Multiple choice

Directions: In the question below, a statement followed by three assumptions numbered 1, 2 and 3 is given. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement, and then choose the correct answer. Statement : For the third time in a row this week, the Indira Gandhi International Airport was put on a full alert today after Air India received an anonymous message that two terrorists laden with explosives were aboard its Mumbai-Delhi-Hong kong flight.- An authority of Indira Gandhi International Airport. Assumptions : 1. Anonymous message is not likely to be a hoax call.

  1. Anonymous message is likely to be a hoax call.
  2. Alertness might be helful in reducing the menace.

  1. 1 and 3 are implicit.

  2. 2 and 3 are implicit.

  3. Either 1 or 2 or 3 is implicit.

  4. Only 3 is implicit.

  5. None is implicit.
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Explanation

Why was the airport was put on a full alert? The authority must be assuming 1. Hence,1 is implicit but 2 is not. Again, to put the airport on a full alert indicates that the authority must be assuming 3 also.

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