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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

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 :
I. The State Governments are totally dependent on Central Government for its expenditures.
II. The Central Government has reviewed the expenditure account of the State Government.
III. The State Governments will abide by the directive.

Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

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 :
I. The State Governments are totally dependent on Central Government for its expenditures.
II. The Central Government has reviewed the expenditure account of the State Government.
III. The State Governments will abide by the directive. Correct Answer Only II and III are implicit

Nothing about the sources of income of the State Governments is mentioned in the statement. So, I is not implicit. Since the Central Government has directed the State Governments to reduce expenditure, so II is implicit. Further, since the Central Government has refused any further grant to the State Governments for the next six months, it is quite clear that these Governments will abide by the directive. So, III is also implicit.

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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : The State Government has unilaterally increased by five percent octroi on all commodities entering into the state without seeking approval of the Central Government.

Assumptions :
I. The State Government may be able to implement its decision.
II. The Central Government may agree to support the State Government's decision.
III. The State Government may be able to earn considerable amount through the additional octroi.
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Each of the questions below consists of a question and three statements numbered I, II and III given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read all the three statements and give answer. There are six letters E, I, P, G, N and O is PIGEON the word formed after performing the following operations using these six letters only? I. O is placed fourth to the right of P. G is not placed immediately next to either P or O. II. N is placed immediately next (either left or right) to O. E is placed immediately next (either left or right) to G. III. Both I and E are placed immediately next to G. The word does not begin with N. P is not placed immediately next to E.
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : The school authorities have decided to increase the number of students in each classroom to seventy from the next academic session to bridge the gap between the income and the expenditure to a large extent.

Assumptions :
I. The income generated by way of fees of the additional students will be sufficient enough to bridge the gap.
II. The school will get all the additional students in each class from the next academic session.
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : The party president has directed that no member of the party will give press briefing or interviews to governments and private T.V. channels about the discussion in scheduled meeting of the party.

Assumptions :
I. Party members will observe this directive of the president.
II. The general public will not come to know about the happenings in the scheduled meeting of the party.
In a survey conducted over a group of people, it was found that 65% of them have a Facebook account, 40% of them have an Instagram account and 25% of them have a Twitter account. It was also concluded that 20% have an account on both Facebook and Instagram, 12% have an account on both Instagram and Twitter and 14% have an account on both Facebook and Twitter. If 8% of the people had an account on all the three websites, what percentage of the people do not have an account on any of the three websites?
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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

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 :
I. The rate will remain more or less same after the increase.
II. The expenditure will more or less remain the same in near future.
III. The rival companies will also increase the price of the similar product.
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : The X passenger car manufacturing company announced a sharp reduction in the prices of its luxury cars.

Assumptions :
I. There may be an increase in the sale of luxury cars of Company X.
II. The other such car manufacturers may also reduce their prices.
III. The competitor companies may not reduce their prices.