Directions : In each of the following three (3) items, a statement is

Directions :
In each of the following three (3) items, a statement is followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. An assumption is a statement that you take for granted. Study the statement and assumptions, and answer the items using the code given below :

Code :
(a) Only I is implied in the statement
(b) Only II is implied in the statement
(c) Both I and II are implied in the statement
(d) Neither I nor II is implied in the statement

106. Statement :
Teaching through TV is to help the students to learn without a teacher.
Assumptions :

  • I. Students want to study without a teacher.
  • II. Teachers are incapable of teaching.
Only I is implied in the statement
Only II is implied in the statement
Both I and II are implied in the statement
Neither I nor II is implied in the statement
This question was previously asked in
UPSC CAPF – 2012
Neither assumption I nor assumption II is implied in the given statement.
– The statement “Teaching through TV is to help the students to learn without a teacher” describes the purpose or function of teaching via TV in a specific context: facilitating learning when a physical teacher is not present.
– Assumption I (“Students want to study without a teacher”) is not implied. The statement doesn’t suggest student preference; the method might be used due to necessity, convenience, or other reasons unrelated to student desire.
– Assumption II (“Teachers are incapable of teaching”) is not implied. The statement doesn’t comment on the capability of teachers. TV teaching is presented as an alternative or supplementary method, possibly used *because* a teacher is unavailable, not *because* teachers are incompetent. Capable teachers might even design the TV content.
– The statement focuses on the ‘how’ and ‘what’ of TV teaching in a particular scenario, not the ‘why’ in terms of inherent preference or capability relative to traditional teaching.
This type of reasoning question tests the ability to distinguish between what is explicitly stated or logically follows from a statement versus external assumptions or justifications that are not necessarily supported by the statement itself.
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