bridges does not serve any public objective.
II. There has to be some accountability and utility of money spent on public projects.
Answer: Option B. -> if only assumption II is implicit.
Answer: (b)I is not implicit in its present form. The author assumes that it is unproductive unless utilised. II is implicit; Hence the lament on its underutilisation.
Answer: (b)I is not implicit in its present form. The author assumes that it is unproductive unless utilised. II is implicit; Hence the lament on its underutilisation.
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