statement and assumption reasoning tricks & shortcuts

statement and assumption reasoning tricks & shortcuts with questions example

first of all what is statement and assumption?  statement is sentence that is stated, and assumption means assumed or to be supposed to take a grant from statement. 

statement and assumption includes consists of a statement which can be facts, discussions, observations, causes and effect, actions etc that followed by assumptions. lets look on simple example to understand on easy terms about what is statement and assumption. 

Government banks have advertisements like mentioned below

Statement and Assumptions Examples with Questions and Answers

Statement : Double your money in One Year.

Assumptions :   I. The Bank  is not genuine. 

        II. People want their money to grow.

• Only assumption I is implicit
• Only assumption II is implicit
• Either I or II is implicit
• Neither I nor II is implicit
• Both I and II are implicit

so now this is structure of statement and assumption questions which is asked on competitive, Bank, SSC and IBPS exams. what would be the answer? guess it, bank is not genuine is not an assumption at all, its a common sense that every banks have their own propaganda to promote their products. so only assumption II is concluded with mentioned statement. 

Ans is Only assumption II is implicit

another example of statement and assumption

Statement : "Picture will start at 6 pm. "You are requested to take your Tickets before 6 pm.

Assumptions : 

I) Picture will start as scheduled.

II) If an Customer is not in his seat before 6 pm, the Picture will not start.

Ans is Only assumption I is implicit

Statement : "India won the toss and choose to the bat first against Pakistan"

Assumption : (I) Moisture Might Be fallen at night 

                      (II) India is Playing with no spinners

Ans is Both I and II are implicit 

Statement : " Ravindra Jadeja Scores 96runs in 56 balls against Pakistan at Dhaka "

Assumption : (I) Ravindra Jadeja is From Gujarat

                     (II) Ravindra Jadeja Have Strong muscles 

Ans is Neither I nor II is implicit

Tips & Tricks For statement and assumption reasoning shortcuts

• Always find whether an assumption is implicit or not, by “Concerntrating on statement”. Think from the perspective of the subject that  saying the line in the statement.

• Always be careful of the extreme words used in the sentence, such as, most, every, only, all, best, definitely etc. the statement are supposed to be read carefully to pick the right assumption.