Q.1
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.
Q.2
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.
Q.3
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.
Q.4
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : In Bombay, railway trains are indispensable for people in the suburbs to reach their places of work on time.

Assumptions :
I. Railway trains are the only mode of transport available in the suburbs of Bombay.
II. Only railway trains run punctually.
Q.5
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : Without reforming the entire administrative system, we cannot eradicate corruption and prejudice from the society.

Assumptions :
I. The existence of corruption and prejudice is good.
II. There is enough flexibility to change the administrative system.
Q.6
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : The civic authority has advised the residents in the area to use mosquito repellents or sleep inside nets as large number of people are suffering from malaria.

Assumptions :
I. Local residents have enough money to arrange for the repellents or nets.
II. People may ignore and continue to get mosquito bites as they have other pressing needs.
Q.7
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.
Q.8
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : The integrated steel plants in India would no longer have to depend on imports for continuous casting refractories.

Assumptions :
I. Continuous casting refractories are needed by India.
II. Continuous casting refractories are in demand.
Q.9
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : The office building needs repairing just as urgently as it needs internal as well as external painting.

Assumptions :
I. Efficiency of people working in the office cannot be improved unless office building is repaired.
II. Repairing and painting of office building require funds.
Q.10
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : A's advice to B - "Go to Jammu via Amritsar - the shortest route".

Assumptions :
I. B wishes to go to Jammu.
II. A gives advice to everybody.

Q.11
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : The school authorities have decided to increase the number of students in each classroom to seventy from the next academic session to bridge the gap between the income and the expenditure to a large extent.

Assumptions :
I. The income generated by way of fees of the additional students will be sufficient enough to bridge the gap.
II. The school will get all the additional students in each class from the next academic session.
Q.12
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : The General Administration Department has issued a circular to all the employees informing them that henceforth the employees can avail their lunch break at any of the half-hour slots between 1.00 p.m. and 2.30 p.m.

Assumptions :
I. The employees may welcome the decision and avail lunch break at different time's slots.
II. There may not be any break in the work of the organization as the employees will have their lunch break at different time slots.
Q.13
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : Government aided schools should have uniformity in charging various fees.

Assumptions :
I. The Government's subsidy comes from the money collected by way of taxes from people.
II. The Government while giving subsidy may have stipulated certain uniform conditions regarding fees.
Q.14
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : Sachin's mother instructed him to return home by train if it rains heavily.

Assumptions :
I. Sachin may not be able to decide himself if it rains heavily.
II. The trains may ply even if it rains heavily.
Q.15
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.
Q.16
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.
Q.17
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.
Q.18
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.
Q.19
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.
Q.20
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : Vitamin E tablets improve circulation, keep your complexion in a glowing condition.

Assumptions :
I. People like a glowing complexion.
II. Complexion becomes dull in the absence of circulation.
Q.21
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : "Ensure a good Slight's sleeps for your family with safe and effective X mosquito coil." - An advertisement.

Assumptions :
I. X mosquito coil is better than any other mosquito coil.
II. A good night's sleep is desirable.
Q.22
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : You know that your suit is excellent when people ask about your tailor who tailored the suit.

Assumptions :
I. People do not ask about your tailor if your suit is not good.
II. The people want to know the criterion of an excellent suit.

Q.23
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.
Q.24
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.
Q.25
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : The government has decided to pay compensation to the tune of Rs. 1 lakh to the family members of those who are killed in railway accidents.

Assumptions :
I. The government has enough funds to meet the expenses due to compensation.
II. There may be reduction in incidents of railway accidents in near future.
Q.26
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : Films have become indispensable for the entertainment of people.

Assumptions :
I. Films are the only media of entertainment.
II. People enjoy films.
Q.27
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : Please do not use lift while going down - an instruction on the top floor of a five-storey building.

Assumptions :
I. While going down, the lift is unable to carry any load.
II. Provision of lift is a matter of facility and not of right.
Q.28
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : "I have not received telephone bills for nine months inspite of several complaints" - A telephone customer's letter to the editor of a daily

Assumptions :
I. Every customer has a right to get bills regularly from the telephone company.
II. The customer's complaints point to defect in the services which are expected to be corrected.
Q.29
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : All existing inequalities can be reduced, if not utterly eradicated, by action of governments or by revolutionary change of government.

Assumptions :
I. Inequality is a man-made phenomenon.
II. No person would voluntarily part with what he possesses.
Q.30
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : The campaign of 'Keep your city clean' started by the Civil Council did not evoke any response from the citizens.

Assumptions :
I. People do not desire to keep their city clean.
II. The Civil Council has failed in its campaign.
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