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Statement: "If you trouble me, I will slap you." - A mother warns her child.

Assumptions:

  1. With the warning, the child may stop troubling her.

  2. All children are basically naughty.

AOnly assumption I is implicit

BOnly assumption II is implicit

CNeither I nor II is implicit

DBoth I and II are implicit

Answer:

A. Only assumption I is implicit

Read Explanation:

The mother warns her child with the expectation that he would stop troubling her. So, I is implicit. The general nature of children cannot be derived from the statement. So, II is not implicit.


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