In each question below is given a statement followed by three assumptions numbered I, II and III. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions, decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement and choose your answer accordingly.
Statement: "If you are intelligent, we are the right people for improving your performance." - An advertisement of a coaching institute.
Assumptions:
1. Brilliant students prefer to join coaching classes.
2. Coaching classes help the students to improve their performance.
3. No other institute provides such coaching.
Answer: A
Since the advertisement invites 'Intelligent' students by promising them an improved performance through their exceptional coaching, so both I and II are implicit. However, nothing can be assumed about other institutes as the given advertisement talks of only a particular institute. So, III is not implicit.
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Statement: Ten candidates, who were on the waiting list, could finally be admitted to the course.
Assumptions:
1. Wait-listed candidates do not ordinarily get admission.
2. A large number of candidates were on the waiting list.
3. The number of candidates to be admitted is small
Answer: A
Since the wait-listed candidates have been admitted, so I is not implicit. Also, nothing about the number of candidates on the waiting list or the number to be admitted can be deduced from the statement. So, neither II nor III is implicit.
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Statement: Use 'X' brand shoes. These are durable and available in all sizes. - An advertisement in the newspaper A.
Assumptions:
1. Normally people like durable shoes.
2. Very few people read advertisement in a newspaper.
3. Very few people read the newspaper A
Answer: E
Any advertisement highlights only the desirable qualities of the product. So, I is implicit. The 'X' brand has advertised its product in newspaper A. This implies that a large section of people reads advertisements in newspapers and that newspaper A too has a wide circulation. So, neither II nor III is implicit.
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Statement: There is big boom in drug business and a number of jhuggi-jhopari dwellers in Delhi can be seen pedalling with small pouches of smack and brown sugar.
Assumptions:
1. Drug addiction is increasing in the country, specially in the capital.
2. All the big dons involved in the smuggling of drugs live in jhuggi-jhopari areas.
3. Most of the jhuggi-jhopari dwellers would do anything for money.
Answer: D
The statement talks of boom in drug business and cites examples from the capital city. This makes I implicit. Further, it is given that most jhuggi-jhopari dwellers are seen to indulge in transactions of drug pouches. This implies that they give in to their lust for money quite easily and do not hesitate to get involved in illegal activities for the same. So, III is implicit while II is not.
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Statement: In view of the recent spurt in sugar prices in the open market, the government has asked the dealers to release a vast quantity of imported sugar in the open market.
Assumptions:
1. The dealers will follow the government directive.
2. The sugar prices will come down.
3. The price of indigenous sugar will remain unchanged.
Answer: A
The government's decision is clearly a measure to increase supply and control rates. So, both I and II are implicit, while III is not.
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Statement: "As our business is expanding, we need to appoint more staff." Owner of a company informs his staff.
Assumptions:
1. The present staff is not competent.
2. More staff will further expand the business.
3. Suitable persons to be taken as staff will be available.
Answer: D
The statement mentions that the present staff is insufficient, not incompetent. So, I is not implicit. Also, the purpose for appointing more staff is to control the expanding business, not to expand it further. So, II is not implicit. Since the company owner talks of appointing more staff, so III is implicit.
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Statement: To improve the employment situation in India, there is a need to recast the present educational system towards implementation of scientific discoveries in daily life.
Assumptions:
1. The students after completing such education may be able to earn their livelihood.
2. This may bring meaning of education in the minds of the youth.
3. The state may earn more revenue as more and more people will engage themselves in self-employment.
Answer: B
The statement mentions that such education can improve employment situation. So, both I and II are implicit. Nothing about the aspect of revenue collection is mentioned in the statement. So, III is not implicit.
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Statement: Tender specification will not be issued to the firms where there is 25% or more default in supplies against earlier purchase orders placed on them' - Condition of a Company X inviting tenders for the purchase of material.
Assumptions:
1. The Company X will be watching the quality of performance of its suppliers.
2. This time the firms should keep the percentage of default as less as possible.
3. The Company X expects quality and professional approach from its suppliers.
Answer: E
Since Company X intends to invite tenders only from those companies which have not been defaulters earlier, so both I and III are implicit. Besides, to have long term business relations with Company X, every firm needs to perform well in its supplies. So, II is also implicit.
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Statement: These apples are too cheap to be good.
Assumptions:
1. When the apple crop is abundant, the prices go down.
2. The lower the selling price, the inferior is the quality of the commodity.
3. Very cheap apples are also good.
Answer: C
It is mentioned that the apples are so cheap that they cannot be good. This means that the prices of good apples are never too low and that very cheap apples are never good. So, neither I nor III is implicit. Assumption II clearly follows from the statement that apples are of inferior quality because they are cheap. So, it is implicit.
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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.
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Statement: If it is easy to become an engineer, I don't want to be an engineer.
Assumptions:
1. An individual aspires to be professional.
2. One desires to achieve a thing which is hard earned.
Answer: B
Clearly, nothing is mentioned about the professional nature of the job. So, I is not implicit. The statement hints that one rejects a thing that is easy to achieve. So, II is implicit.
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