Directions for questions: Each question has a set of four sequentially ordered statements. Each statement can be classified as one of the following.
- 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’)
- Judgments, which are opinions that imply approval or disapproval of persons, objects situations and occurences 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 statements.
Question
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 person's character.
4. Every red tape procedure is a point of contact with an official, and such
Solution
The correct option
is B JIJF
Solution: Correct Answer Option: (c)Statement (2) is an inference because it
draws a valid conclusion from a fact. Statements (1) and (3) are judgments
because they express opinions that imply approval or disapproval of persons.
Looking at the answer choices, only option (c) seems to follow this pattern
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