The question below is given a statement followed by several assumptions. An assumption is something supposed…

Question

The question below is given a statement followed by several assumptions. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement along with the assumptions and then decide as to which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.

Statement: "Doctor available on call - 24 hours" - A notice at the Hotel reception.

Assumptions :

I. Some lodgers may need medical help at any point in time.

II. No lodger is a doctor.

III. The hotel has employed a doctor.

IV. Arrangements have been made by the management of the hotel to make a doctor available in case of need.

Accepted Answer

Correct answer: B — Concept: An assumption is implicit in a statement only if the statement would not make sense, or its stated purpose would be defeated, without that assumption holding true. It must be something the writer necessarily took for granted — not a fact that merely could be true, and not something the statement leaves unaddressed. Each candidate assumption is tested by asking: does removing it break the statement's logic or purpose? Application: Testing each assumption against the notice “Doctor available on call – 24 hours”: Assumption Implicit? Reasoning I. Some lodgers may need medical help at any point in time. Yes The notice promises round-the-clock access to a doctor; that promise is meaningful only if some guests could require medical attention unpredictably. Without this assumption, advertising 24-hour availability would serve no purpose. II. No lodger is a doctor. No The notice says nothing about the guests' own occupations. Whether or not a guest happens to be a doctor has no bearing on the hotel arranging its own on-call doctor, so this cannot be read into the statement. III. The hotel has employed a doctor. No “Available on call” describes accessibility, not an employment relationship. The doctor could equally be an outside consultant the hotel keeps on standby; the notice does not commit to any particular employment arrangement. IV. Arrangements have been made by the management of the hotel to make a doctor available in case of need. Yes A guarantee of on-call availability at any hour cannot exist by accident — it is only possible because the management has pre-planned some standing arrangement. The notice itself is evidence that such arrangements exist. Cross-check: Only I and IV hold up under the test above. II introduces an unrelated fact about guests’ own professions, and III over-specifies an employment relationship the notice never commits to — so the combination that keeps exactly I and IV, and excludes II and III, is the one that is fully implicit.

Answer

A. Only I, III and IV are implicit

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B. Only I and IV are implicit

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C. All II, III and IV are implicit

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D. Only I and III are implicit

Assumption	Implicit?	Reasoning
I. Some lodgers may need medical help at any point in time.	Yes	The notice promises round-the-clock access to a doctor; that promise is meaningful only if some guests could require medical attention unpredictably. Without this assumption, advertising 24-hour availability would serve no purpose.
II. No lodger is a doctor.	No	The notice says nothing about the guests' own occupations. Whether or not a guest happens to be a doctor has no bearing on the hotel arranging its own on-call doctor, so this cannot be read into the statement.
III. The hotel has employed a doctor.	No	“Available on call” describes accessibility, not an employment relationship. The doctor could equally be an outside consultant the hotel keeps on standby; the notice does not commit to any particular employment arrangement.
IV. Arrangements have been made by the management of the hotel to make a doctor available in case of need.	Yes	A guarantee of on-call availability at any hour cannot exist by accident — it is only possible because the management has pre-planned some standing arrangement. The notice itself is evidence that such arrangements exist.

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