Question
A statement is given, followed by two assumptions I and
II. You have to consider the statement and two assumptions and decide which of the assumption(s) is/are implicit. Statement: Football needs physical skills and chess needs intellectual skills. Thus, Indian students should focus on playing chess. Assumptions: I. Playing chess is more lucrative than playing football. II. Indian students are better at intellectual pursuits than they are at physical pursuits.Solution
The statement makes no mention of how much money can be made in either sport. So, Assumption I is not implicit. Assumption II, on the other hand, makes a logical sense and is clearly implicit in the given statement  Hence, the correct answer is (B).
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