In each questions given below. a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions, and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement?
Statement: Lack of stimulation in the first four or five years of life can have adverse consequences.
Assumptions: 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

A

Explanation

I. Implicit: This is the reason why lack of stimulation in earliest years of life is important. II. Not implicit: Statement does not talk about measurement of intelligence.