Question

Statement: 'Please switch off your mobile phones during the movie.' - A notice displayed in a cinema hall. Assumptions: I. Ringing mobile phones may disturb other viewers. II. People carry mobile phones into the cinema hall.

• A. Only assumption I is implicit
• B. Only assumption II is implicit
• C. Both assumptions I and II are implicit
• D. Neither assumption is implicit

Hint:

Try denying each assumption in turn and check whether the notice would still make any sense if that denial were true - if it wouldn't, the assumption is implicit.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

The notice would be pointless unless people actually carry mobile phones into the hall, so assumption II is implicit. The very purpose of asking people to switch phones off is to avoid disturbance to others, so assumption I is also implicit. Both assumptions are implicit. The correct option is 'Both assumptions I and II are implicit'.