2. People in a South African tribe have observed that heavy rains are usually preceded by claps of thunder. They are convinced that the heavy rains are somehow caused by the claps of thunder.

Which of the following, if true, would weaken the tribals, conviction?

 

Professor Krithileshwar Jhamb argued that that the method of evaluation for teachers, used at IIM Bangalore where students evaluated the teachers, was not a valid measure of teaching quality. Students should fill out questionnaires at the end of the term when the courses have been completed.

Which of the following, if true, provides support for Professor Jhamb's proposal?

4. PM Manmohan Singh lobbied for the inclusion of India amongst the set of ASEAN countries. This would help develop and liberalize trade with countries such as Japan, China and other prominent members of the ASEAN group.

Each of the following, if true, could account for the above, except:

"If the islanders are doomed to have local self-governance and it is the islanders who have determined this then they should be ready to bear the negative consequences of local self-governance." said a British colonist as he left the shores of the island he was governing.

Which of the following, if true, would weaken his argument?

Amrinder Singh is no big catch for the Congress Party in Uttar Pradesh. Even though he is the brother of the Chief Minister of the opposing Bhrasthwadi Party, he himself has no political clout and was not even important organizationally for his own party.

Which of the following statements is inconsistent with the above?

Stock market analyst Dhirubhai Mehta: "We believe that the company's stock will appreciate at 35% a year for the next 10-12 years. The company just became the leader in its industry and we expect its sales to continue to grow at 8% a year over this period." Investor: "But how can the stock's price be expected to grow more quickly than the company's underlying sales?"

Which of the following facts would best support the stock analyst!

 A car magazine reports The average mileage in the small car market was found to be 18 kilometres per litre. The average mileage was calculated by taking cars of all manufacturers in the segment, filling them with 10 litres of fuel and driving them along the Mumbai-Pune expressway. However, for the Karuti, the mileage was 22 kilometres per litre. Clearly, if you want to buy a new car, you should buy the Karuti.

Which of the magazine make following assumptions

For the above question, which of the following additional information makes the argument stronger?

I. Petrol prices have touched the sky, and hence the reader should be primarily interested in saving on fuel costs while purchasing a new car.

II. Besides mileage, Karuti scored the best on 9 out of 10 performance indicators used by the survey.

Ill. The article is titled "Your First Car"

 Per-capita income in India last year was 17,600. The real median income for female-headed families was 38,000. Therefore, women wage-earners are paid more than the national average.

Which of the following would if true, weaken the above conclusion?