Question 26
MediumOriginal questionStatement: The principal of Riverside School tells Class 12: "Revise each chapter within 24 hours of learning it. This will help you remember it for the board examination."
Assumptions:
I. Students forget part of a chapter if they do not revise it soon after learning it.
II. Students can find time to revise a chapter within a day of learning it.
Which assumptions are implicit?
Show the answer and explanation
Correct answer: D
Explanation
Negation test for I: if students remembered a chapter just as well without early revision, the advice to revise within 24 hours would be pointless. The principal never says students forget; he takes it for granted. So I is implicit.
Negation test for II: if students could not find the time within 24 hours, the advice could not be followed and would make no sense. So II is implicit too.
Both I and II are implicit.
Worth noting
Advice carries two kinds of unstated assumption: that there is a problem it solves (here, forgetting), and that it can be followed. Check for both, and do not count the speaker's own stated reason as an assumption.
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