Q. Statement: The district administration has issued a circular to all the farmers under its jurisdiction advising them for not using pesticides indiscriminately as it may pollute the ground water.
Assumptions:

I. People may stop using ground water if the farmers continue to use pesticides indiscriminately.
II. Farmers may refrain from using pesticides indiscriminately.

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Q. Statement: The coffee powder of company X is quite better in taste than the much advertised coffee of company Y.
Assumptions:

I. If your product is not good, your spend more on advertisement.
II. Some people are tempted to buy a product by the advertisement.

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Q. 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.

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Q. 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.

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Q. Statement: "This drink can be had either as it is, or after adding ice to it." - An advertisement.
Assumptions:

I. People differ in their preferences.
II. Some people will get attracted to the drink as it can be had as it is.

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Q. Statement: Government has permitted unaided colleges to increase their fees.
Assumptions:

I. Unaided colleges are in financial difficulties.
II. Aided colleges do not need to increase fees.

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Q. Statement: Be humble even after being victorious.
Assumptions:

I. Many people are humble after being victorious.
II. Generally people are not humble.

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Q. 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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Q. 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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Q. 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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Q. 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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Q. 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.

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Q. Statement: His recent investment in the shares of Company A is only a gamble.
Assumptions:

I. He may incur loss on his investment.
II. He may gain from his investment.

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Q. Statement: Why don't you go to the court if the employer does not pay you the Provident Fund contribution?
Assumptions:
I. Courts can intervene in matters of dispute between employer and employees.
II. It is obligatory for the employer to pay the Provident Fund contribution to the employees.

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Q. Statement: 'Double your money in five months.' - An advertisement.
Assumptions:

I. The assurance is not genuine.
II. People want their money to grow.

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Q. Statement: The education of a student at collegiate level, not taking into account maintenance expenses, costs four hundred rupees a year. Collegiate education is thus drawing heavily upon the national resources of an impoverished community. So college education should be restricted to a brilliant few.
Assumptions:

I. Our resources are very limited.
II. Only a few students should be admitted to the colleges.

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Q. Statement: Of all the radio sets manufactured in India, the 'X' brand has the largest sale.
Assumptions:

I. The sale of all the radio sets manufactured in India is known.
II. The manufacturing of no other radio set in India is as large as 'X' brand radio.

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Q. Statement: "You should not grant him leave in this week due to exigency of work." - A supervisor advises the administrative officer.
Assumptions:

I. Request for leave can be turned down also.
II. The supervisor has reviewed the work required to be done during the said period.

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Q. Statement: Like a mad man, I decided to follow him.
Assumptions:

I. I am not a mad man.
II. I am a mad man.

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Q. Statement: The first step in treating addicts is to re-establish their lost ties, for which a continuous personal attention should be paid to the addicts under treatment.
Assumptions:

I. Addicts under treatment respond better when shown personal interest.
II. Addiction and strained relationships are intimately connected.

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