A statement is followed by three assumptions I, II and III. Check
whether these assumptions are implicit in the statement or not. Statement : The residents of the locality wrote a letter to the corporation requesting to restore normally in the supply of drinking water immediately as the supply at present is just not adequate. Assumptions : I. The corporation may not take any action on the letter. II. The municipality has enough water to meet the demand. III. The water supply to the area was adequate in the past.
Answer: D The water supply must have been adequate in the past. If water supply was not so, the resident would have written the letter earlier.
Q. No. 32:
A statement is followed by three assumptions I, II and III. Check
whether these assumptions are implicit in the statement or not. Statement : We must be prepared to face any eventuality and all the assignments must be completed as per their schedule - Director tells the Faculty members. Assumptions : I. There is possibility of a serious eventuality. II. Dates are fixed for all the assignments. III. Faculty members are supposed to complete all the assignments.
Answer: D The Director must be having a hunch of some eventuality. Hence he is asking the faculty to stick to schedule. Since there is a mention of schedule, it indicates the dates are fixed for all the assignments. Hence all the assumption follows.
Q. No. 33:
A statement is followed by three assumptions I, II and III. Check
whether these assumptions are implicit in the statement or not. Statement : The telephone company informed the subscribers through a notification that those who do not pay their bills by the due date will be charged penalty for every defaulting day. Assumptions : I. Majority of the people may pay their bills by the due date to avoid penalty. II. The money collected as penalty may set off the losses due to delayed payment. III. People generally pay heed to such notices.
Answer: A In this statement all the three given assumptions are implicit. If people did not take attention about notice, there would have no meaning of this kind of notice.
Q. No. 34:
A statement is followed by three assumptions I, II and III. Check
whether these assumptions are implicit in the statement or not. 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 : I. The dealers will follow the government directive. II. The sugar prices will come down. III. The prices of indigenous sugar will remain unchanged.
Answer: A For the sugar prices the government has asked the dealers, hence it has been assumed that the dealers are going to follow government's directive. This step is being taken in view of recent spurt, hence it is implicit that the measure is to have a control on sugar prices.
Q. No. 35:
A statement is followed by three assumptions I, II and III. Check
whether these assumptions are implicit in the statement or not. Statement : In the recently held All India Commerce Conference, the session on 'Management of Service sector in India' surprisingly attracted large number of participants and also received a very good media coverage in the leading newspapers. Assumptions : I. People were not expecting such an encouraging response for service sector. II. Service sector is not managed properly in India. III. Media is always very positive towards service sector.
Answer: C II is implicit that service sector is not managed properly in India, that is why surprisingly many participants. And since there was good media coverage hence assumption III is also implicit.
Q. No. 36:
In the question given below is given a statement followed by two assumptions I and II. An assumption is something supposed or taken it granted. You have to consider the statement and the following assumption and decide which of the assumption is implicit in the statement. Statement : It is desirable to put the child in the school at the age of 5 or so. Assumptions : I. At that age the child reaches appropriate level of development and ready to learn. II. The schools do not admit children after six years of age.
Answer: A It is logical to say that at the age of 5, the child reaches appropriate level of development and ready to learn. Hence, assumption I is very much implicit in the statement. Assumption II is not implicit as it is not relevant.