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Statement: Lack of stimulation in the first four or five years of life can have adverse consequences.
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A great part of the development of observed intelligence occurs in the earliest years of life
50 percent of the measurable intelligence at age of 17 is already predictable by the age of four.
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Statement: The X-Airlines has decided to increase the passenger fare by 15 percent with immediate effect.
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The demand for seats of X-Airlines may remain unchanged even after the hike of fare.
Other airline companies may also hike the passenger fares.
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Statement: Shalini made an application to the bank for a loan of Rs. 1,80,000 by mortgaging her house to the bank and promised to repay it within five years.
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The bank has a practice of granting loans for Rs. 1,00,000 and above.
The bank accepts house as collateral security against such loans.
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Statement: Many historians have done more harm than good by distorting truth.
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People believe what is reported by the historians.
Historians are seldom expected to depict the truth.
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Statement: Because of the large number of potholes in road X, reaching airport in time has become difficult.
Assumptions:
Reaching airport in time may not be always necessary.
There is no other convenient road to the airport.
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Statement: Safety and health practices in many Indian companies are well below the international standards.
Assumptions:
International standards of health and safety are ideal and unrealistic.
Indian organizations do not consider safety and health management as their prime social responsibility.
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Statement: Greater public participation results in good civic governance. - Statement of Municipal Commissioner of City A.
Assumptions:
The municipal office is not competent to effect good civic administration.
Good civic governance is a matter of collective will and effort of the people and administration.
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Statement: The regulatory authority has set up a review committee to find out the reasons for unstable stock prices.
Assumptions:
The investors may regain confidence in stock market by this decision.
The review committee has the expertise to find out the causes for volatility in the stock market.
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Statement: Please note that the company will provide accommodation to only outside candidates if selected. - A condition in an advertisement.
Assumptions:
The local candidates would be having some other arrangement for their stay.
The company plans to select only local candidates.
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Statement: Cases of food poisoning due to consumption of liquor are increasing in rural areas.
Assumptions:
Percentage of people consuming liquor is more in rural areas.
There are many unauthorized spurious liquor shops in the rural areas.
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