Direction: In the following question, a statement is given, followed by two assumptions. You are to consider each statement and the assumptions that follow and decide whether the assumption is/are…
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Direction: In the following question, a statement is given, followed by two assumptions. You are to consider each statement and the assumptions that follow and decide whether the assumption is/are implicit in the statement.
Statement: Children are influenced more by their teachers nowadays.
Assumptions: I The children consider teachers as their models.
II Teachers today are better qualified than teachers in the past.
Statement: Children are influenced more by their teachers nowadays.
Assumptions: I The children consider teachers as their models.
II Teachers today are better qualified than teachers in the past.
- Only assumption I is implicit
- Only assumption II is implicit
- Either I or II is implicit
- Neither I nor II is implicit
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A - Only assumption I is implicit
Children being influenced by teachers presupposes that they look up to teachers as models (I implicit). Nothing in the statement depends on teachers being better qualified than before (II not implicit).
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