In this question below is given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II.Consider the statement and decide which of the given assumption in implicit.
Give answer (a) if only assumption I is implicit : (b) if only assumption II is implicit: (c) If either I or II is implicit: (d) If neither I nor II is implicit and (e) If both I and II are implicit.
Statement : Lack of stimulation in the first four or five years of life can have adverse consequences.
Assumption : I. A great part of the development of observed intelligence occurs in the earliest years of life.
II. 50 percent of the measurable intelligence at age of 17 is already predictable by the age of four.

Options

A. if only Assumption I is implicit.
B. if only Assumption II is implicit.
C. if either Assumption I or II is implicit.
D. if neither Assumption I nor II is implicit.

Answer

D

Explanation

Neither assumption I nor II is implicit because they are irrelevant as the given statement does not make any mention of the word "intelligence".