[Solved] Statement: "You should get your vehicle serviced regularly."Assumptions:1️⃣ Regular servicing improves vehicle performance.2️⃣ People often neglect servicing until problems occur.... | Reasoning Ability

Reasoning Ability - Statement & Assumption

Statement: "You should get your vehicle serviced regularly."
Assumptions:
1️⃣ Regular servicing improves vehicle performance.
2️⃣ People often neglect servicing until problems occur.
Which assumption(s) is/are implicit?

AOnly 1

BOnly 2

CBoth 1 and 2

DNeither 1 nor 2

Step-by-Step Solution

Step 1: Recognize preventive-care advice
The statement advises routine maintenance — this is a recommendation grounded in expected benefit.
Step 2: Analyse assumptions
Assumption 1 (regular servicing improves vehicle performance) is the central implicit belief that gives the advice rationale — if servicing did not help, the advice would be meaningless. Assumption 2 (people often neglect servicing) may explain why reminders are issued, but it is not strictly required for the advice itself; the primary necessary assumption is the efficacy of servicing.
Final Answer:
Only 1 is implicit. → Option A
Quick Check:
If servicing didn’t improve performance, recommending it would make no sense ✅

Quick Trick: Distinguish primary efficacy assumptions from secondary prevalence explanations.

Common Mistakes:

Treating the motive for issuing advice (e.g., common neglect) as the primary implicit belief when the efficacy claim is required.

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