Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer : Statement : “As our business is expanding, we need to appoint more staff.” Owner of a company informs his staff. Assumptions : I. The present staff is not competent. II. More staff will further expand the business. III. Suitable persons to be taken as staff will be available.

The correct answer is: C. Only II is implicit.

The statement “As our business is expanding, we need to appoint more staff” does not imply that the present staff is not competent. It is possible that the present staff is competent, but the company needs to expand its operations and therefore needs to hire more staff.

The statement also does not imply that suitable persons to be taken as staff will be available. It is possible that the company will not be able to find suitable persons to hire, in which case it may need to reconsider its expansion plans.

The only assumption that is implicit in the statement is that more staff will further expand the business. This is because the company is only planning to hire more staff if it believes that this will help it to expand its operations.

The other two assumptions are not implicit in the statement. The statement does not say anything about the competence of the present staff, and it does not say anything about the availability of suitable persons to be hired.