Given below are one statement and one assumption:
Statement: Ashish wrote a second letter to his father after two months when he did not receive any reply of the first letter.
Assumption: (I) Ashish's father did not receive the letter.
(II) His father promptly sends reply to his letters.
Which Assumption is implicit on the basis of given statement ?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Only (II) is implicit
An assumption is what a person takes for granted before acting: it is not stated, but without it the action would make no sense.
(I) Ashish’s father did not receive the letter. Not implicit. Ashish does not know why no reply came: the letter may have been lost, or his father may have got it and not replied. He writes again because no reply came, not because he is sure the first letter never reached.
(II) His father promptly sends reply to his letters. Implicit. Ashish waited for a reply and wrote again when none came in two months. That makes sense only if he expects his father to reply to his letters, so this is taken for granted.