Discussion Forum : Statement & Assumptions
Question - Statement:
People think nothing of spitting out from a moving bus, throwing empty Uncle chips packet by the roadside and dropping banana skins from the car window and even flushing construction debris down the sewer lines.
Assumptions:
I. People lack civic sense.
II. The speaker knows civic manner.
Options:
A .  if only assumption I is implicit.
B .  if only assumption II is implicit.
C .  if either I or II is implicit.
D .  if neither I nor II is implicit.
E .  if both I and II are implicit.
Answer: Option B
Answer: (b)I may be a restatement or conclusion, but it is not an assumption. Hence I is not implicit. As the speaker is pointing out about bad manners, it can be assumed that he knows civic manner.

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