MAH LLB 3 Year CET 2 April Shift-2 2026
Statement:"The Supreme Court allows same-sex couples to cohabit without marriage."Assumption A:Cohabitation with the same sex is not a crime.Assumption B:Same-sex marriage is legally valid.
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Answer: Option A — Only Assumption A is implicit
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The court can allow such couples to live together only if cohabitation itself is lawful, so A is implicit.
The statement says they cohabit "without marriage"; it says nothing that requires same-sex marriage to be valid. B is not implicit (in fact, in Supriyo v. Union of India, 2023, the Supreme Court declined to recognise same-sex marriage).
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Remove A and the statement makes no sense (a court would not permit a crime); remove B and the statement still stands.⚠ Common trap
(D) Both tempts students who link cohabitation with marriage, but "without marriage" is the key phrase.Quick tip
Negation test: an assumption is implicit only if denying it makes the statement collapse.
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This question tests your understanding of Statement & Assumptions, a key topic in the Logical Reasoning section. The detailed solution above uses a step-by-step approach to show the reasoning, and where available, a shortcut that helps you solve similar questions in under 90 seconds during the actual exam.
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