Read the following passages and answer the question follows. Your answers to these items should be based on the passages only. Many people in India feel that if we cut our defence expenditure on weapon-building, we can create a climate of peace with our neighbours, subsequently reducing the conflict or creating a no-war situation. People who proclaim such ideas are either the victims of war or the propagators of false argument. With reference to the above passage, which of the following is the most valid assumption?
The greater spending on weapon-building by us would lessen the possibility of armed conflict with our neighbours.
In the passage, it has been argued that people who propose that reduced expenditure on weapon building and defense would create a climate of peace, are proponents of false argument. This idea is based on the assumption that increased spending on weapon building lessens the possibility of armed conflict with neighbors. Hence, the most valid assumption in the above passage is that the greater spending on weapon building by us would lessen the possibility of armed conflict with our neighbors.
Important Questions from Statements and Assumptions
You have to decide which of these assumptions is/are implicit in the statement, considering the statement and the assumptions that follow it.
Statement:
I like the soldiers.
I want to become a soldier.
Assumptions:
I) I am not a soldier.
II) I am a soldier.
Consider the given statement and decide which of the given assumptions is (are) implicit.
Statement :
“Successful people are happy in life."
Assumptions :
1. Those that are unhappy are not successful
2. Most of the times success in one’s endeavours gives happiness.
In this question, a statement is followed by two assumptions:
Statements: Though he is fat yet he runs fast.
Assumptions:
I. Fat people have weak muscles.
II. Fat people generally cannot run fast.
Then which of the answer is correct?
Consider the given statement and decide which of the given assumptions is implicit in the statement.
Statement:
Television is correctly called the Idiot box.
Assumptions:
1. People who watch television are idiots.
2. People who do not watch television are intelligent.
A statement is given followed by four assumptions, (a), (b), (c), and (d). You have to consider the statement to be true, even if it seems to be variance from commonly known facts. You are to decide which of the given assumptions can definitely be drawn from the given statement. Indicate your answer.
Statement:
Television has a strong influence on young children’s development.
