Question

Statement: An advertisement: "Our shoes are for the rich."
Assumptions:
I. Many people like to be labelled as rich.
II. One can't become rich unless one has that brand of shoes.

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

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Only assumption I is implicit

The statement stresses on the point that this particular brand of shoes is worn by affluent and upper-class people as they are good-quality shoes. And an advertisement highlights the feature which most people desire. So, I is implicit. But it doesn't mean that one has to have those shoes to be called 'rich'. So, II is not implicit.