Logical Reasoning :: Statement and Assumption
In each question below is given a statement followed by three assumptions numbered I, II and III. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions, decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement and choose your answer accordingly.
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Statement: Tender specification will not be issued to the firms where there is 25% or more default in supplies against earlier purchase orders placed on them' - Condition of a Company X inviting tenders for the purchase of material.
Assumptions:
- The Company X will be watching the quality of performance of its suppliers.
- This time the firms should keep the percentage of default as less as possible.
- The Company X expects quality and professional approach from its suppliers.
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Statement: Items in big showrooms in main markets are costlier than similar items in small shops.
Assumptions:
- Items in small shops are never reliable.
- Persons managing big showrooms are cheats.
- Maintenance of big showrooms is an expensive affair in itself; hence the prices are a little higher.
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Statement: India's economic growth has come at a terrible price of increased industrial and vehicular pollution.
Assumptions:
- Pollution is a part of industrial society.
- Indian economic growth is based on only industrial growth.
- A country desires economic growth with manageable side effects.
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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:
- There is adequate trained staff available to man these counters in shifts.
- The services provided by these counters will help boosting inflow of foreign tourists.
- Majority of the foreign tourists need variety of services when they reach India.
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Statement: "Work hard to be successful in the examinations." - A advises B. Assumptions:
Assumptions:
- B listens to As advice.
- Passing the examination is desirable.
- Hard practice leads to success.
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Statement: "Join X-tuition classes for sure success. Excellent teaching by excellent teachers is our strength." - An advertisement.
Assumptions:
- Sure success is desirable.
- Students expect sure success when they join any tuition class.
- Just having excellent teachers does not ensure success.
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Statement: Wars must be discouraged vehemently even though majority of the victims might have been a nuisance to peace loving people.
Assumptions:
- Wars kill majority of wicked people.
- Innocent people are also killed in wars.
- Vehement opposition to wars may have some desirable impact.
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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:
- How to look beautiful is a problem of youngsters.
- A photograph can be beautiful even if a person is not.
- People like to be considered beautiful.
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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:
- The dealers will follow the government directive.
- The sugar prices will come down.
- The price of indigenous sugar will remain unchanged.
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Statement: During pre-harvest kharif season, the government has decided to release vast quantity of food grains from FCI.
Assumptions:
- There may be a shortage of food grains in the market during this season.
- The kharif crop may be able to replenish the stock of FCI.
- There may be a demand from the farmers to procure kharif crop immediately after harvest.
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