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Direction: In each question below is given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumption(s) is/are implicit in the statement.

  1. Statement
    The Government has recently announced an incentive package for setting up new business ventures in the rural areas and promised uninterrupted power supply to all the units.
    Assumptions
    I. The Government may be able to supply adequate power to all such units.
    II. People living in the rural areas may welcome the Government decision.
    1. if only Assumption I is implicit
    2. if only Assumption II is implicit
    3. if either Assumption I or II is implicit
    4. if both Assumptions I and II are implicit
Correct Option: D

If someone make a promise, he assumes that the would be able to fulfill it. Hence, Assumption I is valid. Again, since the business ventures are planned to be setup in rural areas, Assumption II must be implicit.



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