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

Only assumption I is implicit
Only assumption II is implicit
Either I or II is implicit
Neither I nor II is implicit
Both I and II are implicit

Correct Answer: Only assumption I is implicit

Explanation:

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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