Q1. The following question consists of a statement followed by two arguments I and II. Choose the best
option.
Statement: Should the cottage industry be shifted to urban cities from villages?
Argument I: No, the rural population will die of hunger.
Argument II: Yes, rural people will be encouraged to adopt farming as their livelihood.
A. Argument I is strong
B. Argument II is strong
C. Argument I & II are invalid.
D. Only II is invalid
EXPLANATION
Answer: C
Explanation:
The question under scrutiny: [Should the cottage industry be shifted to urban cities from villages? ]
Argument I: This argument suggests that if the cottage industry is shifted to urban cities from villages, the rural population will die of hunger. However, this argument assumes that the cottage industry is the sole source of livelihood for the rural population, which may not be the case. There could be other means of
income and employment in rural areas, such as agriculture, animal husbandry, or other industries.
Therefore, Argument I is not strong.
Argument II: This argument implies that if the cottage industry is shifted to urban cities from villages, it would encourage rural people to adopt farming as their primary livelihood. Assuming that shifting the cottage industry will automatically encourage everyone to adopt farming is an oversimplification.
Therefore, argument II is also not strong.
Based on the analysis, both arguments I and II are not strong – they do not help answer the given question.
Hence, Option C is the correct choice
Q2. The following question consists of a statement and argument I and II. Choose the best option.
Statement: Should smoking be prohibited.
Argument I: Yes, it is wrong to smoke away millions of money.
Argument II: No, it will throw thousands of workers in tobacco industry out of employment.
A Only argument I is strong
B Only argument II is strong
C Neither argument I nor argument II is strong
D Both arguments I and II are strong.
EXPLANATION
Answer: C
Explanation:
Argument 1 : Smoking should be prohibited primarily because of the hazardous effects of it toward our health and environment. Although prohibiting smoking will save people a lot of money but this can’t be the basis for banning smoking, hence this argument will be considered as an weak argument.
Argument 2 : Smoking is a billion dollar industry and lot of people are employed in this industry. Surely, banning smoking will have an adverse effect on all those people who are employed in the industry, hence this can be considered as an strong argument.
Option B is the right answer
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