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Statement: A notice at a conference reads, 'Please switch off your mobile phones during the session.' Assumptions: I. Mobile phones ringing can disturb the session.
II. All the participants carry a mobile phone. Which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement?

Competition practiceLogical / Critical
  • AOnly assumption I is implicit
  • BOnly assumption II is implicit
  • CNeither assumption is implicit
  • DBoth assumptions are implicit

Step-by-Step Solution

The request is made because ringing phones could disturb the session (I is implicit); the word 'your' does not assume everyone owns a phone, so II is not implicit.
Answer: A) Only assumption I is implicit

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