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Statement: Metropolises might provide everything----education, jobs and a good lifestyle---- but they score miserably when it comes to life's basic necessities. Assumptions: I. The speaker is talking about irregular water and electricity supply. II. A large number of people in metros are still deprived of life's basic necessities.

if only assumption I is implicit.
if only assumption II is implicit.
if either I or II is implicit.
if neither I nor II is implicit.

Correct Answer: if only assumption II is implicit.

Explanation:

It is hard to reduce the generalised version to a particular field. Other possibilities may also be considered, such as sanitation problem,-----Hence I is not implicit. II is implicit because it is this that makes the speaker take potshot at metros.

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