Statement & Assumption — “Our urban youth are less at ease with their own language than with English!” Which assumptions are implicit? I. One generally feels most comfortable in one’s mother tongue. II. English-language books outsell vernacular books.
Verbal Reasoning
Statement and Assumption
Difficulty: Easy
Choose an option
Answer
Correct Answer: if only assumption I is implicit.
Explanation
Introduction / Context:The lament compares comfort levels. It tacitly relies on a general expectation that a person’s mother tongue is usually the most comfortable language—hence the surprise that English feels easier.
Concept / Approach:Assumption I is necessary to generate the sense of anomaly. Assumption II about book sales is a market statistic not required for the comfort-level claim.
Final Answer:Only Assumption I is implicit.