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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:
    Despite strong opposition , the controversial Prohibition of Forcible Conversion of Religion Bill was passed by the Tamil Nadu Assembly with the AIDMK and the BJP outvoting the combined opposition of the DMK, the Congress, the Pattali Makkal Katchi and the Left parties.-----A news
    Assumptions:
    I. Conversion create resentment among several section and also inflame religious passion, leading to communal clashes.
    II. Conversions only lead to the isolation of the converted.
    III. Strong opposition puts hindrance before a bill in taking final shape.
    1. All I, II and III
    2. Only I and II
    3. Only I and III
    4. Only II and III
    5. None of these
Correct Option: E

Only III is implicit. Note that the statement is a piece of news. What the journalist assumes about the conversion and its impact can't be explicitly said. But the words "despite strong opposition' indicate that the journalist must be assuming III.



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