Statement and Assumption Easy Questions and Answers

Statement and Assumption

Direction: In each question below is given a statement followed by two assumption numbered I and II. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement and the following assumption and decide which of the assumption is implicit in the statement.

Statement:
" Strict action would be taken against the Municipal Corporation of Delhi employees if found guilty of connivance in illegal encroachments."-- The new Municipal Commissioner.
Assumptions:
I. Some employees of MCD indulge in corruption.
II. The warning given by Municipal Commissioner will minimise corruption.

Whenever a warning of this sort is given, the following assumptions are implicit: I. There is something foul in the air; there can be no smoke without fire; and II. The warning will have a positive effect in checking the problem.

Correct Option: E

Statement:
Thick milk does not mean high-quality milk ---Issued in public interest by a reputed milk company.
Assumptions:
I. There is misconception among the people that thick milk is good.
II. Some companies are producing adulterated thick milk.

I is implicit; it is to dispel this myth that the statement has been issued in public interest. but being inferior in quality is not the same as being adulterated; hence II is not implicit.

Correct Option: A

I is implicit; it is to dispel this myth that the statement has been issued in public interest. but being inferior in quality is not the same as being adulterated; hence II is not implicit.

Statement:
Citizens and nations reveal their character by the way they treat their elderly and the disabled.
Assumptions:
I. Elderly and disabled are the most respectable in society.
II. Elderly and disabled are the people who need help of the society.

The need to treat properly the elderly and the disabled stem from both the assumptions.

Correct Option: E

The need to treat properly the elderly and the disabled stem from both the assumptions.

Statement:
Unemployment has increased in spite of the Indian economy growing well.
Assumptions:
I. Economic growth is supposed to create more job opportunities.
II. There are certain factors other than economic growth which influence employment.

The speaker is assuming I; that is why he has started so. In his opinion as the economy is growing well, employment rate should increase. He is not assuming about any other factor that influences employment.

Correct Option: A

Statement:
It is not unknown in India that inquiry reports, usually compiled with considerable care, are shelved and forgotten as soon as the initial outrage dies down.
Assumptions:
I. The credibility of inquiry reports has considerably gone down in India.
II. Inquiry reports in India are never implemented up to the expectations of the victims of a crisis.

From the statement it is clear that the speaker has no doubt about the credibility of inquiry reports. Hence I is not implicit. II has too strong a world in never.

Correct Option: D

From the statement it is clear that the speaker has no doubt about the credibility of inquiry reports. Hence I is not implicit. II has too strong a world in never.