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Consider the given statement to be true and decide which of the following assumptions is/are implicit in the statement.

Statement:
When your dress is excellent, many people ask which tailor has stitched that dress.

Assumptions:
1. If the dress is bad, people don't ask about the tailor.
2. People want to know how to stitch the same dress.

This question was previously asked in
RRB ALP 2018 CBT 2 Fitter Question Paper (21-Jan-2019) (Shift 3)
The correct answer is
Only assumption 1 is implicit.

Implicit Assumption Analysis for Dress Statement

The statement focuses on a specific scenario: the connection between an excellent dress and people inquiring about the tailor.

Analyzing Assumption 1: Tailor Inquiry for Bad Dresses

Assumption 1 states: "If the dress is bad, people don't ask about the tailor." The original statement implies that people ask about the tailor *because* the dress is excellent. This suggests that excellence is the condition prompting the question. Logically, if the condition (excellence) is absent, the resulting action (asking about the tailor) is unlikely to occur. Therefore, this assumption is implicitly linked to the statement.

Analyzing Assumption 2: Desire to Replicate Dress

Assumption 2 states: "People want to know how to stitch the same dress." The statement mentions people asking "which tailor" stitched the dress. This question is about identifying the maker or attributing quality, not necessarily about learning the process of stitching or replicating the dress. The statement doesn't provide information about the audience's desire to learn sewing skills.

Conclusion on Implicit Assumptions

Based on the direct implications of the statement, asking about the tailor is a response to an excellent dress. The absence of this response when the dress is not excellent (Assumption 1) is a reasonable inference. The desire to learn stitching methods (Assumption 2) is not directly supported by the text.

Final Answer Determination

The analysis indicates that only Assumption 1 is implicitly present in the given statement.

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