Statement Conclusion and Assumption Set 11

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Q1. Cause: All the major rivers in the state have been flowing way over the danger level for the past few weeks. Which of the following is/are possible effect (s) of the above cause?
(A) Many villages situated near the riverbanks are submerged, forcing the residents to flee.
(B) Government has decided to provide alternate shelter to all the affected villagers residing near the river banks.
(C) The entire state has been put on high flood alert.
(a) Only (A)
(b) Only (A) and (B)
(c) Only (B) and (C)
(d) All (A), (B) and (C)
(e) None of these

Q2. Effect: At least 20 school children were seriously injured while going for a school picnic during the weekend.
Which of the following can be a probable cause of the above effect?
(a) The teacher accompanying the school children fell ill during the journey.
(b) The bus in which the children were travelling met with an accident while taking turn on the main highway.
(c) The driver of the bus in which the children were travelling did not report after the break at the halting place on their journey.
(d) The school authority banned all school picnics for the next six months with immediate effect.
(e) None of these

Directions (3-6): Below in each question are given two statements I and II. These statements may be either independent causes or may be effects of independent causes. One of these statements may be the effect of the other statement. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choices correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements.
Mark answer (a): if statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect.
Mark answer (b): if statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect.
Mark answer (c): if both the statements I and II are independent causes.
Mark answer (d): if both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes.
Mark answer (e): if both the statements are effects of some common cause.

Q3. I. The public sector telecom service provider reduced the monthly rental substantially with immediate effect.
II. All the private sector telecom service providers have reduced their charges last week.

Q4. I. Police resorted to lathi-charge to disperse the unlawful gathering of large number of people.
II. The citizens’ forum called a general strike in protest against the police atrocities.

Directions (5-6): Each question below is followed by three arguments numbered I, II and III. You have to decide which of the arguments is a ‘strong’ argument and which is a ‘weak’ argument.

Q5. Statement: Should the Government impose restrictions on access to sensitive information to the journalists to avoid the media hype?
Arguments:
I. Yes, the media creates hype and publishes distorted information at times.
II. No, journalists should have an access to all the information as media is the best source to expose the malfunctions in the society.
III. Yes, at times it leads to harassment of those who are affected and alleged to be involved in the crisis.
(a) All I, II and III are strong
(b) Only I and II are strong
(c) Only II and III are strong
(d) Only II is strong
(e) None is strong

Q6. Statement: Should there be only few banks in place of numerous smaller banks in India?
Arguments:
I. Yes. This will help secure the investor’s money as these big banks will be able to withstand intermittent market related shocks.
II. No. A large number of people will lose their jobs as after the merger many employees will be redundant.
III. Yes. This will help consolidate the entire banking industry and will lead to healthy competition.
(a) None is strong
(b) Only I and II are strong
(c) Only II and III are strong
(d) Only I and III are strong
(e) All are strong

Answer:

1). D 2). B 3). B 4). A 5). E 6). A

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