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Logical Reasoning(Master ) Statement - Assumptions

US President has downsized his country’s nuclear arsenal helped to negotiate a deal to halt Iran’s nuclear-weapons programme and led a global initiative to secure radioactive materials. But his legacy on nuclear issues remains uncertain, as the progress in securing nuclear materials has been slow.

Which of the following is an assumption of the speaker?

There could be a break in the president’s initiative at securing radioactive materials.

One’s lasting fame depends on the velocity with which one’s initiatives are carried out.

The deteriorating progress will eventually lead to the failure of the initiative.

The US can never convince a country to give up its nuclear initiatives.

None of these

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Explanation:

The argument in the given text is that the US president cannot sustain his legacy because of the slow progress of his initiative, i.e. ‘securing nuclear materials’, which, in other words, means that if he can speed up his initiative, he can have a lasting glory. So, the underlying assumption here is that whether one has a lasting glory or not depends on how fast their initiatives progress. The assumption comes out only in statement 2. Hence, statement 2 is the right answer.