Statement and Assumption Easy Questions and Answers

Statement and Assumption

Direction: In each question below is given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the given assumptions is implicit in the statement.

Statement:
The management of XYZ Pvt. Ltd. Asked the workers' union to call of strike immediately otherwise the management would be forced to close down the factory.
Assumptions:
I. No alternative other than closing down the factory is left for the management of XYZ Pvt. Ltd.
II. Such threat may have some effect on the workers's union.

Such a warning is usually given to the workers to threaten them that they would lose their job and income

Correct Option: B

Such a warning is usually given to the workers to threaten them that they would lose their job and income forever if they didn't mend their ways. So, only II is implicit.

Statement:
"I have not received telephone bills for nine months inspite of several complaints" --------A telephone customer's letter to the editor of a daily.
Assumptions:
I. Every customer has a right to get bills regularly from the telephone company.
II. The customer's complaints point to defect in the services which is expected to be corrected.

The customer's eagerness to get the bills makes I implicit. Besides, the customer has written to the editor to bring the malfunctioning of the department to public notice.

Correct Option: E

The customer's eagerness to get the bills makes I implicit. Besides, the customer has written to the editor to bring the malfunctioning of the department to public notice. So, II is also implicit.

Statement:
This year most of the shops and departmental stores are offering prizes and discounts on purchases to attract customers
Assumptions:
I. The shops and departmental stores have so far earned a lot of profit, so now they have started sharing it with the customers.
II. Lots of goods are available but the sale is not shooting up. There is no cheer for the customers.

That someone has earned a lot is no reason to share the profit margin with the customers. So, I is not implicit.

Correct Option: B

That someone has earned a lot is no reason to share the profit margin with the customers. So, I is not implicit. Clearly, the offers have been announced to attract more customers and boost up the sale. So, II is implicit.

Statement:
Provide mid-day meals to the children in primary schools to increase the number of students attending schools
Assumptions:
I. Mid-day meals will attract the children to the schools
II. Those children who are otherwise deprived of good food will attend the schools.

Providing mid-day meals would attract more number of children as an added privilege and not because the children are deprived of good meals at home.

Correct Option: A

Providing mid-day meals would attract more number of children as an added privilege and not because the children are deprived of good meals at home. So, only I is implicit.

Statement: Traffic jams on most of the roads in the city have become a regular feature during monsoon.
Assumption: I. Material used for road construction cannot withstand the fury of monsoon resulting into innumerable pot holes on the roads.
II Number of vehicles coming on the roads is much more in monsoon as compared to other seasons.

Clearly, the problem of traffic jams arises during monsoons not because of increased number of vehicles but due to slow movement of traffic on account of bad roads.

Correct Option: A

Clearly, the problem of traffic jams arises during monsoons not because of increased number of vehicles but due to slow movement of traffic on account of bad roads. So, only I is implicit.