70001. Statement: The Reserve Bank of India has directed the banks to refuse fresh loans to major defaulters. Assumptions: The banks may still give loans to the defaulters. The defaulters may repay the earlier loan to get fresh loan. The banks may recover the bad loans through such harsh measures.
70002. Statement: We must be prepared to face any eventuality and all the assignments must be completed as per their schedule - Director tells the Faculty members. Assumptions: There is possibility of any serious eventuality. Dates are fixed for all the assignments. Faculty members are supposed to complete all the assignments.
70003. Statement: An advertisement of Bank X - "Want to open a bank account! Just dial our 'home service' and we will come at your doorsteps." Assumptions: No other bank makes available service at the doorstep of the customer. People may choose Bank X for their financial transactions. Nowadays banking has become very competitive.
70004. Statement: "Do not lean out of the moving train." - A warning in the railway compartment. Assumptions: Such warnings will have some effect. Leaning out of a moving train is dangerous. It is the duty of railway authorities to take care of passengers' safety.
70005. Statement: Tender specification will not be issued to the firms where there is 25% or more default in supplies against earlier purchase orders placed on them' - Condition of a Company X inviting tenders for the purchase of material. Assumptions: The Company X will be watching the quality of performance of its suppliers. This time the firms should keep the percentage of default as less as possible. The Company X expects quality and professional approach from its suppliers.
70006. Statement: Items in big showrooms in main markets are costlier than similar items in small shops. Assumptions: Items in small shops are never reliable. Persons managing big showrooms are cheats. Maintenance of big showrooms is an expensive affair in itself; hence the prices are a little higher.
70007. Statement: India's economic growth has come at a terrible price of increased industrial and vehicular pollution. Assumptions: Pollution is a part of industrial society. Indian economic growth is based on only industrial growth. A country desires economic growth with manageable side effects.
70008. Statement: The Government of India has set up one-stop facilitation counters manned by trained staff for attending to various needs of the foreign tourists at all the international airports. Assumptions: There is adequate trained staff available to man these counters in shifts. The services provided by these counters will help boosting inflow of foreign tourists. Majority of the foreign tourists need variety of services when they reach India.
70009. Statement: "Work hard to be successful in the examinations." - A advises B. Assumptions: Assumptions: B listens to As advice. Passing the examination is desirable. Hard practice leads to success.
70010. Statement: "Join X-tuition classes for sure success. Excellent teaching by excellent teachers is our strength." - An advertisement. Assumptions: Sure success is desirable. Students expect sure success when they join any tuition class. Just having excellent teachers does not ensure success.
70011. Statement: Wars must be discouraged vehemently even though majority of the victims might have been a nuisance to peace loving people. Assumptions: Wars kill majority of wicked people. Innocent people are also killed in wars. Vehement opposition to wars may have some desirable impact.
70012. Statement: "If you are beautiful, we will catch your beauty. If you are not, we will make you beautiful." - An advertisement of a photo studio. Assumptions: How to look beautiful is a problem of youngsters. A photograph can be beautiful even if a person is not. People like to be considered beautiful.
70013. Statement: In view of the recent spurt in sugar prices in the open market, the government has asked the dealers to release a vast quantity of imported sugar in the open market. Assumptions: The dealers will follow the government directive. The sugar prices will come down. The price of indigenous sugar will remain unchanged.
70014. Statement: During pre-harvest kharif season, the government has decided to release vast quantity of food grains from FCI. Assumptions: There may be a shortage of food grains in the market during this season. The kharif crop may be able to replenish the stock of FCI. There may be a demand from the farmers to procure kharif crop immediately after harvest.
70015. Statement: The simplest and the most cost-effective way to upgrade your home Exchange your old furniture and get 25% to 33% off on the new furniture.' - An advertisement of a furniture company. Assumptions: Nowadays, there is no demand for furniture products unless some attractive scheme is offered. Some customers always desire to have best quality and do not bother either for cost or for convenience. Some customers want to keep their home up-to-date with reasonable cost and with less hassles.
70016. Statement: Everybody loves reading adventure stories. Assumptions: Adventure stories are the only reading material. Nobody loves reading any other material. All are literate.
