What is the most logical assumption that can be made from the passage given above?
Answer & explanation
Answer: (c) Religious denominations tend to ignore the unity of man.
Each denomination finds itself right and every other one wrong, so taken together either the whole world is right or the whole world is wrong. Behind this lies the assumption that denominations dwell on their differences and lose sight of what unites people.
- ✗ (a) The passage says nothing about whether a person can live without a denomination.
- ✗ (b) No duty to spread one's denomination is stated or implied.
- ✓ (c) Because each group judges the others wrong, the passage concludes that 'all the world is right or all the world is wrong' — it assumes denominations focus on what divides and ignore the common humanity they share.
- ✗ (d) Each person, judging his own religion, finds it right; the passage never says people misunderstand their own denomination.
Remember · For the 'most logical assumption', choose the unstated belief that makes the author's conclusion sensible, not a claim the passage never touches.
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