Question

The question below is given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumption(s) is/are implicit in the statement.

Statement

• "We must appoint more subordinate officers on our office staff", the manager said to the chairman.

Assumptions

1. Subordinate officers are available.
2. The present office staff is inefficient.

Options

• If only Assumption I is implicit

• If only Assumption II is implicit

• If neither Assumption I nor II is implicit

• If both Assumptions I and II are implicit

Answer 1

If only Assumption I is implicit

Explanation:

Here, the manager stresses the need to appoint more subordinate officers. It does mean that the present staff is not efficient. In fact, he wants to say that work is much more than the working capacity of present staff strength.
Hence, Assumption II is invalid. But Assumption I is implicit because without assuming the availability of subordinate officers, the manager would not have said so.