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Statement: The organization should promote employees on the basis of merit alone and not on the basis of length of service or seniority.
Assumptions:
Length of service or seniority does not alone reflect merit of an employee.
It is possible to determine and measure merit of an employee.

Only assumption I is implicit
Only assumption II is implicit
Either I or II is implicit
Both I and II are implicit
Explanation:

Answer: Option D
Explanation:
The statement stresses on the need to award promotion to a person who has been displaying remarkable talent and performing extraordinarily for the organisation rather than the one who has been working steadily for the organisation since long. Thus, length of service does not alone prove a man worthy. His talent and his performance are the criteria to be considered. So, both I and II are implicit.
Additional Questions

Statement: "But out of A, B, C and D products, you buy B which alone is based on the international technology."- A shopkeeper tells a customer.
Assumptions:
The customers normally accept the recommendation of the shopkeeper.
Use of international technology is supposed to ensure better quality standards.

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Statement: "If you want to give any advertisement, give it in the newspaper X." - A tells B.
Assumptions:
B wants to publicise his products.
Newspaper X has a wide circulation.

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Statement: Kartik left for Delhi on Tuesday by train to attend a function to be held on Friday at his uncles house in Delhi.
Assumptions:
Kartik may reach Delhi on Wednesday.
Kartik may reach Delhi before Friday.

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Statement: "Avon Cycles - Fast, easy to ride, impressive, reliable, crafted and up-to-date automation." - An advertisement.
Assumptions:
There is no other cycle with any of these features.
People do not bother about the cost.

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Statement: "Private property, trespassers will be prosecuted" - A notice on a plot of land.
Assumptions:
The passerby may read the notice and may not trespass.
The people are scared of prosecution.

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Statement: "As there is a great demand, every person seeking tickets of the programme will be given only five tickets."
Assumptions:
The organizers are not keen on selling the tickets.
No one is interested in getting more than five tickets.

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Statement: "Computer education should start at schools itself."
Assumptions:
Learning computers is easy.
Computer education fetches jobs easily.

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Statement: If he is intelligent, he will pass the examination.
Assumptions:
To pass, he must be intelligent.
He will pass the examination.

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Statement: Today I must satisfy myself only by looking at a pink headed duck in an encyclopaedia.
Assumptions:
Pink headed ducks are as good as extinct now.
People refer to encyclopaedia to know only about things which do not exist now.

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Statement: The organization should promote employees on the basis of merit alone and not on the basis of length of service or seniority.
Assumptions:
Length of service or seniority does not alone reflect merit of an employee.
It is possible to determine and measure merit of an employee.

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