Question

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.

• A. Only assumption I is implicit
• B. Only assumption II is implicit
• C. Neither I nor II is implicit
• D. Both I and II are implicit

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Only assumption I is implicit

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.