| GyanCentral - The hub for engineering and law students - IIT-JEE, AIEEE, BITSAT, CLAT, AILET - 2012: An easier approach :Statement Assumption CLAT 2013 Oct 14th 2012, 11:48 | GyanCentral - The hub for engineering and law students - IIT-JEE, AIEEE, BITSAT, CLAT, AILET - 2012 | | The source for all engineering and legal education news in India | | | An easier approach :Statement Assumption CLAT 2013 Oct 14th 2012, 11:18 Statement — Assumption Questions are an integral part of Logical Reasoning portion in CLAT Atleast 5 questions have been asked from this area right from the beginning. . The question may be asked in different formats but the essence of the question remains the same, i.e. is the assumption used to answer, implicit in the statement? or which of the given options (different assumptions) actually supports the conclusion given in the argument. What is an Argument? An argument is a set of propositions where one proposition leads to the other. This means it has a premise and a conclusion. A premise may be overtly or covertly expressed in an argument. A premise when covertly (not explicit) present in the argument is knownas assumption or a hidden premise. Example: My car does not start. Premise My car does not have fuel. Conclusion What is the assumption in the above argument? How can we support the conclusion? The conclusion is true if we assume that the car will not start if there is no fuel in the car. This is not explicitly stated in the argument and hence it is the assumption. Points to be remembered while evaluating assumptions:- While doing problems on statement- assumption one should read each statement very carefully and whenever find anything pre-supposed or taken for granted, immediately notice it. Misreading of some facts leads to incorrect answer. So while reading one should in for be conscious about words because sometimes even a single word's presence or absence changes the entire meaning of a sentence. TIPS FOR QUICK ANSWER From the explanations given above you can find that there may be more than one valid assumption for a statement. In almost all cases they are not mutually exclusive. So if you find that both the assumptions are valid mark the answer 'both are implicit'. The answer choice "Either I or II is implicit" is to be marked only when one assumption excludes the other. This case occurs only very rarely. So be careful before marking this choice. In questions with more than two assumptions its combinations like I & II are implicit, II & III are implicit, I & III are implicit etc.are given as answer choices. If you are sure that assumption III is not implicit you can eliminate answer choices which contains III thus reducing the number of answer choices. Then select answer from the remaining choices.You can keep in mind some typical examples which will help you while answering questions in the examination.If the given assumption is just contrary to the given statement or if it is not connected with the given statement then the assumption can be immediately rejected. In some cases the assumption is a restatement of the given statement. The candidate should be careful in evaluating this type of assumptions. Example:-Statement : Many people have expressed surprise as the princess has broken the royal tradition of marriage by choosing a commoner as her life partner. Assumptions : I. People expect royal families to observe customs and traditions. II. People still value purity of royal blood and status when it comes to a marriage of members of royal family. Answer & Explanation:- The answer is "Both the assumptions are implicit".As the people surprise the fact that the is implicit. princess has married a commoner i.e. a person not of her status and 'not of royal blood' suggest that assumptions I and II institution in time. Remember: The assumption is the link between the premise and the conclusion— hence, should properly fit between them. |  | | |  |  |
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