Question
Statement: Early in the morning, a fire broke
out near the entrance of the palace, damaging the guard room and an ATM kiosk. Assumption: I. Due to the fire, the guard room and the ATM kiosk was damaged II. The early morning fire near the main gate of the palace has been caused by an electric short circuit. In each question below a statement is given followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.Solution
Assumption I is not implicit as it is merely a restatement of the statement. Assumption II is also not implicit as there may be other reasons also for the fire.
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