John is Married to Jane.

Question: John is married to Jane. Therefore, John loves Jane.

The argument above is based on which one of the following assumptions?

1. John fell in love with Jane when he first met her.
2. People marry because they love.
3. Jane also loves John.
4. Jane does not love John.
5. Jane is John’s second marriage.

Answer: B

Explanation: An assumption is an implied hypothesis. So we are looking for something that is implied in the argument in this GMAT Critical reasoning question. In case it is wrong or maybe disable the argument.

Let’s go through each of the available options and select the most suitable one.

Option A: John fell in love with Jane when he first met her.
Option A states that John fell in love with Jane when he met her for the first time. This statement can not be an assumption from the above passage because the passage says nothing about meeting for the first time. It just says that John is married to Jane and because of this, he loves Jane. Since the statement talks about meeting and meeting is nowhere mentioned in the passage, Option A is incorrect.

Option B: People marry because they love.
According to Option B, people marry because they love. We know that in the passage above, John is married to Jane and he loves her. The statement can be an assumption because it is totally related to the situation in the passage. People marry because they love and John is married to Jane because he loves Jane. So, Option B is correct.

Option C: Jane also loves John.
Option C states that Jane also loves John. Maybe she does, but it is nowhere mentioned in the question above. There is no information given that tells us that Jane also loves John. Since the information about this statement is not available, we can not say that it is true. So, Option C is incorrect.

Option D: Jane does not love John.
According to Option d, Jane does not love John. Again, no information is given about Jane and if she loves John or not, We can not assume this because the pair is married and John loves Jane, as mentioned in the question above. Since the statement is not relevant to the question given, Option D is incorrect.

Option E: Jane is John’s second marriage.
According to Option E, Jane is John’s second marriage. This statement is entirely out of scope. There is no information in the question about John’s first or second marriage. All we know is that John is married to Jane and he loves her. Since the statement does not talk about John or his marriage to Jane, it is irrelevant. So, Option E is incorrect.

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