In making decisions about important questions, it is desirable to be able to distinguish between “strong” arguments and “weak” arguments. “Strong” arguments must be both important and directly related to the question. “Weak” arguments may not be directly related to the question and may be of minor importance or may be related to the trivial aspects of the question.
Each question below is followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is a “strong” argument and which is a “weak” argument.
Give answer (1) if only argument I is strong.
Give answer (2) if only argument II is strong.
Give answer (3) if either argument I or II is strong.
Give answer (4) if neither argument I nor II is strong.
Give answer (5) if both arguments I and II are strong.
Should the women be advised not to travel alone at night in view of the increasing incidences of rapes and sexual abuse ?
Arguments :
I : No, instead the Government should take measures to control such incidences.
II: Yes, it is difficult even for the police department to control such cases.
Argument I is strong because a woman will have to go alone at night urgently, in such cases government should take measures to control such incidences. Hence first argument is strong and II is weak.
Thus, only argument I is strong.
=> Ans - (A)
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