Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true. Select from options at the end:

Victor Emmanuel III yielded most of his powers to his son Umberto II in 1944, when Umberto was appointed as Lieutenant General of the Realm, and finally abdicated in 1946.

Hypothesis: Victor Emmanuel III was king of Italy from 1900 to 1946.
Pick your answer from:
 1). yes;
 2). no;
The answer is
2).