Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT6 S2 Q25 Explanation

Certain governments subsidize certain basic

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TopicsPrinciple-Conform

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Stimulus

Certain governments subsidize certain basic agricultural products in order to guarantee an adequate domestic production of them. But subsidies encourage more intensive farming, which exhaustion and drastically reduced yields.

What this question is testing

Principle-Conform

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
25.

The situation above is most nearly similar to which one of the following situations with respect to the relationship between the declared intent of a governmental practice and

Answer choices

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  3. Correct57% picked this

    Certain governments build strong armed forces in order to forestall armed conflict. But in order to maintain the sort of discipline and morale that

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

  4. Trap6% picked this

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  5. Trap30% picked this

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