Question 69

Facts, which deal with pieces of information that one has heard, seen or read, and which are open to discovery or verification (the answer option indicates such a statement with an `F’).

Inferences,which are conclusions drawn about the unknown, on the basis of the known (the answer option indicates such a statement with an `I’).

Judgements which are opinions that imply approval or disapproval of persons, objects, situations and occurrences in the past, the present or the future (the answer option indicates such a statement with a J)

Select the answer option that best describes the set of four statements.

1.We should not be hopelessly addicted to an erroneous belief that corruption in India is caused by the crookedness of Indians.

2.The truth is that we have more red tape - we take eighty-nine days to start a small business, Australians take two.

3.Red tape leads to corruption and distorts a people’s character.

4.Every red tape procedure is a point of contact with an official, and such contacts have the potential to become opportunities for money to change hands.

Solution

Statement 1 expresses the personal opinion of the author and hence it is a judgement. Statement 2 is a fact. Statement 3 is again an opinion of the author and hence is a judgement. Statement 4 is an inference because it draws a conclusion ("has the potential...") based on a fact ("Every red tape procedure is a point of contact with an official..."). Option E is the answer.


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