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Direction: In each question below is given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the given assumptions is implicit in the statement.

  1. Statement:
    "I have not received telephone bills for nine months inspite of several complaints" --------A telephone customer's letter to the editor of a daily.
    Assumptions:
    I. Every customer has a right to get bills regularly from the telephone company.
    II. The customer's complaints point to defect in the services which is expected to be corrected.
    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

The customer's eagerness to get the bills makes I implicit. Besides, the customer has written to the editor to bring the malfunctioning of the department to public notice. So, II is also implicit.



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