Exercise :: Statement and Assumption - Section 1
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 assumptions is implicit in the statement.
Give answer
- (A) If only assumption I is implicit
- (B) If only assumption II is implicit
- (C) If either I or II is implicit
- (D) If neither I nor II is implicit
- (E) If both I and II are implicit.
| 31. | Statement: A's advice to B - "Go to Jammu via Amritsar - the shortest route". Assumptions:
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Answer: Option A Explanation: A has advised B the route to Jammu. This means that B wishes to go to Jammu. So, I is implicit. The statement mentions only A's advice to B. So, II is not implicit.
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| 32. | Statement: All existing inequalities can be reduced, if not utterly eradicated, by action of governments or by revolutionary change of government. Assumptions:
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Answer: Option A Explanation: Since inequality can be reduced, it means that it is not natural but created. So, I is implicit. Nothing is mentioned about people's response. So, II is not implicit.
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| 33. | Statement: The campaign of 'Keep your city clean' started by the Civil Council did not evoke any response from the citizens. Assumptions:
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Answer: Option E Explanation: According to the statement, the campaign did not get any response from citizens. This means that people are not interested in keeping the city clean and the campaign has failed. So, both I and II are implicit.
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| 34. | Statement: The district administration has issued a circular to all the farmers under its jurisdiction advising them for not using pesticides indiscriminately as it may pollute the ground water. Assumptions:
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Answer: Option B Explanation: The district administration has issued a circular to make the farmers aware of hazards that indiscriminate use of pesticides poses to ground water and plead them to refrain from the same. So, II is implicit. However, I cannot be assumed from the given statement and so it is not implicit.
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| 35. | Statement: The coffee powder of company X is quite better in taste than the much advertised coffee of company Y. Assumptions:
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Answer: Option B Explanation: Since the statement holds the product of company X more superior in quality than that of Y which spends more on advertisement, so I is not implicit. According to the statement, the product of company Y is more known because of more advertisement. So, II is implicit.
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