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Answer: D
Explanation:
The only way in which revenues can increase despite a fall in the number of visitors is if the
price per item were to be increased. D states this and is the correct answer. This also explains
why the number of customers visiting Starbeans has gone down.
(A) Low rates for coffee beans will reduce the cost and increase the profit, but it cannot
increase the revenue.
(B) If anything, this fact should have helped increase the number of customers coming to
Starbeans.
(C) This still does not explain how sales can increase despite a fall in the number of
customers.
(D) The correct answer.
(E) Same as A.
2
Answer: E
Explanation
The whole argument is based on the assumption that Cherico’s competitors will not be able
to get the Dreamliner before 2014. If there was some way in which the competitors’ could
also get their hands on the Dreamliner earlier, then Cherico’s competitive advantage will
get neutralized. E mentions this point and is the correct answer.
(A) It is possible that other airlines could also reduce the number of stewards in their
airplanes. The argument is only concerned with the competitive advantage accruing
due to the Dreamliner.
(B) This may be an added advantage but the whole point of the argument is that the
competitors will not be able to get their hands on the Dreamliner before 2014.
(C) This has no bearing on the competitive advantage accruing due to the Dreamliner.
(D) The argument clearly states that this will be the case so this basically repeats what is
already stated in the argument.
(E) The correct answer.
3
Answer: B
Explanation:
We have to somehow show that the statistics are not a sign for worry. B does this best by
stating that the original statistics were most likely inflated so the fall in numbers may not
actually be as steep as it looks.
(A) But what about after a few months? This would still be a worrying sign for the
companies.
(B) The correct answer.
(C) There is no real connection between the sale of mobile phone handsets and how
many subscribers join mobile phone companies every month.
(D) If despite this fact the numbers are going down, then there must be some problem.
(E) Irrelevant to the argument.
4
Answer: A
Explanation
Since this is an Inference question, let’s look at all the options and eliminate.
(A) The correct answer. This can be clearly inferred from the first sentence of the stimulus.
(B) This may not necessarily be true on the basis of the information in the stimulus.
(C) The argument clearly says that this is not the case. As long there is demand for the
product at that price, the manufacturer is doing no wrong in selling it at that price.
(D) No such conclusion can be arrived at from the argument. If there is a high demand
for the product, then it can be sold at a high price.
(E) Extreme option. The manufacturer may or may not fail but doesn’t necessarily have to fail
5
Answer: B
Explanation
The question is asking you to identify an additional premise that is not stated in the
argument, which is the same as the assumption. So you basically need to identify the
assumption in the argument. The assumption in the argument has to be the fact that the
investigating agency or the person heading it will itself/himself not fall prey to corruption.
B states this and is the correct answer.
(A) This does not necessarily have to be the case. There could be other ways of fighting
corruption but they are outside the scope of the argument.
(B) The correct answer. If you negate this, the argument will fall apart.
(C) This may or may not be true but doesn’t have to be true for our conclusion to be true.
(D) In fact the idea should be the opposite—that the punishment meted out would act as
a deterrent for others.
(E) This is a general statement and not the assumption of the argument
6
Answer: D
Explanation:
The Swiss rail Company has sued apple because of a similarity in the design of their
respective clocks. D weakens this by suggesting that Apple may not have copied the design
of the Swiss Rail Company. It’s just that the source of design for the Rail Company and for
Apple may have been the same.
(A) Irrelevant since if something hasn’t happened till now does not mean it will never
happen in the future.
(B) But there is clear evidence of similarity between Apple’s design and that of the Swiss
Rail company’s.
(C) The designer may have seen the photo of the design in a magazine or somewhere else.
(D) The correct answer.
(E) The fact that the Swiss Rail company has itself been accused of copying is irrelevant
to the argument.
7
Answer: B
Explanation:
The argument states that the bird cannot be sighted without the use of binoculars so the
use of binoculars is a necessary condition for sighting the bird. However, this does not mean
that just because one has a pair of binoculars, he will be able to spot the bird. The argument
never states that everyone with binoculars spots this bird but that everyone who spots the
bird has binoculars. B states this point and is, therefore, the correct answer.
