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Statement And Assumption - General Inteligence & Reasoning MCQ Questions and Answers

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Each section contains 100 MCQs on Statement and Assumption .
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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : "As there is a great demand, every person seeking tickets of the programme will be given only five tickets."

Assumptions :
I. The organizers are not keen on selling the tickets.
II. No one is interested in getting more than five tickets.
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Clearly, the organisers are adopting this policy not to reduce the sale but to cope up with great demand so that everyone can get the ticket. So, I is not implicit. Also, due to great demand, the maximum number of tickets one person can get has been reduced to five. So, II is also not implicit.
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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : "Computer education should start at schools itself."

Assumptions :
I. Learning computers is easy.
II. Computer education fetches jobs easily.
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Clearly, computer education can be started at the school level only if it is easy. So, I is implicit. In the statement, nothing is mentioned about the link between jobs and computer education. So, II is not implicit.
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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : If he is intelligent, he will pass the examination.

Assumptions :
I. To pass, he must be intelligent.
II. He will pass the examination.
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
The statement mentions that he will pass if he is intelligent. So, I is implicit. Further, this means that it is not necessary that he will pass. So, II is not implicit.
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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : Today I must satisfy myself only by looking at a pink headed duck in an encyclopedia.

Assumptions :
I. Pink headed ducks are as good as extinct now.
II. People refer to encyclopedia to know only about things which do not exist now.
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Since the narrator talks of satisfying himself by just looking at a picture in encyclopaedia, it means that pink headed ducks are not to be seen alive. So, I is implicit. But II does not follow from the statement and is not implicit.
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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : The organization should promote employees on the basis of merit alone and not on the basis of length of service or seniority.

Assumptions :
I. Length of service or seniority does not alone reflect merit of an employee.
II. It is possible to determine and measure merit of an employee.
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option E
Solution:
The statement stresses on the need to award promotion to a person who has been displaying remarkable talent and performing extraordinarily for the organisation rather than the one who has been working steadily for the organisation since long. Thus, length of service does not alone prove a man worthy. His talent and his performance are the criteria to be considered. So, both I and II are implicit.
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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : "But out of A, B, C and D products, you buy B which alone is based on the international technology."- A shopkeeper tells a customer.

Assumptions :
I. The customers normally accept the recommendation of the shopkeeper.
II. Use of international technology is supposed to ensure better quality standards.
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option E
Solution:
The shopkeeper tells the customer the merits and demerits of various products, thus making it easy for him to choose. So, I is implicit. Since the shopkeeper stresses on buying B because it is based on international technology, so II is also implicit.
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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : "If you want to give any advertisement, give it in the newspaper X." - A tells B.

Assumptions :
I. B wants to publicise his products.
II. Newspaper X has a wide circulation.
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
The word 'If in the statement shows that B may or may not want to publicise his products. So I is not implicit. It is advised that advertisements be given in newspaper X. This means that X will help advertise better i.e., it has wider circulation. So, II is implicit.
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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : Kartik left for Delhi on Tuesday by train to attend a function to be held on Friday at his uncle's house in Delhi.

Assumptions :
I. Kartik may reach Delhi on Wednesday.
II. Kartik may reach Delhi before Friday.
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Clearly, it cannot be deduced as to which day Kartik would reach Delhi. But Kartik has left for Delhi to attend a function to be held on Friday. So, he must have planned his journey to reach Delhi before Friday. Thus, only II is implicit.
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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : "Avon Cycles - Fast, easy to ride, impressive, reliable, crafted and up-to-date automation." - An advertisement.

Assumptions :
I. There is no other cycle with any of these features.
II. People do not bother about the cost.
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
The advertisement is for Avon cycles and nothing about the cost or the features of other brands of cycles, is mentioned. So, neither I nor II is implicit.
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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : "Private property, trespassers will be prosecuted" - A notice on a plot of land.

Assumptions :
I. The passerby may read the notice and may not trespass.
II. The people are scared of prosecution.
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option E
Solution:
Any notice is displayed assuming that people will read the notice and also follow the content of the notice. So, I is implicit. Besides, the notice threatens any trespassers to be prosecuted. So, II is also implicit.