Statement:
The government may reduce the export duty on Basmati rice, in view of competition from Pakistan in the international market.
Assumptions:
I. Reduction in export duty leads to increase in exports.
II. Pakistan is an exporter of Basmati rice.
Answer: A
Here there is a competition in the market. To be a forerunner in the competition in exports one has to increase its exports. As government has reduced export duty under the assumption that the reduction in export duty will definitely help in increase in export quantity, hence, I is implicit.
II is a conclusion, that can be drawn from the statement but is not an assumption.
Only I is implicit.
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The center has released an additional Rs. 65 crore to the State to implement the midday meal scheme in primary and upper primary schools in educationally backward areas for the current academic year.
Which of the following is an assumption implicit in the given statement?
Answer: B
The statement does not refer to high schools. Moreover it is stated that the released funds are additional funds. It is not known how the earlier funds were released. Hence, choice (1) is out of context.
As the released funds are for schools in educationally backward areas, it is clear that government is under the assumption that midday meal scheme would encourage children to go to school.
Hence, choice (2) is an assumption.
It is stated that the funds have been released, but not that they have been spent. Hence, choice (3) is out of context.
As the center is encouraging children to go to school. It can be inferred that the center wants children to go to school.
Hence, choice (4) is an inference.
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In the question below is given a statement followed by two conclusions numbered I and II.
Give answer
(A) If only I follows
(B) If only II follows
(C) If either I or II follows
(D) If neither I nor II follows
(E) If both I and II follow.
Statement - Get fair skin in three weeks – An advertisement.
Conclusions -
I. The assurance is genuine.
II. Girls in India want a fair skin.
Answer: B
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Statement:
The police would allow the leader of the protestors to give a signed protest note at the gates of an embassy. Flags are allowed to be burnt, but the men in uniform are harsh with anyone who tries to set ablaze the Indian tricolor.
Conclusions:
I. The embassies are of foreign countries and are in India.
II. Those who want to protest against foreign countries do not burn Indian flags.
III. Burning flags of foreign countries is not an offence.
Answer: B
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Statement:
India has quite a number of Indo - German collaborations, hence our projects are getting technical as well as financial aids.
Conclusions:
I. Collaborations are formed to help each other in every field.
II. Some collaborations lead to the Jissemination of technical know-how.
Answer: B
The statement tells us that India has a number of collaborations with Germany and this has resulted in our projects receiving financial as well as technical know-how. The statement does not tell us the fields in which we do have collaborations and neither odes it tell us that collaborations exists in every field. What we can however deduce is that a collaboration leads to an exchange of technical know-how and extension of financial aids. But we have to be careful as to not generalise this trend as the statement talks only of the case of Indian and German collaborations but not of collaborations everywhere in the world. Thus, we can say that some collaborations lead to the exchange of technical know-how and extension of financial aid. Based on this, we can eliminate conclusion I on account of the words 'every field'. However, conclusion II states exactly what we have discussed above, hence it follows.
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Statement:
There is no shopping complex for this colony; people have to go to the main market.
Assumptions:
I. This colony may be far from main market.
II. The people do not want to go to the main market.
Answer: D
Both the assumptions are implicit because of the need felt for a shopping complex in the colony itself.
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Statement:
It glitters. So it is gold!!
Assumptions:
I. All that glitters is gold.
II. Glittering things are not gold.
Answer: A
In this statement, the author concludes that the glittering thing is gold. His reason for this conclusion is that "It glitters". This points to the fact that the author of this statement opines that only gold glitters and no other thing glitters. This opinion of the author can also be said to be his assumption. Hence (I) is an assumption. (II) is not an assumption as it contradicts the author's view.
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Statement:
It's an important matter; the prime minister is not taking any decision with regard to declaring war against our hostile neighbour.
Assumptions:
I. It is better if he decides the matter without any hurry.
II. This is a matter which should not be postponed and war should be declared immediately.
Answer: C
The opinion of the author of this statement is not clear from his words. It is sure that he is either favourable or against such an action of the Prime Minister. Hence, either (I) or (II) but not both, is an assumption.
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Statement:
Women have given up their exclusive rights to home decor as more and more men are becoming rather particular about the look and feel of their living spaces.
Conclusions:
I. Earlier, home decor was taken care solely by women.
II. Men have better aesthetic sense than women.
Answer: A
In the statement home decor is explained as the exclusive right of women hence it can be concluded that home decor was taken care solely by women. Hence, I follows.
II is out of context as there is comparison given about the aesthetic sense of men and women.
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Statement:
Government had scheduled some special trains between Delhi and Kolkata during the month of October. More than 50% of the tickets of these special trains are booked on the first day itself.
Conclusions:
I. There is a huge demand for railway tickets for Delhi-Kolkata route in the month of October.
II. The regular trains in the Delhi-Kolkata route are not sufficient to cater to the demand in the month of October.
Answer: D
Scheduling new trains and early booking of the tickets shows that, there is a huge demand in the route during that month. Hence I follows.
As people are going for the ticket in the special train that shows that the regular trains are not sufficient to clear to the demand, II follows.
Both I and II follow.
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