Critical Reasoning Test - 1

The argument states that the city councilman is arguing in favour of the artistry (in front of a jeep dealership) stating that the famous philosopher Plato's conception of art supports this ('art represents general truths about human nature'). However, are we sure that when Plato made such a conception, he could have known that in future society would comprise of sophisticated machinery? Thus, option (c) is a valid question that could weaken the argument.

The first speaker has a rosy outlook towards friendship and the second is quite a cynic and doubts that it would last a life time. Hence, their attitudes are of idealism and cynicism.

The sentence is about preventing exploitation of labour and so (c) is the best answer as it show times have charged and labour exploitation is being checked.

The author attributes restraint directly to effectiveness in preventing highway deaths. He assumes that once automatic restraints are put, highway deaths will reduce. Thus, option (b) is the correct answer.

The argument states that lately we do not see our best athletes in Olympics as they are influenced by financial gains. Option (a) weakens this by saying that financial motives are best realized through competing in the Olympics, hence, undermining he conclusion.

Considering the extent of the technologist’s duties, he is probably the only saviour of the consumer. Thus, we can conclude that he ensures that consumers receive and consume hygienic food.

Hence, option (c) is the correct answer.

The author compares journalists and bank employees stating that misuse of news is comparable to embezzlement (misuse of money), as this money belongs to other people. An employee's job is to merely handle it. However, if we look at option (d), we can see that the very definition of embezzlement (stated in the passage) has been attacked, calling it a crime against the bank not other people. This means that a bank employee's responsibility is towards the bank not the public (including depositors). Hence, option (d) is the correct answer.

The word mainstay, which means chief support has been metaphorically used to describe credibility in a business. Hence, option (a) is the correct answer.

For a lesson to be learnt, it is important to answer questions such as, what went wrong? How and when did it happen? Who was responsible? And so on. The circumstances of an incident (aircraft accident in this case) can only be understood if these questions are answered. Hence, the given statement is most likely to fit in a passage that describes the causes of a particular aircraft accident. So, option (d) is the correct answer.

Only option (b) weakens the argument. If advertisements have such a profound effect on a buyer’s behaviour, it means that consumers can be easily led and that they do not also buys know what they want.