Statement:

If he is intelligent, he will pass the examination.

Assumptions:

I. To pass, he must be intelligent.

Statement: 

The government has decided to disinvest large chunk of its equity in select public sector undertakings for a better fiscal management.

Assumptions:

I. The amount generated out of the disinvestment process may reduce sub statically the mounting fiscal deficits.

II. There will be enough demand in the market for the shares of these under takings.

Statement:

The organization should promote employees on the basis of merit alone and not on the basis of length of services or seniority.

Assumptions

I. Length of service or seniority does not alone reflect merit of an employee.

II. It is possible to determine and measure merit of an employee.

Statement:

“Use our product to improve memory of our child. It is based on natural herbs and has no harmful side effects.” An advertisement of a pharmaceutical company.

Assumptions:

I. People generally opt for a medical product which is useful and has no harmful side effects.

II. Improving memory of child is considered as important as important by many parents.

Statement:

Today I must satisfy myself only by looking at a pink-headed duck in an encyclopedia.

Assumptions:

I. Pink headed ducks are as good as extinct now.

II . People refer to encyclopedia to know only about things which do not exist now.

Statement:

“Private property, trespassers will be prosecuted” - A notice on a plot of land.

Assumptions:

I. The passerby may read the notice and may not trespass.

II. The people are scared of prosecution

Statement:

Traffic jams on most of the roads in the city have become a regular feature during monsoon.

Assumptions:

I. Material used for road construction cannot withstand the fury of monsoon resulting into innumerable potholes on the roads.

Statement:

Please do not use lift while going down - an instruction on the top floor of a five-storey building.

Assumptions:

I. While going down, the lift is unable to carry any load.

II. Provision of lift is a matter of facility and not of right.