Statement & Assumption Tests for Students and Job Seekers
Home > Verbal Tests > Statement & Assumption > Statement & Assumption Questions
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.
Statement: Many historians have done more harm than good by distorting truth.
Assumptions:
1. People believe what is reported by the historians.
2. Historians are seldom expected to depict the truth.
Answer & Explanation:
Answer: Option A
Explanation: The fact that historians have done harm by distorting truth, means that people believe what is reported by the historians. So, I is implicit. II does not follow from the statement and so is not implicit.
Statement: "As there is a great demand, every person seeking tickets of the programme will be given only five tickets."
Assumptions:
1. The organizers are not keen on selling the tickets.
2. No one is interested in getting more than five tickets.
Answer & Explanation:
Answer: Option D
Explanation: 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.
Statement: "Computer education should start at schools itself."
Assumptions:
1. Learning computers is easy.
2. Computer education fetches jobs easily.
Answer & Explanation:
Answer: Option A
Explanation: 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.
Statement: If he is intelligent, he will pass the examination.
Assumptions:
1. To pass, he must be intelligent.
2. He will pass the examination.
Answer & Explanation:
Answer: Option A
Explanation: 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.
Statement: Today I must satisfy myself only by looking at a pink headed duck in an encyclopaedia.
Assumptions:
1. Pink headed ducks are as good as extinct now.
2. People refer to encyclopaedia to know only about things which do not exist now.
Answer & Explanation:
Answer: Option A
Explanation: 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.
Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10 | Page 11 | Page 12 | Page 13 | Page 14 | Page 15 | Page 16 | Page 17 | Page 18 | Page 19 | Page 20