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Statement And Assumption
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Q41

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

Statement : Because of the large number of potholes in road X, reaching airport in time has become difficult.

Assumptions :
I. Reaching airport in time may not be always necessary.
II. There is no other convenient road to the airport.

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Q42

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

Statement : Safety and health practices in many Indian companies are well below the international standards.

Assumptions :
I. International standards of health and safety are ideal and unrealistic.
II. Indian organizations do not consider safety and health management as their prime social responsibility.

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Q43

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

Statement : Greater public participation results in good civic governance. - Statement of Municipal Commissioner of City A.

Assumptions :
I. The municipal office is not competent to effect good civic administration.
II. Good civic governance is a matter of collective will and effort of the people and administration.

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Q44

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

Statement : The regulatory authority has set up a review committee to find out the reasons for unstable stock prices.

Assumptions :
I. The investors may regain confidence in stock market by this decision.
II. The review committee has the expertise to find out the causes for volatility in the stock market.

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Q45

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

Statement : Please note that the company will provide accommodation to only outside candidates if selected.' - A condition in an advertisement.

Assumptions :
I. The local candidates would be having some other arrangement for their stay.
II. The company plans to select only local candidates.

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Q46

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

Statement : Cases of food poisoning due to consumption of liquor are increasing in rural areas.

Assumptions :
I. Percentage of people consuming liquor is more in rural areas.
II. There are many unauthorized spurious liquor shops in the rural areas.

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Q47

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

Statement : Lack of stimulation in the first four or five years of life can have adverse consequences.

Assumptions :
I. A great part of the development of observed intelligence occurs in the earliest years of life.
II. 50 percent of the measurable intelligence at age of 17 is already predictable by the age of four.

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Q48

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

Statement : The X-Airlines has decided to increase the passenger fare by 15 percent with immediate effect.

Assumptions :
I. The demand for seats of X-Airlines may remain unchanged even after the hike of fare.
II. Other airline companies may also hike the passenger fares.

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Q49

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

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 :
I. The bank has a practice of granting loans for Rs. 1,00,000 and above.
II. The bank accepts house as collateral security against such loans.

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Q50

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

Statement : Many historians have done more harm than good by distorting truth.

Assumptions :
I. People believe what is reported by the historians.
II. Historians are seldom expected to depict the truth.

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Q51

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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.

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Q52

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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.

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Q53

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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.

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Q54

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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.

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Q55

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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.

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Q56

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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.

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Q57

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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.

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Q58

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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.

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Q59

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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.

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Q60

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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.

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