The questions
based on merits of statements appear frequently under Logical Reasoning section
of Common Admission Test (CAT) paper. You must tackle these questions strictly
on the basis of information and arguments provided in the questions.
Any statement
made for any reason may appear strong or weak, depending upon the supportive
arguments. Logical reasoning questions of this type are placed before an
aspirant to test his/her decision taking ability and to test his understanding
of the language twist. In this logic, propositions are labelled with a
representation of the arguments which strengthen or weaken the validity of
statement. Arguments are supposed to be analyzed before going for appropriate
answer option.
Factors that
strengthen or weaken the arguments
There will be
4/5 options and an aspirant is required to choose the most appropriate option
that strengthens or weakens the argument. One must carefully go through the
options to analyse the best one. Let us understand the process –
i)
If the question is asked to select the option that best strengthens the argument,
find out the option that has strong supportive evidence and/or reason for the
argument.
ii) In case the question is asked to find out the option that weakens the argument most, one has to locate the option which is equipped with the reason/evidence that shakes the very claim of the argument
iii) It depends upon the question and followed options. Please remember you have nothing to add or delete even while thinking of an answer option since the statement/argument/information may be imaginary or may not be based on facts of life.
Example question – Let us share a question that appeared in XAT-
Question –
Analyse the following passage and provide an appropriate answer for questions 1
& 2 that follow-
Silver is
especially and repetitively savage about what he sees as the extravagant claims
made for particle physics, arguing that once the proton, neutron, and electron
were found and their properties experimentally confirmed, the very expensive
searches for ever more exotic particles, such as Higgs Boson, were increasingly
harder to justify other than by their importance to particle physicists. Most
of the particles resemble ecstatic happiness. They are very short lived and
have nothing to do with everyday life. His repeated assault goes to the level
of sarcasm: ‘Finding the Higgs Boson will be a magnificent technical and
theoretical triumph. Like a great Bobby Fisher game’. Of course this is a tad
unfair, even if some of the claims of its practitioners invite such assaults on
their field.
Q.1 –
Identify the statement(s) that is (are) logically consistent with the content
of the paragraph
i) Identifying more information about Higgs Bosom is a significant contribution to particle physics.
ii)
Silver is an ardent critic of Higgs Boson theory.
iii)
Everyday life has nothing to do with experimental confirmation of the
properties of proton, neutron and electron.
iv)
Research on exotic particles in particle physics is an expensive proposition.
A.
Only IV B. only II C. Only I D. Only
I and IV E. Only II and IV
Ans. to Question-1 – E- Only II and IV – As per the given information in the passage, Silver is an ardent critic of new physics theories with the belief that all these new researches are quite expensive. We find both the statements/arguments in option E, which should be the right answer
The author of this article Mr S K Agarwal is a CAT Expert, a seasoned CAT trainer with over 25 years of experience, & author of many CAT books. He also guides Verbal Ability Section to CAT Aspirants through MBAUniverse.com online coaching classes.
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