Shy adolescents often devote themselves totally to a hobby to help distract them from the loneliness brought on by their shyness. Sometimes they are able to become friends with others who share their hobby. But if they lose interest in that hobby, their loneliness may be exacerbated. So developing an all-consuming hobby is not a successful strategy for overcoming adolescent loneliness.

Which one of the following assumptions does the argument depend on?
(A) Eventually, shy adolescents are going to want a wider circle of friends than is provided by their hobby.
(B) No successful strategy fro overcoming adolescent loneliness ever intensifies that loneliness.
(C) Shy adolescents will lose interest in their hobbies if they do not make friends through their engagement in those hobbies.
(D) Some other strategy for overcoming adolescent loneliness is generally more successful than is developing an all-consuming hobby.
(E) Shy adolescents devote themselves to hobbies mainly because they want to make friends.


OA : B

I selected C

Though it is closer to the conclusion as compared with the option C,the correct option seems to be a very basic & weak assumption.

One more doubt :

As I was revisiting the question , I noticed that it seems to be a supporter assumption question , in which there is something "new " or "rogue" info stated in the conclusion.So obviously the task at hand must be to link the new info ( here - successful strategy ) with something to make the conclusion more logical.
On this basis I am left with options - B & D..This sort of method really helps in getting down to the correct option & really saves a lot of time.
Is this method sound enough?