Statement and Assumption
Direction: In each question below is given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.
- Statement:
In an attempt to make the conditional access system "consumer-friendly", the government issued a notification asking cable operators to declare pay channel rates by June 15.
Assumptions:
I. Cable operators may not be able to declare pay channel rates by June 15 due to lack of adequate time.
II. Everyone has their own business compulsions and wish to test their own market.
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The timeframe given by the government implies that the government must be assuming that the time given is adequate for operators to declare pay channel rates. Hence, assumption I is not implicit. Assumption II is not implicit because it is beyond the scope of the statement.
Correct Option: D
The timeframe given by the government implies that the government must be assuming that the time given is adequate for operators to declare pay channel rates. Hence, assumption I is not implicit. Assumption II is not implicit because it is beyond the scope of the statement.
- Statement:
The Government has transferred the entire staff of police station 'X' and a magisterial inquiry has been ordered into the mysterious death of a man in the police station.
Assumptions:
I. Magisterial inquiry may be able to reveal the cause of death of the man in the police custody.
II. Transferring the entire staff may pave the way to hold free and fair enquiry.
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The initiative taken by the government is aimed at delving into the reasons of the mysterious death and also at punishing the guilty. Order of magisterial inquiry implies that the government must be assuming I. Why has the entire staff of police station X been transferred? The government must be assuming II also.
Correct Option: E
The initiative taken by the government is aimed at delving into the reasons of the mysterious death and also at punishing the guilty. Order of magisterial inquiry implies that the government must be assuming I. Why has the entire staff of police station X been transferred? The government must be assuming II also.
- Statement:
"Bring alive your education dreams. Avail loan today and pay as your start earning."- An advertisement of a bank XYZ
Assumptions:
I. Most of the students who need loan, prefer flexible repayment options besides no processing fees or service charges.
II. Students who need loans prefer loans without collateral security.
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The statement does not mention anything regarding repayment structure or collateral security. Hence, neither I nor II is implicit.
Correct Option: D
The statement does not mention anything regarding repayment structure or collateral security. Hence, neither I nor II is implicit.
- Statement:
High Court of state 'X' has decided to do away with the summer vacations in order to dispose of pending cases.
Assumptions:
I. Vacation for the courts is a vestige of the Raj period.
II. The step taken by the judiciary will compel the Government to fill up all the vacancies in the court.
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We have nothing substantial to correlate the given assumptions. Neither I nor II is implicit.
Correct Option: D
We have nothing substantial to correlate the given assumptions. Neither I nor II is implicit.
- Statement:
"Despite a draconian crackdown against software pirates announced by country X last year, the country remains the world's third largest market for bootleg computer programs." - A journalist
Assumptions:
I. Computer piracy is declining globally but increasing in country X.
II. A draconian crackdown against software pirates may bring the bootleggers to hell.
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Global computer piracy is not mentioned in the statement. Therefore, assumption I is not implicit. But assumption II is implicit. That is why the journalist uses the word 'despite' in his statement.
Correct Option: B
Global computer piracy is not mentioned in the statement. Therefore, assumption I is not implicit. But assumption II is implicit. That is why the journalist uses the word 'despite' in his statement.
