Direction : In the following question, a statement is followed by two assumptions I and II. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statements and…
Question and options
Direction : In the following question, a statement is followed by two assumptions I and II.
An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statements and following assumptions to decide which of the assumption is implicit in the statement.
Statement : ‘Smoking is injurious to health’ – Warning on cigarette pack.
Assumptions : I. People take careful notice of the advertisement.
II. People read the matter printed on a cigarette pack.
An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statements and following assumptions to decide which of the assumption is implicit in the statement.
Statement : ‘Smoking is injurious to health’ – Warning on cigarette pack.
Assumptions : I. People take careful notice of the advertisement.
II. People read the matter printed on a cigarette pack.
- If only assumption I is implicit
- If only assumption II is implicit
- If both I and II are implicit
- If neither I nor II is implicit
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B - If only assumption II is implicit
The warning is printed on the pack assuming people read what is printed there (II). I refers to taking 'careful notice of the advertisement', which is not necessarily assumed - the warning is not an advertisement. Only II.
Practice for these exams
-
CUSAT CAT LLM
Related question papers
Related exam syllabi
More solved explanations in Verbal & critical reasoning
- Choose the word that has similar relationship: Entomologist: Insects:: Philosopher:.
- Two statements are given, followed by conclusions I and II. Consider the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts.…
- If rain is called water, water is called air, air is called cloud, cloud is called sky, sky is called sea, sea is called road, where do the aeroplanes fly?
- Which word does NOT belong with the others?
- From the word ‘LAPAROSCOPY’, how many independent meaningful English words can be made without changing the order of the letters and using each letter only once?