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. Give answer (a) If only assumption I is implicit (b) If only assumption II is implicit (c) If either I or II is implicit (d) If neither I nor II is implicit (e) If both I and II are implicit Statements: “If you ask me about the daunting challenges that I face, I would say that my government’s first priority is to improve the existing law and order situation. Then follows the issue of prices of commodities.” ___ Mr. ROY, a newly appointed PM of country CLINTON Assumptions: I. If a citizen of country CLINTON can sleep peacefully, he/she can then think of providing food to his/her family, ponder over education and move about freely in the country. II. Prices of the commodities affect the common man greatly.

Explanation

I is not implicit. II is not implicit because the PM only assumes that law and order affects the common man more than prices do. Solutions (21-25): (i)- By using given conditions, V got appointment in the month which has odd days. That means V got appointment either in March or in April. There were four persons got appointment between V and S. P got appointment before S. That means the possibility of V got appointment in the April has been cancelled. there are two possible cases. Case-1: V got appointment on 10th of March. Case-2: V got appointment on 15th of March. Case-1: Date Month 10th 15th March V April May S June Case-2: Date Month 10th 15th March V April May June S (ii)- Q got appointment in the month which has even number of days. T got appointment in one of the months before the month in which Q got appointment. That means Q got appointment in June. Three persons got appointment between Q and T. In case-1 Q got appointment either on 10th June or 15th June and in case-2: Q got appointment on 15th June. There are two possibilities in case-1. Case-1: Date Month 10th 15th March V April T May June S Q Case-2: Date Month 10th 15th March V April T/ T/ May S June Q/ Q/ (iii)- R got appointment before U and both of them got appointment in the month which has odd numbered days. That means in case-1, R got appointment in 15th March and in case-2, R got appointment on 10th March and U got appointment either on 10th or 15th of May. W did not get appointment on 10th of any of the month. So, in case-2: U got appointment on 10th of May. W did not get appointment just before S. By using these conditions, case-2 will be eliminated. In case-1: Q’s position has been fixed on 10th of June. P got appointment before S. Hence, P got appointment on 15th of April and W got appointment on 15th of June. The final answer is- Date Month 10th 15th March V R April T P May U S June Q W www.teachersadda.co.in | www.sscadda.com | www.bankersadda.com | www.adda247.com