Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT17 S3 Q1 Explanation

If a country’s manufacturing capacity

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TopicsMust be True

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Stimulus

If a country’s manufacturing capacity is fully utilized, there can be no industrial growth without new capital investment. Any reduction new capital investment.

What this question is testing

Must be True

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

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The question
1.

Which one of the following can be properly concluded from the

Answer choices

  1. Trap2% picked this

    Interest rates might in exceptional cases be reduced without there being any subsequent investment

  2. Correct76% picked this

    A reduction in interest rates might cause a precondition for industrial growth

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

    Skill tested: Must be True · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

  3. Trap2% picked this

    If a country’s manufacturing capacity is underutilized, interest rates should be

  4. Trap11% picked this

    New capital investment that takes place while interest rates are rising cannot lead

  5. Trap9% picked this

    Manufacturing capacity newly created by capital investment needs to be fully utilized if it is to

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