RAS question
Statement: 'The government has decided to make Aadhaar mandatory for opening a bank account.' Assumption I: Aadhaar is a reliable proof of identity. Assumption II: All citizens already possess an Aadhaar card. Which assumption(s) is/are implicit?
Correct answer: (D) Only Assumption I is implicit.
The decision to make Aadhaar mandatory for opening a bank account implicitly assumes that Aadhaar is a reliable proof of identity, but not that every citizen already has Aadhaar.
Explanation
Assumption I is implicit because the statement uses Aadhaar as the required basis for opening a bank account; that only makes sense if the government treats Aadhaar as dependable identity proof. UIDAI's FAQ supports this link: it says Aadhaar can be used for eKYC to open bank accounts and that, when authenticated successfully, Aadhaar serves as proof of identity. Assumption II does not follow. A rule making Aadhaar mandatory may require people without Aadhaar to enrol or apply before opening the account; it does not need the stronger belief that all citizens already possess an Aadhaar card.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) This denies Assumption I, although using Aadhaar as the mandatory basis for opening an account depends on treating it as reliable identity proof.
- (B) This accepts the overbroad claim that all citizens already have Aadhaar while rejecting the identity-proof assumption on which the rule actually rests.
- (C) This correctly includes Assumption I but wrongly adds Assumption II, since the policy can operate even if some people must still apply for Aadhaar.
Concept
This tests implicit assumptions in statement-based reasoning: the required assumption is what the policy needs to make sense, not every broad condition that might make implementation easier. RAS repeatedly uses such questions to check whether candidates can separate a necessary premise from an exaggerated inference.