Statement and Conclusion – Railway Reasoning part – 9

Total Questions: 60

41. Consider the given statement and decide which of the following assumptions is/are implicit. [RRB ALP 30/08/2018 (Morning)]

 Statement:
You are expected to be honest before the advocate – an instruction to be followed in front of a defence lawyer .
Assumptions:
1. Unless cautioned, the clients tend to hide certain vital facts to save themselves.
2. At times, the vital facts are required to strategies the defence argument.

Correct Answer: (a) Both assumptions 1 and 2 are implicit.
Solution:

Both assumptions 1 and 2 are implicit.

42. Consider the given statement to be true and decide which of the conclusions logically follows from the statements. [RRB ALP 30/08/2018 (Morning)]

Statement:
Public smoking has increased in the current year.
Conclusions:
1.Government should ban public smoking.
2. Government should create awareness about ill effects of public smoking.

Correct Answer: (d) Both 1 and 2 follow.
Solution:

Both 1 and 2 follow.

43. Consider the given statement true and decide which of the given assumptions is/are implicit. [RRB ALP 30/08/2018 (Morning)]

 Statement:
It is desirable to start writing from 6 years of age.
Assumptions:
1: Fine motor skills are well developed by 6 years of age.
2: Children cannot write before 6 years of age.

Correct Answer: (d) Neither assumption 1nor 2 is implicit.
Solution:

Neither assumption 1nor 2 is implicit.

44. Read the given statement and decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follows on the basis of the information given in the statement. [RRB ALP 30/08/2018 (Afternoon)]

Statement :
Though the syllabus is revised from time to time, the textbooks are outdated.
Course of Action :
1. Industrial experts should be invited for lectures in the class.
2. Industrial visits should be arranged to update the current trend in the industry.

Correct Answer: (a) Both 1 and 2 follow.
Solution:

According to the statement though the syllabus is revised from time to time books become outdated. We know that practical knowledge is not given in the textbook so only inviting industrial experts for lectures does not solve the problem and also they should update students about the current trend in the industry. So both of them will follow.

45. Consider the given statement and decide which of the given assumptions is (are) implicit in the statement. [RRB ALP 30/08/2018 (Afternoon)]

Statement:
A person quoted, "Pride hath a fall".
Assumptions:
1. Those who fall have pride.
2. Having pride can be counter -productive.

Correct Answer: (b) Only assumption 2 is implicit.
Solution:

"Pride hath a fall" means that Excessive pride will lead to failure. Only assumption 2 is implicit. We cannot surely tell that those who fall have pride. So assumption 1 is not implicit.

46. Consider the given argument and decide which of the given assumptions is (are) implicit. [RRB ALP 30/08/2018 (Afternoon)]

 Argument :
In City X, people prefer to buy Honda bike instead of Bajaj, as Honda company brings in Japanese technology.
Assumptions :
1. If Bajaj used Japanese technology, then its sales also would be at par with Honda company.
2. Bikes with Japanese technology are preferred than other bikes in City X.

Correct Answer: (d) Only assumption 2 is implicit.
Solution:

Assumption 1 → Even if Bajaj used Japanese technology there is no possibility that its sales also would be at par with Honda company. So assumption 1 is not implicit.
Assumption 2 → It directly follows the argument. So only assumption 2 is implicit.

47. Consider the given argument and decide which of the given assumptions is (are) implicit. [RRB ALP 30/08/2018 (Afternoon) ]

 Argument:
During the depression in the Bay of Bengal, the wind blew away all the hoardings.
Assumptions:
1. The wind was fast.
2. The hoardings were not fixed properly.

Correct Answer: (d) Either 1 or 2 is implicit.
Solution:

From the statement we can’t tell whether the wind was so fast that properly fixed hoardings blew away or whether hoardings were not fixed properly so the wind blew away all hoardings.
Either 1 or 2 assumptions are implicit.

48. Read the given statement and decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follow(s) on the basis of the information given in the statement. [RRB ALP 30/08/2018 (Evening)]

Statement:
The question paper had many wrong questions due to which many students failed the examination.
Courses of Action:
1. Re-conduct the examination with the correct question paper.
2. Grace marks should be given for wrong questions.

Correct Answer: (c) Either 1 or 2 follows.
Solution:

Either 1 or 2 follows.

49. Consider the given statement to be true and decide which of the following courses of action logically follow(s) from the statement. [RRB ALP 31/08/2018 (Morning)]

Statements:
The manufacturing companies in Tamil Nadu are facing acute power shortage.
Course of Action:
1. Government should take steps to solve the power crisis.
2. Government should shut down manufacturing companies to save power.

Correct Answer: (d) Only 1 follows.
Solution:

Only 1 follows.

50. Consider the given statements to be true and decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follows on the basis of the information given in the statements. [RRB ALP 31/08/2018 (Morning)]

Statements:
The pollution and air quality in Delhi is beyond the acceptable level. This is due to industrial and automobile exhaustion.
Course of action:
1. Automobiles should be divided into groups to be run only on odd and even days, respectively.
2. The government should stop the registration of new factories and vehicles.

Correct Answer: (b) Neither 1 nor 2 follows.
Solution:

Neither 1 nor 2 follows.