Consider the following statements: Statement: the situation in the area still continues to be tense and out control people are requested to remain in their home only. Assumption: I. there had been some serious incidents II. People will not go to offices III. normaly will be restored shortly of these

The correct answer is A, only assumption I is implicit.

Assumption I is implicit. The statement says the situation is tense and out of control, and that is why people are asked to stay indoors. Such an advisory follows serious incidents such as violence or clashes, so the speaker takes that for granted.

Assumption II is not implicit. The advisory asks people to stay at home. It says nothing about offices, and it does not assume that office attendance is the concern or that people will stop going to work. Staying home is a general request.

Assumption III is not implicit. Asking people to stay indoors tells us nothing about when normalcy will return. Saying normalcy will be restored shortly would be an extra claim the statement does not make.

Core concept: implicit assumption questions test whether an assumption is necessary for the statement to hold, not merely plausible. This connects to Mains GS-2 on internal security and preventive orders. Section 144 of the CrPC is now Section 163 of the BNSS (2023).

Trap: aspirants accept II because staying home seems to imply not going to work. Ask whether the statement needs that inference to hold. It does not.