Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made: 1. The horrors of modern life are the inevitable result of the progress of science. 2. The aspect of truth likely to be overlooked is that science is what man has made it. Which of the assumptions given above is/are correct?

The passage explicitly questions whether international conflict (horrors of modern life) is the inevitable result of scientific progress — implying it is NOT necessarily inevitable. So assumption 1 is not correct. The passage emphasizes that the relations between science and mankind are easy to overlook, and treating science as an abstract third party is wrong — i.e., science is what man has made it. So assumption 2 is valid. Only assumption 2 is correct.