Q17 VERBAL LOGIC
The company's coffee crop for 1998-99 totalled 8079 tons, an all-time record. The increase over the previous year’s production of 5830 tons was 38.58%. The previous highest crop was 6089 tons in 1970-71. The company had fixed a target of 8000 tons to be realized by the year 2000-01, and this has been achieved two years earlier, thanks to the emphasis laid on the key areas of irrigation, replacement of unproductive coffee bushes, intensive refilling and improved agricultural practices. It is now our endeavor to reach the target of 10000 tons in, the year 2001-02. Which one of the following would contribute most to making the target of 10000 tons in 2001-02 unrealistic?
The main conclusion of the paragraph is that the company can continue to improve its coffee yield as it has done in the past. The underlying assumption is that the techniques used by them to improve the yield in the past would continue working in the future. Option D refutes this assumption and hence does most to weaken the argument.
The target-setting procedures in the company have been proved to be sound by the achievement of the 8000 tonne target.
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