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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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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