Q. 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.

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Q. Statement: The regulatory authority has set up a review committee to find out the reasons for unstable stock prices.
Assumptions:

I. The investors may regain confidence in stock market by this decision.
II. The review committee has the expertise to find out the causes for volatility in the stock market.

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Q. Statement: Please note that the company will provide accommodation to only outside candidates if selected.' - A condition in an advertisement.
Assumptions:

I. The local candidates would be having some other arrangement for their stay.
II. The company plans to select only local candidates.

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Q. Statement: "You are hereby appointed as a programmer with a probation period of one year and your performance will be reviewed at the end of the period for confirmation." - A line in an appointment letter.
Assumptions:

I. The performance of an individual generally is not known at the time of appointment offer.
II. Generally an individual tries to prove his worth in the probation period.

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Q. Statement: It is desirable to put the child in school at the age of 5 or so.
Assumptions:

I. At that age the child reaches appropriate level of development and is ready to learn.
II. The schools do not admit children after six years of age.

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Q. Statement: "In order to bring punctuality in our office, we must provide conveyance allowance to our employees." - In charge of a company tells Personnel Manager.
Assumptions:

I. Conveyance allowance will not help in bringing punctuality.
II. Discipline and reward should always go hand in hand.

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Q. Statement: Unemployment allowance should be given to all unemployed Indian youth above 18 years of age.
Assumptions:

I. There are unemployed youth in India who needs monetary support.
II. The government has sufficient funds to provide allowance to all unemployed youth.

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Q. Statement: "If you trouble me, I will slap you." - A mother warns her child.
Assumptions:

I. With the warning, the child may stop troubling her.
II. All children are basically naughty.

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Q. Statement: The Government has decided to levy 2 percent on the tax amount payable for funding drought relief programmes.
Assumptions:

I. The Government does not have sufficient money to fund drought relief programmes.
II. The amount collected by way of surcharge may be adequate to fund these drought relief programmes.

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Q. Statement: Detergents should be used to clean clothes.
Assumptions:

I. Detergents form more lather.
II. Detergents help to dislodge grease and dirt.

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Q. Statement: It will be a substantial achievement in the field of education if one provides one school for every village in our country and enforce attendance.
Assumptions:

I. Children in villages do not attend school regularly.
II. Providing school to every village is desirable.

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Q. 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 undertakings.

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Q. Statement: Never before such a lucid book was available on the topic.
Assumptions:

I. Some other books were available on this topic.
II. You can write lucid books on very few topics.

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Q. 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.

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Q. 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.

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Q. 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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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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