{"id":53111,"date":"2024-04-15T23:49:15","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T23:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=53111"},"modified":"2024-04-15T23:49:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T23:49:15","slug":"directions-in-each-of-the-following-questions-a-statement-is-given-followed-by-three-conclusions-give-answer-statement-the-central-government-has-directed-the-state-governments-to-reduce-gover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/directions-in-each-of-the-following-questions-a-statement-is-given-followed-by-three-conclusions-give-answer-statement-the-central-government-has-directed-the-state-governments-to-reduce-gover\/","title":{"rendered":"Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer : Statement : The Central Government has directed the State Governments to reduce government expenditure in view of the serious resource crunch and it may not be able to sanction any additional grant to the states for the next six months. Assumptions : I. The State Governments are totally dependent on Central Government for its expenditures. II. The Central Government has reviewed the expenditure account of the State Government. III. 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It also says that the Central Government may not be able to sanction any additional <div class=\"telegram-channel-container\">\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/pscnotes2025\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"telegram-channel-button\">\r\n            <span class=\"telegram-icon\">\r\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 496 512\">\r\n                    <path fill=\"white\" d=\"M248,8C111,8,0,119,0,256s111,248,248,248s248-111,248-248S385,8,248,8z M362,177L320,367c-3,14-10,18-20,14l-56-41l-27,26 c-3,3-5,5-10,5l4-63L323,196c5-5-1-7-8-3l-98,62l-42-13c-9-3-10-9,2-14l162-63C351,160,365,164,362,177z\"\/>\r\n                <\/svg>\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            Join Our Telegram Channel\r\n        <\/a>\r\n    <\/div> grant to the states for the next six months.<\/p>\n<p>Assumption I: The State Governments are totally dependent on Central Government for its expenditures.<\/p>\n<p>This assumption is not implicit in the statement. The statement only says <div class=\"youtube-subscribe-container\">\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCNHT8lW-JmLC68rjBfZhdkg?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"youtube-subscribe-button\">\r\n            <span class=\"youtube-icon\">\r\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\">\r\n                    <path d=\"M549.7 124.1c-6.3-23.7-24.8-42.3-48.3-48.6C458.8 64 288 64 288 64S117.2 64 74.6 75.5c-23.5 6.3-42 24.9-48.3 48.6-11.4 42.9-11.4 132.3-11.4 132.3s0 89.4 11.4 132.3c6.3 23.7 24.8 41.5 48.3 47.8C117.2 448 288 448 288 448s170.8 0 213.4-11.5c23.5-6.3 42-24.2 48.3-47.8 11.4-42.9 11.4-132.3 11.4-132.3s0-89.4-11.4-132.3zm-317.5 213.5V175.2l142.7 81.2-142.7 81.2z\"\/>\r\n                <\/svg>\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            Subscribe on YouTube\r\n        <\/a>\r\n    <\/div> that the Central Government has directed the State Governments to reduce government expenditure. It does not say that the State Governments are totally dependent on the Central Government for their expenditures.<\/p>\n<p>Assumption II: The Central Government has reviewed the expenditure account of the State Government.<\/p>\n<p>This assumption is also not implicit in the statement. The statement only says that the Central Government has directed the State Governments to reduce government expenditure. It does not say that the Central Government has reviewed the expenditure account of the State Government.<\/p>\n<p>Assumption III: The State Governments will abide by the directive.<\/p>\n<p>This assumption is implicit in the statement. The statement says that the Central Government has directed the State Governments to reduce government expenditure. This implies that the Central Government expects the State Governments to abide by its directive.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the correct answer is: Only III is implicit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join Our Telegram Channel Subscribe on YouTube<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[721],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer : Statement : The Central Government has directed the State Governments to reduce government expenditure in view of the serious resource crunch and it may not be able to sanction any additional grant to the states for the next six months. Assumptions : I. 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