In each question below is given a statement numbered I, II and III. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the following assumption and decide which of the assumption is implicit in the statement. Statement: About a year ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had told the world that the signature of a chartered accountant on financial statements was, perhaps, more powerful than even one of his own. ‘Just like doctors don’t want people to be ill to get more business, chartered accountants, too, need to safeguard the society’s economic health. Your signature is more powerful than the PM’s, and the government also believes the accounts signed by you’, Modi had said. Assumptions: I. The CA community, however, may not have woken up to the value of the initials they put on financial statements. Last year has been more of a challenge for the community’s reputation, with banking frauds, asset quality divergences and mid-term auditor resignations dominating the headlines. II. There cannot be a situation where there will be 100% agreement on everything. You may have rules but still judgmental factors in credit, asset recognition come in. The approach is that as soon as the asset is stretched, banks have to recognise the problem. III. But even basic logic just went out of the window and banks together kept dishing out loans to such companies even when their annual turnover was half of the total debt.
In each question below is given a statement numbered I, II and III. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the following assumption and decide which of the assumption is implicit in the statement. Statement: About a year ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had told the world that the signature of a chartered accountant on financial statements was, perhaps, more powerful than even one of his own. ‘Just like doctors don’t want people to be ill to get more business, chartered accountants, too, need to safeguard the society’s economic health. Your signature is more powerful than the PM’s, and the government also believes the accounts signed by you’, Modi had said. Assumptions: I. The CA community, however, may not have woken up to the value of the initials they put on financial statements. Last year has been more of a challenge for the community’s reputation, with banking frauds, asset quality divergences and mid-term auditor resignations dominating the headlines. II. There cannot be a situation where there will be 100% agreement on everything. You may have rules but still judgmental factors in credit, asset recognition come in. The approach is that as soon as the asset is stretched, banks have to recognise the problem. III. But even basic logic just went out of the window and banks together kept dishing out loans to such companies even when their annual turnover was half of the total debt. Correct Answer Only I is implicit
The correct answer is option 1, i.e. Only I is implicit.
An assumption is a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof.
From the statement, it is evident that PM said that the signature of a chartered accountant is of prime importance and has value even more than his own signatures. Based on this, Assumption (I) can be inferred as the assumption looks as a statement with respect to which the above statement by the PM has been said. It can be assumed that last year was a bit difficult for the CAs and they themselves don’t know the worth of their signatures. In respect to this the PM has said that their signatures are far more valuable than his.
Moreover, we don’t have any option like ‘None of the above’ so we must look for an option choice from the ones stated and assumption (I) is the most appropriate from the rest of the two.
Both (II) and (III) can be rejected as in (II) problem has been confined only to banks and in (III) loans have been introduced. Since, they are very generic and not specific and neither do they hold any relevance with the given statement, both the assumptions can be rejected.
Thus, all of the assumptions except (II) and (III) are irrelevant and can be rejected and the most appropriate answer choice is option 1.