Question

Statement : "Buy pure and natural honey and company X" and advertisement in a newspaper.
Assumptions :
I. Artificial honey can be prepared.
II. People do not mind paying more for pure and natural honey.
III. No other company supplies pure honey.
A statement is followed by three assumptions marked, I, ll, Ill. Check whether these assumptions are implicit in the statement or not. Possible combination of assumptions are given against option (a), (b), (c) and (d). Choose the appropriate.

• A. Only I is implicit
• B. Only I and II are implicit
• C. Only I and III are implicit
• D. All are implicit

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Only I is implicit

Answer 2

Assumption I : Artificial honey can be prepared. This is indeed implicit, as the advertisement implies a distinction between pure/natural honey and artificial honey.
Assumption II : People do not mind paying more for pure and natural honey. This is not necessarily implicit from the statement; the advertisement does not provide enough information to conclude that people are willing to pay more.
Assumption III : No other company supplies pure honey. This is not implicit either, as the advertisement doesn’t suggest that only company X provides pure honey.

So, the correct option is (A): Only I is implicit.