Critical Reasoning — Assumptions Context: “At the All India Commerce Conference, the session ‘Management of Service Sector in India’ surprisingly attracted a large number of participants and received very good media coverage.” Which assumptions are implicit?

Introduction / Context:
The report notes a “surprisingly” large attendance and strong media coverage for a session on service-sector management. We need to find what this surprise presumes.

Given Data / Assumptions:

• I: People were not expecting such an encouraging response for the service sector (hence, the surprise).
• II: The service sector is not managed properly in India.
• III: Media is always very positive towards the service sector.

Concept / Approach:
“Surprisingly” signals a mismatch between expectations and outcome, not a claim about sector performance or media behavior in general.

Step-by-Step Solution:
1) The element of “surprise” directly implies I. Negating I removes the reason to call the turnout and coverage surprising.2) II is not required. High interest and coverage do not automatically imply poor management; they may reflect relevance or growth.3) III is too sweeping. The sentence speaks of this particular event’s coverage, not the media’s perpetual stance.

Verification / Alternative check:
Language cue “surprisingly” is a classic pointer to implicit expectations.

Why Other Options Are Wrong:

• All / Only II and III / Only either I or III / None: Include unsupported generalizations or omit the clear expectation-based assumption.

Common Pitfalls:
Avoid reading causal diagnoses (sector mismanagement) into a mere observation about turnout and coverage.

Final Answer:
Only I is implicit