Test: Argumentation (April 5) - CAT MCQ
10 Questions MCQ Test - Test: Argumentation (April 5)
Directions: An argument is a statement meant to convince another person about your point of view. An assertion is a point of view. A counter argument contains logic opposed to your assertion. Based on these definitions you are required to classify the five sentences in the question below as:
(A) concluding assertion
(B) supporting reason
(C) statement irrelevant to argument
(D) counter argument
(i) No visible or dramatic changes in the company are expected this year.
(ii) The company's chairman has always been a publicity-shy individual who acts quietly and slowly.
(iii) Unless visible or dramatic changes are made, the problems facing the company may worsen.
(iv) In the past, the company has always taken a bold action which it has needed most.
(v) The company is expecting a favorable turn of events.
(A) concluding assertion
(B) supporting reason
(C) statement irrelevant to argument
(D) counter argument
(ii) The company's chairman has always been a publicity-shy individual who acts quietly and slowly.
(iii) Unless visible or dramatic changes are made, the problems facing the company may worsen.
(iv) In the past, the company has always taken a bold action which it has needed most.
(v) The company is expecting a favorable turn of events.
Directions: An argument is a statement meant to convince another person about your point of view. An assertion is a point of view. A counter argument contains logic opposed to your assertion. Based on these definitions you are required to classify the five sentences in the question below as:
(A) concluding assertion
(B) supporting reason
(C) statement irrelevant to argument
(D) counter argument
(i) You don't want to let him back into the match.
(ii) But even in sports, you don't want to humiliate your opponent.
(iii) In tennis, if you have your opponent on the ropes you had better put him away.
(iv) In most sports being sensitive to your opponent isn't a big issue.
(v) You cannot contravene the rules of the game.
(A) concluding assertion
(B) supporting reason
(C) statement irrelevant to argument
(D) counter argument
(ii) But even in sports, you don't want to humiliate your opponent.
(iii) In tennis, if you have your opponent on the ropes you had better put him away.
(iv) In most sports being sensitive to your opponent isn't a big issue.
(v) You cannot contravene the rules of the game.
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Directions: The question below shows a set of four statements, followed by some answer options to categorise these statements as facts, inferences and judgements. Consider the statements and decide which of the choices is true.
F: Fact: If it relates to a known matter of direct observation, or an existing reality or something known to be true.
J: Judgement: If it is an opinion or estimate or anticipation of common sense or intention.
I: Inference: If it is a logical conclusion or deduction about something, based on the knowledge of facts.
1. The South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation represents 25 percent of the world population. Important features of SAARC include its biodiversity, its large population coverage, and its cultural heritage.
2. But the people of SAARC countries are still poor and backward; the per capita income is low; unemployment and terrorism have created tensions in the region; quality education and healthcare are not available to all.
3. Since one billion citizens of SAARC countries live in villages, rural life can be improved only by providing better physical connectivity, electronic and knowledge connectivity, land reforms and agrarian reforms.
4. India should extend the programme called 'Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas' (PURA) to other remote and backward states to lift them from the quagmire of poverty, unemployment and dogmatism.
F: Fact: If it relates to a known matter of direct observation, or an existing reality or something known to be true.
J: Judgement: If it is an opinion or estimate or anticipation of common sense or intention.
I: Inference: If it is a logical conclusion or deduction about something, based on the knowledge of facts.
2. But the people of SAARC countries are still poor and backward; the per capita income is low; unemployment and terrorism have created tensions in the region; quality education and healthcare are not available to all.
3. Since one billion citizens of SAARC countries live in villages, rural life can be improved only by providing better physical connectivity, electronic and knowledge connectivity, land reforms and agrarian reforms.
4. India should extend the programme called 'Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas' (PURA) to other remote and backward states to lift them from the quagmire of poverty, unemployment and dogmatism.
Directions: In the question below, a set of four statements is given, followed by some answer options to categorize these statements as facts, inferences and judgments. Consider the statements and decide which of the given choices is true.
F: Fact: If it relates to a known matter of direct observation, or an existing reality or something known to be true.
J: Judgment: If it is an opinion or estimate or anticipation of common sense or intention.
I: Inference: If it is a logical conclusion or deduction about something, based on the knowledge of facts.
1. The Union Budget has proposed Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme to check the growing drop out rate of children in the schools situated in rural and tribal areas.
2. The pro-poor philosophy was evident in the budget as the Finance Minister proposed hike in divided distribution tax, and imposed fringe benefit tax on the salaried people.
3. Inflationary pressure compelled the Finance Minister to reduce the peak rate of custom duty to match the lower Asian levels though the dual excise duty structure on cement worried the Finance Minister.
4. The logic behind the duty cut was explained as the Finance Minister said, "I have put these revenues to good use to promote growth, equity and social justice."
Directions: In the question below, a set of four statements is given, followed by some answer options to categorize these statements as facts, inferences and judgments. Consider the statements and decide which of the given choices is true.
F: Fact: If it relates to a known matter of direct observation, or an existing reality or something known to be true.
J: Judgment: If it is an opinion or estimate or anticipation of common sense or intention.
I: Inference: If it is a logical conclusion or deduction about something, based on the knowledge of facts.
1. The Director of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences opines that in India the socio-economic profile shows dismal picture, as the majority of volunteers are poor, illiterate, and prone to exploitation by the drug makers.
2. In the last ten years, the pharma industry has grown in size but the regulatory staff of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) remains the same; a team of only 10 professionals to monitor the drug abuse.
3. There is no publicly accessible national data available in the country to check the drug abuse and often medical devices are not notified by the drug makers.
4. Violations under the Drugs Abuse Act are a punishable offence but the drug makers are aware of the loopholes of the Drugs Act and they often go unpunished.
Directions: From the alternatives, choose the one which correctly classifies the four sentences as a
F: Fact: If it relates to a known matter of direct observation, or an existing reality or something known to be true
J: Judgement: If it is an opinion or estimate or anticipation of common sense or intention
I: Inference: If it is a logical conclusion or deduction about something, based on the knowledge of facts
1. The Commerce Ministry constituted many expert committees to find an alternative to the duty entitlement passbook scheme (DEPB), but no workable replacement for the scheme was suggested.
2. The DEPB scheme is designed by the Commerce Ministry to reimburse basic and special customs duty paid by an exporter on imported goods.
3. The DEPB scheme is full of anomalies as there is a plethora of taxes existing at the state level and the Central government may not have the authority to reimburse state taxes.
4. Hooda committee has recommended extending the DEPB scheme by three years, but this is no tangible solution.
Directions: Five alternative illustrations are given below the text representing an idiom, a phrase or an aphorism. Choose the option that best illustrates the essence of the phrase.
Walking the talk, however, is proving harder for the Tory leader.
Directions: Five alternative illustrations are given below the text representing an idiom, a phrase or an aphorism. Choose the option that best illustrates the essence of the phrase.
The only way to deal with the analysis paralysis is to ride the tide.
Directions: Five alternative illustrations are given below the text representing an idiom, a phrase or an aphorism. Choose the option that best illustrates the essence of the phrase.
It is not enough to be dilettantes in everything without striving also to be craftsmen in something.
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