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Direction : In each question below is given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.
Statement: "We do not know why government is saying an agreement has been reached on the issue of proposed dilution of government holding in the joint sector automobile company, when neither party is, however, willing to divulge details of the proposed rights issue." — Senior representative of Company' Y'
Assumptions: I. An agreement is said to be reached only when both the parties divulge details of the relevant issues.
II. Government makes people fool by false representation.
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Answer & Explanation
Answer : Option
D
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I is not implicit. In fact, the statement assumes that it's no use saying that an agreement has been reached as long as the details are not divulged. II is distorting the statement too much.
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Direction (Q. 2 - 6) : In each question below is given a statement followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then consider the two conclusions together and decide which of them logically follows beyond a reasonable doubt from the information given in the statement.
Statement: There is no person who does not possess some virtue, and no person who is entirely free from evil.
Conclusion: I. Man is fraught with either virtue or evil.
II. Good and evil points are both present in all of us.
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Answer & Explanation
Answer : Option
B
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I is not true because of the wording "....and no person who is entirely free from evil." II is obvious.
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Statement: "A woman's biological clock starts ticking in her late 20s, not her mid-30s, and male fertility also begins to wane by late 30s." —A report of a doctor
Conclusions: I. Older couples will not be able to conceive.
II. Men and women suffer from diminishing ability to procreate.
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Answer & Explanation
Answer : Option
B
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I may or may not be true but II is obvious because of the last part of the statement.
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Statement: Outwardly a person may discourse on the highest knowledge, the best form of devotion or the purest type of dispassion; but so long his internal thoughts do not actually correspond with those ideas, he really possesses neither knowledge, nor devotion, nor even dispassion.
Conclusions: I. It is man's thoughts that actually represent his character.
II. Internal thought of a person is different from his external thought.
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Answer & Explanation
Answer : Option
A
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I follows from the emphasis on "so long his internal thoughts do not ..." II can only by probably true.
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Statement: We do not need today an extraordinary batsman or extraordinary bowler; rather we need to explore an all-rounder like Sachin, Jaisuriya etc. — Captain of Indian cricket team
Conclusions: I. India needs a good fielder.
II. India needs a good wicket-keeper.
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Answer & Explanation
Answer : Option
D
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Clear if you know what an "all rounder" means.
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Statement: Government has decided to put a ban on all the naxalite organisations operating in various parts of the country.
Conclusions: I. Government is concerned with the internal security of the nation.
II. Naxalite groups have been found to be indulging in disruptive activities in country.
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Answer & Explanation
Answer : Option
D
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I is obvious due to the initiative taken by the government. II is also true; that is why the bank is being implemented.
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Direction (Q. 7 - 10) : Below is given a passage followed by several possible inferences which can be drawn from the facts stated in the passage. You have to examine each inference separately in the context of the passage and decide upon its degree of truth or falsity.
Women constitute a significant part of the work force of India but they lag behind men in terms of level and quality of employment. The Census of India has registered 22.73 per cent of female population as workers, 90 million in absolute terms out of a total female population of 407 million. The majority of women workers are employed in the rural areas. Amongst rural women workers, 87 per cent are employed in agriculture as labourers and cultivators. Amongst the women workers in the urban areas, 80 per cent are employed in unorganised sectors like household industries, petty trades and services, building and construction, etc. The employment of women in the organised sector (both public and private sectors) was about 4.826 million. This constitutes 16.4 per cent of the total organised sector employment in the country. The lowest employment of women was noticed in electricity, gas and water sectors. In factory, mine and plantation establishments women workers constitute 14 per cent, 6 per cent and 51 per cent of the total work force respectively.
Community, social and personal services sectors absorb the majority of women employees in towns.
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Answer & Explanation
Answer : Option
A
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80% as per the passage.
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Electricity sector comes in the category of employment of good quality.
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Answer & Explanation
Answer : Option
B
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Since women lag behind men in terms of level and quality of employment; and lowest employment of women was noticed in electricity, etc.
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The total organised sector employment in the country is about 19.42 million.
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Answer & Explanation
Answer : Option
D
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16.4% of total organised sector = 4.826 million. Hence the total organised sector's employment in the country is around 29. million. Hence definitely false.
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Agriculture sector comes in the category of employment of good quality.
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Answer & Explanation
Answer : Option
D
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No Explanation
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