In making decision about important questions, it is desirable to be able to distinguish between ‘strong’ arguments and ‘weak’ arguments. ‘Strong’ arguments are those which are both important and directly related to the question. ‘Weak’ arguments are those which are of minor importance and also may not be directly related to the question or may be related to a trivial aspect of question.
Each question below is followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the argument is a ‘strong’ argument and which is a ‘weak’ argument.
Should India create a large stockpile of nuclear weapons ?
Arguments: I. Yes, this will help the country to withstand the threat of its enemies.
II. No, instead the money should be diverted to development activities.
Should the seats in the professional colleges be reserved only for students belonging to lower economic strata ?
Arguments: I. Yes, this will help the poor students irrespective of their caste and creed achieve their dream of attaining professional education.
II. No, the seats should be reserved for backward castes and classes of people to help them come out of the oppression of upper caste people.
Should all those who are convicted for murder beyond all reasonable doubts be given death penalty ?
Arguments: I. No,the death penalty should be given only in very rare and exceptional cases.
II. Yes, this is the only way to punish such people who take other’s lives.
Should there be only one type of Govt. tax on all commodities and services in India ?
Arguments: I. Yes, this will simplify the process of collecting tax and will also benefit the tax payers.
II. No, no other country has adopted such simplified tax collection system.
Should India change its course from the economic reform process and look inward for all round economic development ?
Arguments: I. No, there is no way to look backward after having started the process.
II. Yes, this will benefit India in the long run as the reform process borrowed from western countries will adversely affect our economy.
Below is given a passage followed by several possible inferences which can be drawn from the facts started in the passage. You have to examine each inference separately in the context of the passage and decide upon its degree of truth or falsity.
Just when the FMCG industry is beginning to show some signs of revival, oil prices and rising inflation threaten to play spoilsport. Even though input and packaging costs have been rising for sometime now, companies had learnt to live with this as long as volumes remained healthy. Even today, a large section of the industry feels that demands for consumer goods will not be impacted substantially due to the increase in petrol, diesel and LPG prices---corporates are wary that disposable income will get reduced with the rise in fuel costs. They, however, are concerned that their respective bottomlines are likely to be eroded against the backdrop of rising raw material and packaging costs and the inability to increase prices due to competition. At the same time, they say, the diesel price hike is not expected to add to costs immediately as most of them have long term contracts with transporters.
The profit of the FMCG companies largely depends on the volume of business at a given year.
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