Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer : Statement : The economic condition continues to be critical even after a good harvest season. Assumptions : I. The economic condition was not critical before the harvest season. II. The economic condition could not have improved without a good harvest season. III. The economic condition was expected to improve after a good harvest season.

The correct answer is: Only I and III are implicit.

The statement “The economic condition continues to be critical even after a good harvest season” does not provide enough information to determine whether or not the economic condition was critical before the harvest season. It is possible that the economic condition was already critical before the harvest season, or it is possible that the economic condition improved after the harvest season but is still critical.

The statement also does not provide enough information to determine whether or not the economic condition could not have improved without a good harvest season. It is possible that the economic condition would have improved even without a good harvest season, or it is possible that the good harvest season was necessary for the economic condition to improve.

However, the statement does provide enough information to determine that the economic condition was expected to improve after a good harvest season. This is because the statement says that the economic condition “continues to be critical” even after a good harvest season. This suggests that the economic condition was expected to improve after the harvest season, but it did not.

Therefore, the only assumptions that are implicit in the statement are I and III. Assumption I is that the economic condition was expected to improve after a good harvest season. Assumption III is that the economic condition did not improve after a good harvest season.