70017. Statement: Delink degrees with jobs. Then, boys will think twice before joining colleges. Assumptions: Boys join college education for getting jobs. A degree is of no use for getting a job. Girls do not try for jobs.
70018. Statement: In spite of the heavy rains the traffic has not been disrupted this year. Assumptions: The traffic is disrupted in rainy seasons only. Rains do not affect traffic movement. Adequate precautions were taken for traffic management during rainy season.
70019. Statement: The company has decided to increase the price of all its products to tackle the precarious financial position. Assumptions: The company may be able to wipe out the entire losses incurred earlier by this decision. The buyers may continue to buy its products even after the increase. The company has adequate resources to continue production for few more months.
70020. Statement: In order to reduce the gap between income and expenditure, the company has decided to increase the price of its product from next month. Assumptions: The rate will remain more or less same after the increase. The expenditure will more or less remain the same in near future. The rival companies will also increase the price of the similar product.
70021. Statement: 'Several labour and industrial courts in this State have no proper premises. Vacancies of judges and stenos are kept pending.' - A statement of a retired judge of State X. Assumptions: Adequate number of staff and judges helps in the smooth functioning of the industrial and labour courts. The State is not bothered about the condition of the labour and industrial courts. Physical facilities of an office help in increasing efficiency of its employees.
70022. Statement: "A rare opportunity to be a professional while you are at home." - An advertisement for computer literate housewives by a computer company. Assumptions: Some housewives simultaneously desire to become professional. Computer industry is growing at a fast pace. It is possible to be a professional as well as a housewife.
70023. Statement: Pramod decided to get the railway reservation in May, for the journey he wants to make in July, to Madras. Assumptions: The railways issues reservations two months in advance. There are more than one trains to Madras. There will be vacancy in the desired class.
70024. Statement: "To make the company commercially viable, there is an urgent need to prune the staff strength and borrow money from the financial institutions." - Opinion of a consultant. Assumptions: The financial institutions lend money for such proposals. The product of the company has a potential market. The employees of the company are inefficient.
70025. Statement: The Central Government has directed the State Governments to reduce government expenditure in view of the serious resource crunch and it may not be able to sanction any additional grant to the states for the next six months. Assumptions: The State Governments are totally dependent on Central Government for its expenditures. The Central Government has reviewed the expenditure account of the State Government. The State Governments will abide by the directive.
70026. Statement: These apples are too cheap to be good. Assumptions: When the apple crop is abundant, the prices go down. The lower the selling price, the inferior is the quality of the commodity. Very cheap apples are also good.
70027. Statement: "All are cordially invited to attend the entertainment programme. It is free." - An announcement in a newspaper. Assumptions: People generally do not go to entertainment programmes which are free. Some people, though interested in entertainment programmes, cannot afford purchasing the tickets. Generally, a free entertainment programme is of a good quality.
70028. Statement: Ravi decided to leave office at 4.00 p.m. to catch a flight to Bangalore departing at 6.00 p.m. Assumptions: The flight to Bangalore may be delayed. He may be able to reach airport well before 6.00 p.m. He may get adequate time to search for a vehicle to go to the airport.
70029. Statement: "Put. a notice on the board that all the employees should come on time to office." - An officer tells his assistant. Assumptions: All the employees come late. Employees read such notice on the board. Employees will follow the instructions.
70030. Statement: The professor announced in the class that the next periodical examination will be held on 15th of the next month. Assumptions: All the students may appear in the examination. The college will remain open on 15th of the next month. The students can study till 15th of the next month to pass the examination.
70031. Statement: The situation of this area still continues to be tense and out of control. People are requested to be in their homes only. Assumptions: There had been some serious incidents. People will not go to the office. Normalcy will be restored shortly.
70032. Statement: "Television X - the neighbour's envy, the owner's pride" - A T.V. advertisement. Assumptions: Catchy slogans appeal to people. People are envious of their neighbours superior possessions. People want to be envied by their neighbours.
70033. Statement: Keeping in view the financial constraints, the management institution has decided to charge at the time of providing employment in various organisations, a placement fee of Rs. 25000 from the organisations in which the student will be provided the employment. Assumptions: It will help in increasing the demand of the students belonging to the management institution. The amount collected in this way will be purposeful. It may be possible that the organisation providing employment may select less number of students in future.
