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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.

  1. Statement:
    Sanskrit is a 'dead' language and its study in school is obsolete.
    Assumptions:
    I. Sanskrit has no utility in our day-to-day life.
    II. Schools should teach the students only such matters as are related to what they want to do in their lives.
    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: E

Both are implicit. The term 'dead' clears speaker's intention.



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