Question

Consider the given statement and decide which of the given assumptions is/are
implicit in the statement.
 

Statement:

“If you eat your vegetables, I will take you for a picnic on Sunday,” a father tells his son.

Assumptions:

1: Because of the offer of picnic, the child may eat his/her vegetables.

2: All children hate vegetables.

1. Only assumption 2 is implicit.
2. Only assumption 1 is implicit.
3. Neither assumption 1 nor assumption 2 are implicit.
4. Both assumption 1 and assumption 2 are implicit.

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Only assumption 1 is implicit.

The logic here is as follows:

Assumption 1: Because of the offer of a picnic, the child may eat his/her vegetables → True (As from the statement, we know that the father is trying to make his son eat vegetables by giving him the offer of going to a picnic. So, Assumption 1 will be true).

Assumption 2: All children hate vegetables → False (The statement mentions regarding only \a single child, and there is no mention of 'all children hate vegetables'. So, Assumption 2 is false).

Therefore, only Assumption 1 is implicit.

Hence, the correct answer is "Only assumption 1 is implicit."