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  • Question
  • Statement:
    Should Company X be allowed to merge with Company Y?
    Arguments:
    I. Yes, The merger of Hindustan Lever with Lipton was a success.
    II. No. A merger affects the morale of the employees of the company which has to play second fiddle in the merger.


  • Options
  • A. if only argument I is strong
  • B. if only argument II is strong
  • C. if either I or II is strong
  • D. if neither I nor II is strong; and

  • Correct Answer
  • if only argument II is strong 

    Explanation

    I is a weak argument because such an argument based on a single example may be deceptive. It is possible that the arguer is not taking into account several other mergers which have proved to be failures. II is strong because it presents a genuine disadvantage.


  • More questions

    • 1. 
      NA

    • Options
    • A. 215
    • B. 143
    • C. 247
    • D. 91
    • Discuss
    • 2. 
      2 : 32 :: 3 :?

    • Options
    • A. 243
    • B. 293
    • C. 183
    • D. 143
    • Discuss
    • 3. What is always in worry?

    • Options
    • A. Difficulty
    • B. Unrest
    • C. Non-Cooperation
    • D. Poignancy
    • Discuss
    • 4. What is found necessarily in milk?

    • Options
    • A. Cream
    • B. Curd
    • C. Water
    • D. Whiteness
    • Discuss
    • 5. 
      Statement:
      The 'M' Cooperative Housing Society has put up a notice at its gate that sales persons are not allowed inside the society
      Assumptions:
      I. All the sales persons will stay away from the 'M' Cooperative Housing Society.
      II. The security guard posted at the gate may be able to stop the sales persons entering the society

    • Options
    • A. if only assumption I is implicit
    • B. if only assumption II is implicit
    • C. if either I or II is implicit
    • D. if neither I nor II are implicit
    • Discuss
    • 6. 
      b _ y_ _ by _ b _ yt

    • Options
    • A. bgtbt
    • B. btbtb
    • C. atbbt
    • D. cbbte
    • Discuss
    • 7. 
      On which of the following floors does B live?

    • Options
    • A. Sixth
    • B. Fourth
    • C. Second
    • D. Fifth
    • Discuss
    • 8. 
      Frankness : Blunt

    • Options
    • A. Rise : Awake
    • B. Weep : Laugh
    • C. Sickness : Death
    • D. Rest : Activity
    • Discuss
    • 9. _ _aba _ _ ba _ ab

    • Options
    • A. abbba
    • B. abbab
    • C. baabb
    • D. bbaba
    • Discuss
    • 10. 
      Kathak : Bharatnatyam : Odissi

    • Options
    • A. They are the name of music instruments
    • B. They are the classical dance forms of India
    • C. They are the folk dance forms of india
    • D. They are the names of indian tribes
    • Discuss


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