Statement: There was a time when the rivers were pure.

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

Statement:
There was a time when the rivers were pure. The earth clean, the air clear. Those days have gone. But there are still ways for you to live healthy.
Assumptions:
I. The environment affects the health of people.
II. People are responsible for making the environment polluted.

1. if only assumption I is implicit.
2. if only assumption II is implicit.
3. if either I or II is implicit.
4. if neither I nor II is implicit.
5. if both I and II are implicit.

Correct Option: A

I is implicit here. That is why the speaker is talking about another way of living when the environment has been polluted. II can't be assumed from the statement.