[Solved] Statement: "Employees are advised to take short breaks between work hours."Assumptions:1️⃣ Short breaks refresh the mind and improve productivity.2️⃣ Employees often work continuously without breaks.... | Reasoning Ability

Reasoning Ability - Statement & Assumption

Statement: "Employees are advised to take short breaks between work hours."
Assumptions:
1️⃣ Short breaks refresh the mind and improve productivity.
2️⃣ Employees often work continuously without breaks.
Which assumption(s) is/are implicit?

AOnly 1

BOnly 2

CBoth 1 and 2

DNeither 1 nor 2

Step-by-Step Solution

Step 1: Identify the nature of the advice
The recommendation to take short breaks is presented as a best practice — its primary basis is the benefit that breaks provide.
Step 2: Analyse the assumptions
Assumption 1 (breaks refresh the mind and improve productivity) is necessary for the advice to be meaningful — implicit. Assumption 2 (employees often work continuously without breaks) is a behavioural claim about prevalence; the advice may be given as a general recommendation even if not everyone currently works continuously. Therefore Only 1 is clearly implicit.
Final Answer:
Only 1 is implicit. → Option A
Quick Check:
If short breaks did not improve productivity, there would be no reason to advise them ✅

Quick Trick: Advice usually assumes benefit first; prevalence of the problem is secondary unless the statement mentions it.

Common Mistakes:

Assuming that the existence of the advice always implies high prevalence of the problem.

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