Direction: In each question below is given a statement followed by three assumption numbered I,II and III. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement and the assumption and decide which of the assumption is implicit in the statement. Then decide which of the following answers (A), (B), (C), (D)and (E) is the correct answer.
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Statement:
For the third time in a row this week , the Indira Gandhi International Airport was put on a full alert today after Air India received an anonymous message that two terrorists laden with explosives were aboard its Mumbai-Delhi-Hong Kong flight.--- An authority of Indira Gandhi International Airport
Assumptions:
I. Anonymous message is not likely to be hoax call.
II. Anonymous message is likely to be hoax call.
III. Alertness might be helpful in reducing the menace.
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- Only I and III
- Only II and III
- Either I or II and III
- Only III
- None of these
Correct Option: A
Why was the airport was put on a full alert? The authority must be assuming I. Hence, I is implicit but II is not. Again, to put the airport on a full alert indicates that the authority must be assuming III also.
