Statement: ‘Buy pure & natural honey of company X.’ — An advertisement
Assumptions I: Artificial honey can be prepared.
II: No other company supplies pure honey.
Choose the correct option which is/are implicit in the statement.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Only I is implicit
An assumption is something the speaker takes for granted without saying it; the statement would make no sense without it. An advertisement assumes whatever makes its claim worth making.
Assumption I (Artificial honey can be prepared) is implicit. The advertisement stresses that company X’s honey is pure and natural; that is worth saying only because honey that is not pure or natural, that is artificial honey, can be made and sold.
Assumption II (No other company supplies pure honey) is not implicit. The advertisement praises its own honey but says nothing about other companies; other companies may also sell pure honey.