Statement and Assumption Questions & Answers
Q-26. Statement:-
The government has decided to disinvest large chunk of its equity in select public sector undertakings for a better fiscal management.
Assumptions:-
I. The amount generated out of the disinvestment process may reduce substantially the mounting fiscal deficits.
II. There will be enough demand in the market for the shares of these under- takings.
Answer : (a) only assumption I is implicit.
Solution :
The fact given in I directly follows from the phrase '….for a better fiscal management' in the statement. So, I is implicit. However, the public response to the new policy cannot be ascertained. So, II is not implicit.
Q-27. Statement:-
If he is intelligent, he will pass the examination.
Assumptions :-
I. To pass, he must be intelligent.
II. He will pass the examination.
Answer : (a) only assumption I is implicit.
Solution :
The statement mentions that he will pass if he is. intelligent, So, I is implicit. Furture, this means that it is not necessary that he will pass. So, II is not implicit.
Q-28. Statement:-
Improsonment for 27 years made Nelson Mandela, the President.
Assumptions:-
I. Only who will be imprisoned for 27 years will become the President.
II. To become the President, imprisonment is a qualification.
Answer : (d) neither I nor II is implicit.
Solution :
The statement implies that it was not 'literally' imprisonment, but Nelson Mandela's dedicated service to the nation and his struggle for freedom despite various hardships that won him the desired public appeal to be elected the President. so, neither I nor II is implicit.
Q-29. Statement:-
Children are influenced more by their teachers nowadays.
Assumptions:
I. The children consider teachers as their models.
II. A large amount of children’s time is spent in school.
Answer : (a) only assumption I is implicit.
Solution :
Clearly, it is because children consider teachers as their model that they are more influenced by them. So, I is implicit. It is not necessary that the children are influenced by teachers because they spend much time in school. So, II is not implicit.
Q-30. Statement :-
If it is easy to become an engineer, I don’t want to be an engineer.
Assumptions:-
I. An individual aspires to be professional.
II. One desires to achieve to thing which is hard earned.
Answer : (b) only assumption II is implicit.
Solution :
Clearly, nothing is mentioned about the professional nature of the job. So, I is not implicit. The statement hints that one rejects a thing that is easy to achieve. So II is implicit.