70034. Statement: "Z-T.V, the only T.V. which gives the viewers a chance to watch two programmes simultaneously." - An advertisement. Assumptions: Sale of Z-T.V will increase because of the advertisement. Some people may be influenced by the advertisement and buy Z-T.V. The sale of Z-T.V. may be on the downward trend.
70035. Statement: "As our business is expanding, we need to appoint more staff." Owner of a company informs his staff. Assumptions: The present staff is not competent. More staff will further expand the business. Suitable persons to be taken as staff will be available.
70036. Statement: The address of the Principal to the students, "Dear students, if you want a healthy mind, listen to music." Assumptions: Normally students like to follow good advice. It is desirable to develop a healthy mind. It is the duty of the Principal to advise the students.
70037. Statement: The national air carrier has decided to start a weekly air service from town A to town B. Assumptions: There will be enough passengers to make the operation economically viable. Other carriers may not start such service. The people staying around these towns can afford the cost of air travel.
70038. Statement: 'Move into the upper echelons without paying a steep price - Book a luxurious flat with us'. An advertisement of a construction company for its prestigious project. Assumptions: It is possible to join the select band of rich people by hard work. Staying in luxury without paying steep price is the criterion of upper crust of the society. Booking a luxurious flat is very easy now.
70039. Statement: The school authority decided to open a summer school this year in the school compound for the students in the age range of 7 - 14 years. Assumptions: All the students will attend the summer school. All the parents will prefer to remain in the city than going out of town for enabling their children to attend the summer school. Those who cannot afford to go out of station will send their children to summer school.
70040. Statement: The university Authority has decided to decentralize conduct of terminal examinations and give this responsibility to each college for its students to avoid delay in declaration of results. Assumptions: The colleges are equipped to carry out this responsibility. There may not be uniformity in evaluation standard across the colleges. The students may welcome this new development.
70041. Statement: Ten candidates, who were on the waiting list, could finally be admitted to the course. Assumptions: Wait-listed candidates do not ordinarily get admission. A large number of candidates were on the waiting list. The number of candidates to be admitted is small.
70042. Statement: The successful man has the ability to judge himself correctly. Assumptions: Inability to judge correctly causes failure. To judge others is of no use to a successful man. The successful man cannot make a wrong judgement.
70043. Statement: A State Government suspended two additional district judges. Assumptions: They were negligent in discharging duties. There was a charge of misconduct against them. The government officials were biased against them.
70044. Statement: Bill Clinton is the second democrat to be re-elected as President of America, the other being the legendary Roosevelt. Assumptions: Clinton has the same qualities that Roosevelt had. The majority of people in America have faith in Clinton. The election campaign of Clinton's rivals was not impressive.
70045. Statement: "If you are a mechanical engineer, we want you as our supervisor." - An advertisement by Company X. Assumptions: Mechanical engineers are expected to be better performers by Company X. The Company X needs supervisors. Mechanical engineers may get attracted and apply to Company X.
70046. Statement: "Use Riya cold cream for fair complexion." - An advertisement. Assumptions: People like to use cream for fair complexion. People are easily fooled. People respond to advertisements.
70047. Statement: Quality of life of a person is not dependent only on his wealth. Assumptions: The aim of most people is just to acquire more wealth. There are some factors other than wealth which contribute to the quality of life. Wealth does not contribute to the quality of life at all.
70048. Statement: The civic authority has decided that all the factories located inside the city limits be shifted outside to reduce the level of environmental pollution in the city. Assumptions: The pollution level in the city in future may reduce after these factories are shifted outside the city limit. Enough usable land is available outside the city limit for these factories. Many of these factories may shift to some other smaller towns to remain profitable.
70049. Statement: State Council For Teacher Education (SCTE) has laid down guidelines in respect of minimum qualifications for a person to be employed as a teacher in universities or in recognised institutions. Assumptions: The authorities will now appoint only qualified teachers. Only qualified people will apply for the teaching post. SCTE decides all the norms of educational qualifications for teaching faculty.
70050. Statement: Considering the tickets sold during the last seven days, the circus authorities decided to continue the show for another fortnight which includes two weekends. Assumptions: People may not turn up on weekdays. The average number of people who will be visiting circus will be more or less same as that of the last seven days. There may not be enough response at other places.