(A) The argument is only concerned with the chances of spotting the bird inside the
Langova National Park.
(B) The correct answer.
(C) The argument is in fact based on facts—it is a fact that people have spotted the bird
using binoculars.
(D) The argument clearly states that as long as Barry has his binoculars on him he will be
able to spot the bird. If he loses or damages his binoculars, then it’s outside the scope
of the argument.
(E) Other species of birds are outside the scope of the argument.
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Answer: D
Explanation:
The argument concludes that wage disparities on the basis of gender do not exist anymore.
It also provides an explanation for an apparent disparity in the wages of male and female
labourers. D weakens the argument by stating that even though the male and female
workers are not doing any physical labour, the male is still being paid higher wages.
(A) The wage disparity is on the basis of experience or seniority and not gender. The
gender is just a coincidence.
(B) The comparison between two male labourers is irrelevant to the argument about
gender disparity.
(C) Again, the comparison between two female employees is irrelevant to the argument
about gender disparity.
(D) The correct answer.
(E) While this may look good initially, it may very well be the case that the two companies
in question have different wage standards. You can only do a correct comparison if
you compare employees working for the same company.
9
Answer: E
Explanation
The argument describes a criticism of an act of the government and the government’s
justification of the same. The first bold part describes why the government has been
criticized and the second provides the government’s explanation of the same.
(A) While the first part is correct, the second is not an action taken in response to this. In
fact the second bold part is not an action at all, it’s just an explanation.
(B) The argument never takes a stand on the issue so we don’t know what it agrees or
disagrees with.
(C) The first is a criticism which cannot exactly be described as a point of view. Even if
this were the case, the second just provides an explanation for this; it doesn’t attack
this.
(D) The stimulus does not have any conclusion.
(E) The correct answer.
10
Answer: B
Explanation:
There is a disconnect between the evidence and the conclusion in this argument. The
evidence only talks about The Demons but the conclusion generalizes this for all alternative
rock groups. The assumption then clearly has to be that what applies to The Demons will also
necessarily apply to other alternative rock groups. If this is not so then the argument will
get weakened. B states that this is indeed the case and, hence, strengthens the argument.
(A) Doesn’t affect the connection between The Demons and other alternative rock groups.
(B) The correct answer.
(C) Movies are outside the scope of the argument.
(D) This is not relevant to the argument.
E. What constitutes the mayor’s responsibility is outside the scope of the argument.
11
Answer: B
Explanation:
Since this is an Inference question, let’s look at each option and eliminate.
(A) The argument never states that the candidate who canvasses for the maximum number
of hours wins the election. The argument only states that the winning candidates
always canvass for more than 100 hours, so A could also win the election.
(B) The correct answer. This has to be true based on the information in the stimulus.
Candidate C has canvassed for fewer than 100 hours and no one with such a track
record has ever won the election, so it can be safely concluded that C will most likely
lose the election. Note that most likely does not mean definitely.
(C) The argument never states that A, B and C are the only candidates standing for the
election; there could be other candidates as well who could have canvassed for more
than 100 hours.
(D) This can be a logical opinion but cannot be inferred from the information in the
stimulus.
(E) Again the stimulus never states that the candidate who canvasses for the maximum
number of hours will win the election, so this inference need not be true.
Answer: D
Explanation:
The argument states that in absolute terms, more people are killed in road accidents every
year than in airplane crashes. So the argument concludes that traveling by air is safer than
traveling by road. However this can only be the case if the number of people traveling by
airplanes were the same as the number of people traveling by road. D states this and is the
correct answer
For example say 500 people die in plane crashes every year and 10000 people in road
accidents. But what if only 1000 people travel by planes every year while 100000 travel
by road. Then 50% of the people traveling by air die every year as against 10% of those
traveling by road.
(A) Just because airlines spend a certain amount of money on safety does not necessarily
mean that they are safer than road transport.
(B) This may very well be true but can only be judged in light of how many people travel
by airlines and by road every year.
(C) The perception of travelers is extra information. We need to strengthen the connection
between the evidence provided in the argument and its conclusion.
(D) The correct answer.
(E) Sophisticated technology does not necessarily make airplanes safer than road
transport.
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