Q.1
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : "If you are a mechanical engineer, we want you as our supervisor." - An advertisement by Company X.

Assumptions :
I. Mechanical engineers are expected to be better performers by Company X.
II. The Company X needs supervisors.
III. Mechanical engineers may get attracted and apply to Company X.
Q.2
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : Amongst newspapers, I always read the National Times.

Assumptions :
I. The National Times gives very comprehensive news.
II. Some people prefer other newspapers.
Q.3
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : Considering the tickets sold during the last seven days, the circus authorities decided to continue the show for another fortnight which includes two weekends.

Assumptions :
I. People may not turn up on weekdays.
II. The average number of people who will be visiting circus will be more or less same as that of the last seven days.
III. There may not be enough response at other places.
Q.4
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement: This book is so prepared that even a layman can study science in the absence of a teacher.

Assumptions :
I. A layman wishes to study science without a teacher.
II. A teacher may not always be available to teach science.
III. A layman generally finds it difficult to learn science on its own.
Q.5
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : "We do not want you to see our product on newspaper, visit our shop to get a full view." - An advertisement.

Assumptions :
I. People generally decide to purchase any product after seeing the name in the advertisement.
II. Uncommon appeal may attract the customers.
III. People may come to see the product.
Q.6
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : The school authority decided to open a summer school this year in the school compound for the students in the age range of 7 - 14 years.

Assumptions :
I. All the students will attend the summer school.
II. All the parents will prefer to remain in the city than going out of town for enabling their children to attend the summer school.
III. Those who cannot afford to go out of station will send their children to summer school.
Q.7
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : "Z-T.V, the only T.V. which gives the viewers a chance to watch two programmes simultaneously." - An advertisement.

Assumptions :
I. Sale of Z-T.V will increase because of the advertisement.
II. Some people may be influenced by the advertisement and buy Z-T.V.
III. The sale of Z-T.V. may be on the downward trend.
Q.8
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : "As our business is expanding, we need to appoint more staff." Owner of a company informs his staff.

Assumptions :
I. The present staff is not competent.
II. More staff will further expand the business.
III. Suitable persons to be taken as staff will be available.
Q.9
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.
Q.10
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.
Q.11
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.
Q.12
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.
Q.13
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.
Q.14
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.
Q.15
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : The professor announced in the class that the next periodical examination will be held on 15th of the next month.

Assumptions :
I. All the students may appear in the examination.
II. The college will remain open on 15th of the next month.
III. The students can study till 15th of the next month to pass the examination.
Q.16
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.
Q.17
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.
Q.18
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : "If you want timely completion of work, provide independent cabins," - An employee tells the Director of a Company.

Assumptions :
I. There are not enough cabins.
II. Other's presence hinders timely completion of work.
Q.19
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : There is big boom in drug business and a number of jhuggi-jhopari dwellers in Delhi can be seen pedaling with small pouches of smack and brown sugar.

Assumptions :
I. Drug addiction is increasing in the country, specially in the capital.
II. All the big dons involved in the smuggling of drugs live in jhuggi-jhopari areas.
III. Most of the jhuggi-jhopari dwellers would do anything for money.
Q.20
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : "It has become a necessity to computerize all the functions of our Institute to maintain the present position." - A statement of the Director of XYZ Institute.

Assumptions :
I. Unless computerized, the Institute will fall behind the race.
II. The functions of the Institute are too complex to be handled manually.
Q.21
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : "We must introduce objective type tests to improve our examinations for admission to MBA." - The Chairman of the Admission Committee tells the Committee.

Assumptions :
I. The admission at present is directly through the interview.
II. The Admission Committee is desirous of improving the admission examinations.
III. The Chairman himself is an MBA.
Q.22
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : The university Authority has decided to decentralize conduct of terminal examinations and give this responsibility to each college for its students to avoid delay in declaration of results.

Assumptions :
I. The colleges are equipped to carry out this responsibility.
II. There may not be uniformity in evaluation standard across the colleges.
III. The students may welcome this new development.
Q.23
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : Bombay people were spellbound, mesmerized and got mad when they saw the famous pop-singer Michael Jackson's hi-tech pulsating megawatt performance.

Assumptions :
I. When a show is accompanied with latest technology, it has a magical effect.
II. Bombay people were never impressed with performances by Indian musicians.
III. Michael Jackson is a super singer.
Q.24
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : There is no reason to rule out the possibility of life on Mars. Therefore the exploration of that planet has to be undertaken.

Assumptions :
I. There is life on Mars.
II. The search for life is the sufficient reason for space exploration.
Q.25
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.
Q.26
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.
Q.27
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.
Q.28
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.
Q.29
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : No regular funds have been provided for welfare activities in this year's budget of the factory.

Assumptions :
I. The factory does not desire to carry out welfare this year.
II. Budgetary provision is necessary for carrying put welfare activities.
Q.30
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : The host in one of the popular T.V. programmes announced that the channel will contact the viewers between 9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. on weekdays and the lucky ones will be given fabulous prizes.

Assumptions :
I. The people may remain indoors to receive the phone call.
II. More people may start watching the programme.
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