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STATEMENT ASSUMPTION

Directions for Questions 1 – 10: 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 assumption and decide which of the Assumptions is implicit
in the Statement.
(A) if only assumption I is implicit.
(B) if only assumption II is implicit.
(C) if either assumption I or assumption II is implicit.
(D) if neither assumption I nor assumption II is implicit.
(E) if both Assumptions I and II are implicit.

1. Statement: An advertisement – The new model has been launched with K–series engine.
Assumptions: I. People know about K–series engine.
II. Engine type/series is important for buyers.

2. Statement: Mohan tells Nita, "Let us meet over lunch tomorrow".

Assumptions: I. Lunch timings are known to both.
II. Both are aware of the venue for lunch.

3. Statement: You need to be talented to identify talent.

Assumptions: I. Talent is acquired and developed.
II. Talent is hereditary.

4. Statement: The movie is a super–duper hit and has broken all the records.
Assumptions: I. There is no authentic criterion to judge a hit or a flop.
II. The performance of earlier movies is known.

5. Statement: Banks should always check financial status before lending money to a client.
Assumptions: I. Checking before lending would give a true picture of the client's financial
status.
II. Clients sometimes may not present the correct picture of their ability to repay
loan amount to the bank.

6. Statement: The Government has decided to run all commercial vehicles on bio fuels in order
to save the depleting fossil fuel reserves.
Assumptions: I. It is possible to switch over from fossil fuel to bio fuels for vehicles.
II. Sufficient amount of bio–fuel can be produced in the country to run all
commercial vehicles.

7. Statement: To save the environment, enforce total ban on mining throughout the country.
Assumptions: I. Mining which is done legally does not cause any harm to the environment.
II. Mining is one of the factors responsible for environmental degradation.
(1)

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8. Statement: Give adequate job related training to the employees before assigning them full
fledged work.
Assumptions: I. Training helps in boosting the performance of employees.
II. Employees have no skill sets before training is provided to them.

9. Statement: Take a ferry or a boat instead of a bus to reach the Kravi islands faster.
Assumptions: I. The islands being in remote location are not easily accessible.
II. Ferries and boats are available to travel to Kravi islands.

10. Statement: Please send an official letter rather than semiofficial on this subject this time.
Assumptions: I. The format and emphasis of different types of letters Is different.
II. We can send different types of letters on the same subject.

STATEMENT CONCLUSION
Directions for Questions 11 – 20: In each question below is given a Statement followed by two
Conclusions numbered I and II. You have to assume everything in the Statement to be true, then
consider the two Conclusions together and decide which of them logically follows beyond a reasonable
doubt from the information given in the Statement.
Give answer:
(A) if only conclusion I follows
(B) if only conclusion II follows
(C) if neither I nor II follows, and
(D) if both I and II follow

11. Statement: Concerned over the slow progress of the Rs.54,000 Crore National Highway
Development Project, the government is considering levying an additional cess on
petrol and diesel to mop up about Rs.2000 crore annually for developing road
infrastructure.
Conclusions: I. Additional amount gained through levy annually will be helpful in boosting
industrial growth.
II. The National Highway Development Project is facing financial constraints.

12. Statement: Research has proved that people eating high fat diets coupled with decreased
level of exercises are prone to heart diseases.
Conclusions: I. People should reduce their high–fat diet as a preventive method.
II. People must have sufficient level of exercise to reduce their chances of having
heart disease.

13. Statement: People in metropolitan city ‘X' have welcomed the recent Supreme Court order
banning the registration of private vehicles that do not conform to Euro II
emission norms with immediate effect for metropolitan city ' Y' only.
Conclusions: I. City 'X' has quite lower level of vehicular pollution than city ' Y'.
II. Public vehicles do not contribute to the vehicular pollution.
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14. Statement: The president of XYZ party indicated that 25 independent Members of Legislative
Assembly (MLA) are seriously considering various options of joining some political
party. But in any case all of them collectively will join one party only.
Conclusions: I. The 25 independent MLAs will join XYZ party in a short period of time
II. The 25 independent MLAs will join some other political party in a short period
of time.

15. Statement: The minister questioned the utility of the space research program and suggested
its replacement by other areas of felt national needs.
Conclusions: I. Exploring space does not contribute to critical national needs.
II. Research should be oriented to national needs.

16. Statement: These apples are too expensive to be bad.

Conclusions: I. When apples are in short supply, the prices go up.
II. The higher the selling price, the superior is the quality of the commodity.

17. Statements: In a one day cricket match the total runs made by a team were 200, out of which
160 runs were made by spinners.
Conclusions: I. 80% of the team consists of spinners.
II. The opening batsmen were spinners.

18. Statements: In a one day cricket match, the total runs made by a team were 200. Out of these
160 runs were made by spinners.
Conclusions: I. Some spinners in the team can bat.
II. Most of the spinners are all rounders.

19. Statements: Government has spoiled many top ranking financial institutions by appointing
bureaucrats as Directors of these institutions.
Conclusions: I. Government should appoint Directors of the financial institutes taking into
consideration the expertise of the person in the area of finance.
II. The Director of the financial institute should have expertise commensurate
with the financial work carried out by the institute.

20. Statements: Population increase coupled with depleting resources is going to be the scenario
of many developing countries in days to come.
Conclusions: I. The population of developing countries will not continue to increase in future.
II. It will be very difficult for the governments of developing countries to provide
its people decent quality of life.

(3)

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