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Statement: The district administration has issued a circular to all the farmers under its jurisdiction advising them for not using pesticides indiscriminately as it may pollute the ground water.
Assumptions:
I. People may stop using ground water if the farmers continue to use pesticides indiscriminately.
II. Farmers may refrain from using pesticides indiscriminately.

A

Only assumption I is implicit

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B

Only assumption II is implicit

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Either I or II is implicit

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D

Neither I nor II is implicit

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E

Both I and II are implicit

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Solution

The correct option is B Only assumption II is implicit
The district administration has issued a circular to make the farmers aware of hazards that indiscriminate use of pesticides poses to ground water and plead them to refrain from the same. So, II is implicit. However, I cannot be assumed from the given statement and so it is not implicit.

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