Statement — The next meeting of the governing body of Arihant Publication will be held after one year.\n\nAssumptions —\nI. No meeting of the governing body will take place before the completion of one year.\nII. Arihant Publication will continue to function after one year.

Difficulty: Medium

Correct Answer: if both Assumption I and II are implicit

Explanation:


Introduction / Context:
Scheduling the “next meeting after one year” conveys two presuppositions: that no intervening meeting will occur (otherwise the announced meeting would not be “next”), and that the organization will continue operations such that a meeting after one year is meaningful to plan.



Given Data / Assumptions:


  • Information: next meeting scheduled one year hence.
  • I: there will be no earlier governing-body meeting.
  • II: the organization will remain active to hold that meeting.


Concept / Approach:
“Next” sets a temporal order asserting exclusivity of earlier slots. Planning a meeting also presupposes organizational continuity. Both are necessary for the statement to be coherent and informative.



Step-by-Step Solution:


1) Interpret “next meeting” as the immediate subsequent one.2) Therefore, no meeting can occur earlier (I).3) For scheduling to matter, the organization must exist and function after one year (II).


Verification / Alternative check:
If a meeting were held earlier, the announced one would not be the “next”; if the organization ceased, the announcement would be moot. Both contradictions confirm I and II.



Why Other Options Are Wrong:


Only I or only II: incomplete.Either: insufficient; both are needed.Neither: contradicts the statement’s meaning.


Common Pitfalls:
Misreading “next” as merely “a future” meeting; in formal reasoning, “next” implies the immediate subsequent instance.



Final Answer:
Both Assumption I and II are implicit.

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