engineering recuitment BHEL Engineer Trainee Mock Test 2025 Verbal Reasoning Statements and Assumptions
Given is a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. Consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is/are implicit in the statement.
Statement:
Sustainability can be defined as the practice of meeting the needs of the current generation without degrading or destroying the natural resources (e.g. water, soil, biodiversity, oil, minerals.)
Assumptions:
- Our lives and economies are dependent on natural capital, which is made up of these natural resources and natural services, and the energy provided by the sun.
- Just as every investor knows, we should invest our capital and live off on the interest, it provides. To live sustainably, we need to do the same: protect our natural capital and live off our biological income.
1
Only assumption II is implicit.
2
Neither assumption I nor II is implicit.
3
Only assumption I is implicit.
4
Both assumptions I and II are implicit.