Logical Reasoning

PT4 · S4 · Q20 The rise in the prosperity

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The rise in the prosperity of England subsequent to 1840 can be attributed to the adoption of the policy of free trade, since economic conditions improved only when that policy had been implemented.

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.

20.

The reasoning in the above argument most closely parallels that in which one of the following?

  1. An exhaustive search of the

    Trap

    2% picked this

  2. Building a circular bypass road

    Trap

    5% picked this

  3. Before the banks raised their

    Trap

    4% picked this

  4. Correct

    Since the improvement in the

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

    87% picked this

  5. The extinction of the dinosaurs

    Trap

    2% picked this

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