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  1. Statement: Today I must satisfy myself only by looking at a pink headed duck in an encyclopaedia.

    Assumptions:

    1. Pink headed ducks are as good as extinct now.
    2. People refer to encyclopaedia to know only about things which do not exist now.

  2. A.
    Only assumption I is implicit
    B.
    Only assumption II is implicit
    C.
    Either I or II is implicit
    D.
    Neither I nor II is implicit
    E.
    Both I and II are implicit

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    Answer : Option A

    Explanation :

    Since the narrator talks of satisfying himself by just looking at a picture in encyclopaedia, it means that pink headed ducks are not to be seen alive. So, I is implicit. But II does not follow from the statement and is not implicit.


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