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Statement: Today I must satisfy myself only by looking at a pink headed duck in an encyclopaedia.
Assumptions:
I. Pink headed ducks are as good as extinct now.
II. People refer to encyclopaedia to know only about things which do not exist now.

A

Only assumption I is implicit

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B

Only assumption II is implicit

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C

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 A Only assumption I is implicit
Since the narrator talks of satisfying himself by just looking at a picture in encyclopaedia, it means that pink headed ducks are not to be seen alive. So, I is implicit. But II does not follow from the statement and is not implicit.

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