Logical Reasoning :: Statement and Assumption
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.
Give answer
- (A) If only assumption I is implicit
- (B) If only assumption II is implicit
- (C) If either I or II is implicit
- (D) If neither I nor II is implicit
- (E) If both I and II are implicit.
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Statement: Because of the large number of potholes in road X, reaching airport in time has become difficult.
Assumptions:
- Reaching airport in time may not be always necessary.
- There is no other convenient road to the airport.
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Statement: Safety and health practices in many Indian companies are well below the international standards.
Assumptions:
- International standards of health and safety are ideal and unrealistic.
- Indian organizations do not consider safety and health management as their prime social responsibility.
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Statement: Greater public participation results in good civic governance. - Statement of Municipal Commissioner of City A.
Assumptions:
- The municipal office is not competent to effect good civic administration.
- Good civic governance is a matter of collective will and effort of the people and administration.
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Statement: The regulatory authority has set up a review committee to find out the reasons for unstable stock prices.
Assumptions:
- The investors may regain confidence in stock market by this decision.
- The review committee has the expertise to find out the causes for volatility in the stock market.
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Statement: Please note that the company will provide accommodation to only outside candidates if selected.' - A condition in an advertisement.
Assumptions:
- The local candidates would be having some other arrangement for their stay.
- The company plans to select only local candidates.
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Statement: Cases of food poisoning due to consumption of liquor are increasing in rural areas.
Assumptions:
- Percentage of people consuming liquor is more in rural areas.
- There are many unauthorized spurious liquor shops in the rural areas.
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Statement: Lack of stimulation in the first four or five years of life can have adverse consequences.
Assumptions:
- A great part of the development of observed intelligence occurs in the earliest years of life
- 50 percent of the measurable intelligence at age of 17 is already predictable by the age of four.
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Statement: The X-Airlines has decided to increase the passenger fare by 15 percent with immediate effect.
Assumptions:
- The demand for seats of X-Airlines may remain unchanged even after the hike of fare.
- Other airline companies may also hike the passenger fares.
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Statement: Shalini made an application to the bank for a loan of Rs. 1,80,000 by mortgaging her house to the bank and promised to repay it within five years.
Assumptions:
- The bank has a practice of granting loans for Rs. 1,00,000 and above.
- The bank accepts house as collateral security against such loans.
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