Multiple choice

Chocolates have been found to release a hormone in the human body that is responsible for happiness. Chocolates have also been found to be helpful in eliminating stress and work related fatigue. Therefore, the employees in IT sector should resort to eating chocolates while they are at work. This would boost up the performance and company’s profits significantly.

Which of the following assumptions is inherent in the argument?

  1. IT professionals don’t eat much of sugar which brings their performance down and results in a great loss to the employer too.

  2. Excess consumption of chocolates and the resultant high intake of sugar will not cause a decline in the performance of IT professionals.

  3. Since chocolate eating is said to add to performance levels, the cost will be borne by the company.

  4. The IT professionals are a stressed lot due to the nature of their work.

  5. The busy schedule of the IT professionals leaves them with spare time to savor chocolates.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Chocolate eating is said to relieve work related stress and is recommended specifically for IT professionals. So, the obvious assumption is that IT professionals face work related stress.