The simple facts are these: the
number of people killed each year by grizzly bears is about the same as the number of people killed by lightning on golf courses. And the number of
people killed by lightning on golf courses each year is about the same as the number of people electrocuted by electric blenders. All the horrible myths and gruesome stories aside, therefore, a grizzly bear is in fact about as dangerous as an electric blender or a game of golf.
Which one of the following is an assumption that the author relies upon in the passage?
(A) Most incidents involving grizzly bears are fatal. - WRONG. It's like E only, just that it has been rephrased.
(B) Grizzly bears are
no longer the danger they once were. - WRONG. What grizzlies used to be like in past is not covered in the passage.
(C) The
number of fatalities per year is an adequate indication of something’s dangerousness. - CORRECT. If not then passage conclusion is difficult to hold.
(D) A golf course is a
particularly dangerous place to be in a thunderstorm. - WRONG. Not a right way to assume while considering other factors.
(E) Something is dangerous
only if it results in
death in the majority of cases. - WRONG. Whenever "only"(bit extreme) is used it's a red flag that needs special attention. Deaths are common in all cases but why it has to be majority of cases. It's not a necessity. If it is then we need to look into other factors too for what majority cases are in those ones.
Answer C.