Statement and Assumption Tips and Tricks for Government Exams

Introduction

• Statement is an information or a fact related to any general subject and assumption is the hidden or unsaid part of the statement which a person assumes before stating some fact or statement.
• When we analyse assumption, we find that when one says or writes something, he does not put everything into words and leaves some part unsaid or unwritten. He does so because he takes this unsaid part for granted. In other words, he thinks this unsaid part will be understood without saying and there is no need to put this (unsaid part) into words.
• In this type of questions, a statement is followed by two or more assumptions. The candidate is required to assess the given statement and decide, which of the given assumptions is implicit in the statement.

Tips

• An Assumption is the missing link of the logical structure of an argument. It is left unsaid and therefore, assumed. 
• There are some standard categories of statements that have standard ways of assuming certain things. 
• In judging the validity of a given assumption, a special note should be taken of some keywords. 
• The answer choice “either of them is implicit” is very rarely correct for assumption questions. 
• The assumption should be considered from Author’s point of view and not yours. 
• There are some words that lend a greater degree of emphasis to understand the sentence. The word “definitely”, “certainly”, “only”, “best”, “strongest”, “all”, etc. Impart a kind of exclusiveness to the sentence and thereby reduce the scope of the sentence. 

Types

1. Existence/Non – existence of the subject 

• In this type of statement and assumption reasoning, the assumptions are normally simple in nature. Here the assumptions are usually existing or non existing types.

2. Cause Effect 

• In this type of statement and assumption reasoning, some statements will be given, which will mention a cause and effect relationship. In this type of reasoning, words like “therefore”, “thus”, “hence”, etc. are used frequently. And it would be an assumption to say that “this cause leads to this effect.”

3. Course of action

• In this type of statement and assumption reasoning, a fact, report, observation, or study will be given followed by a suggested course of action. 

4. Advertisement/Notice/Appeals

• In this type of statement and assumption reasoning, the statements given are usually in a form of an advertisement or an official notice or a notice issued in public interest or an appeal.

Solved Examples