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:
Winners don't do different things. They do things differently.
Assumptions:
I. Doing things differently matters a lot.
II. Slow and steady wins the race.

I is implicit: it does matter a lot; that is why it goes on to make winners. II does not fit here.

Correct Option: A

I is implicit: it does matter a lot; that is why it goes on to make winners. II does not fit here.

Statement:
Governments, NGOs and social organisations routinely come up with announcements and informative advertising to create public awareness about various health threats and lifestyle-related diseases.
Assumptions:
I. These advertisements will help to minimize the health-related problems.
II. Such advertisements create awareness among the people.

Why are these advertisements given by these organisations? Clearly, the are assuming both I and II.

Correct Option: E

Why are these advertisements given by these organisations? Clearly, the are assuming both I and II.

Statement:
There was a time when the rivers were pure. The earth clean, the air clear. Those days have gone. But there are still ways for you to live healthy.
Assumptions:
I. The environment affects the health of people.
II. People are responsible for making the environment polluted.

I is implicit here. That is why the speaker is talking about another way of living when the environment has been polluted. II can't be assumed from the statement.

Correct Option: A

I is implicit here. That is why the speaker is talking about another way of living when the environment has been polluted. II can't be assumed from the statement.

Statement:
It may sound harsh but it is true that people no longer feel safe in the hands of the police.
Assumptions:
I. Police are unable to protect the citizens.
II. There is no certainty of one's life in police custody.

From the term harsh it is clear that the speaker is assuming that the police are not serving the purpose for which they are there. The mining of the two assumptions is different. Hence either I or II.

Correct Option: C

Statement:
The new 28- km coimbatore Bypass surpasses conventional standards in road-building. An example of advanced highway engineering, it brings destinations closer, cuts down travelling time and reduces fatigue.
Assumptions:
I. The new coimbatore bypass is as the European highways.
II. Conventional standards in road- building should be replaced with advanced highway engineering.

if neither I nor II is implicit.

Correct Option: D

if neither I nor II is implicit.