Instructions

Study the following information and five statements given below it carefully and answer the questions which follow : Advertisements play an important role in the sell of a product. Advertisements help consumer to decide which product he/she should buy. In the absence of
advertisements consumer has very little choices to buy the products of his/her needs.

(A) Advertisements highlight only the bright side of the product. They do not reveal the weak features of the product.
(B) Most of the people wish that companies should stop issuing advertisements as these attract people and they start using the glamorous articles.
(C) The increased frequency of advertisements attracts more different classes of people to buy the products.
(D) The products which are heavily advertised attract a large number of people and they start buying the products. For example, a large number of people buy potato chips.
(E) Consumers lose faith in the advertisement when they do not find the products upto mark.

Question 177

Which of the statements numbered (A). (B), (C), (D) and (E) mentioned above represents an effect of the given information most appropriately ?

Solution

The paragraph says that Advertisements facilitate decision making and help increase the sales of a product.

(A) shows the weakness of advertisements in general, not an effect of the given information, hence (A) can't be the answer.
(B) presents a view, that most people don't want advertisements. this can't be the effect of the given information as the given information promotes advertising and (B) inhibits it, Hence (B) can't be the answer.
(C) after finding the information present in the paragraph, one might increase the frequency of advertisements which would lead to (C). Hence (C) can be an effect of the information provided in the paragraph.
(D) after finding the information present in the paragraph, a product might get heavily advertised, which in turn might increase its sales. Hence (D) can be an effect of the information provided in the paragraph.
(E) says consumers lose faith in advertisements if they find the products are not up to the mark. This means that sooner or later, the sales of the products advertised would go down and also since people have lost faith in advertisements, advertisements won't help them in making decisions. This contradicts with the paragraph.

Hence option (C) only (C) and (D)


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