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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : Items in big showrooms in main markets are costlier than similar items in small shops.

Assumptions :
I. Items in small shops are never reliable.
II. Persons managing big showrooms are cheats.
III. Maintenance of big showrooms is an expensive affair in itself; hence the prices are a little higher.

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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : India's economic growth has come at a terrible price of increased industrial and vehicular pollution.

Assumptions :
I. Pollution is a part of industrial society.
II. Indian economic growth is based on only industrial growth.
III. A country desires economic growth with manageable side effects.

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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : The Government of India has set up one-stop facilitation counters manned by trained staff for attending to various needs of the foreign tourists at all the international airports.

Assumptions :
I. There is adequate trained staff available to man these counters in shifts.
II. The services provided by these counters will help boosting inflow of foreign tourists.
III. Majority of the foreign tourists need variety of services when they reach India.

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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : "Work hard to be successful in the examinations." - A advises B. Assumptions:

Assumptions :
I. B listens to A's advice.
II. Passing the examination is desirable.
III. Hard practice leads to success.

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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : "Join X-tuition classes for sure success. Excellent teaching by excellent teachers is our strength." - An advertisement.

Assumptions :
I. Sure success is desirable.
II. Students expect sure success when they join any tuition class.
III. Just having excellent teachers does not ensure success.

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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : Wars must be discouraged vehemently even though majority of the victims might have been a nuisance to peace loving people.

Assumptions :
I. Wars kill majority of wicked people.
II. Innocent people are also killed in wars.
III. Vehement opposition to wars may have some desirable impact.

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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : "If you are beautiful, we will catch your beauty. If you are not, we will make you beautiful." - An advertisement of a photo studio.

Assumptions :
I. How to look beautiful is a problem of youngsters.
II. A photograph can be beautiful even if a person is not.
III. People like to be considered beautiful.

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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

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 price of indigenous sugar will remain unchanged.

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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : During pre-harvest kharif season, the government has decided to release vast quantity of food grains from FCI.

Assumptions :
I. There may be a shortage of food grains in the market during this season.
II. The kharif crop may be able to replenish the stock of FCI.
III. There may be a demand from the farmers to procure kharif crop immediately after harvest.

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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : 'The simplest and the most cost-effective way to upgrade your home. Exchange your old furniture and get 25% to 33% off on the new furniture.' - An advertisement of a furniture company.

Assumptions :
I. Nowadays, there is no demand for furniture products unless some attractive scheme is offered.
II. Some customers always desire to have best quality and do not bother either for cost or for convenience.
III. Some customers want to keep their home up-to-date with reasonable cost and with less hassles.

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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : Everybody loves reading adventure stories.

Assumptions :
I. Adventure stories are the only reading material.
II. Nobody loves reading any other material.
III. All are literate.

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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : Delink degrees with jobs. Then, boys will think twice before joining colleges.

Assumptions :
I. Boys join college education for getting jobs.
II. A degree is of no use for getting a job.
III. Girls do not try for jobs.

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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : In spite of the heavy rains the traffic has not been disrupted this year.

Assumptions :
I. The traffic is disrupted in rainy seasons only.
II. Rains do not affect traffic movement.
III. Adequate precautions were taken for traffic management during rainy season.

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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : The company has decided to increase the price of all its products to tackle the precarious financial position.

Assumptions :
I. The company may be able to wipe out the entire losses incurred earlier by this decision.
II. The buyers may continue to buy its products even after the increase.
III. The company has adequate resources to continue production for few more months.

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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : In order to reduce the gap between income and expenditure, the company has decided to increase the price of its product from next month.

Assumptions :
I. The rate will remain more or less same after the increase.
II. The expenditure will more or less remain the same in near future.
III. The rival companies will also increase the price of the similar product.

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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : 'Several labour and industrial courts in this State have no proper premises. Vacancies of judges and stenos are kept pending.' - A statement of a retired judge of State X.

Assumptions:
I. Adequate number of staff and judges helps in the smooth functioning of the industrial and labour courts.
II. The State is not bothered about the condition of the labour and industrial courts.
III. Physical facilities of an office help in increasing efficiency of its employees.

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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : "A rare opportunity to be a professional while you are at home." - An advertisement for computer literate housewives by a computer company.

Assumptions :
I. Some housewives simultaneously desire to become professional.
II. Computer industry is growing at a fast pace.
III. It is possible to be a professional as well as a housewife.

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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : Pramod decided to get the railway reservation in May, for the journey he wants to make in July, to Madras.

Assumptions :
I. The railways issues reservations two months in advance.
II. There are more than one trains to Madras.
III. There will be vacancy in the desired class.

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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : "To make the company commercially viable, there is an urgent need to prune the staff strength and borrow money from the financial institutions." - Opinion of a consultant.

Assumptions :
I. The financial institutions lend money for such proposals.
II. The product of the company has a potential market.
III. The employees of the company are inefficient.

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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : The Central Government has directed the State Governments to reduce government expenditure in view of the serious resource crunch and it may not be able to sanction any additional grant to the states for the next six months.

Assumptions :
I. The State Governments are totally dependent on Central Government for its expenditures.
II. The Central Government has reviewed the expenditure account of the State Government.
III. The State Governments will abide by the directive.

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