Critical Reasoning

Select the strategy which would NOT help the singer mentioned below earn a living:

A singer discovers that, because he is most famous for singing a holiday-themed song, he can only reliably be hired to perform concerts on that holiday. However, this singer cannot make a living by performing one concert in only one venue per year, even though the concert always sells all its tickets and must turn away more potential audience members.

A
The singer could write more songs that are not holiday-themed, so that he could perform more often.
B
The singer could release a holiday-themed CD and sell copies of it to make extra revenue.
C
The singer could hold several concerts on the holiday throughout the day, charging each separate audience for tickets.
D
The singer could try to hold concerts on every holiday of the year to gather a larger potential audience.
E
The singer could sing one concert on the holiday on television, ensuring a larger audience.

IMO A

Singer is Holiday themed. Non Holiday themed songs will not help.

I will go with E. It will only increase the number of audiences hearing his song but might not help him earn a living...

i more for A

limiting factor = venue
so C - to perform continuosly, he needs to use the same venue or atleast that the venues might have be too close for many performances

ov25 wrote:limiting factor = venue
so C - to perform continuosly, he needs to use the same venue or atleast that the venues might have be too close for many performances

Please dont think out of the scope. In this manner you cannot eliminate any options. Say for B how do you know those CDs will be sold?

Singer is Holiday themed. Non Holiday themed songs there is no way we can know whether it will work. Also the singer himself believe in Holiday themed. So A should be the best answer...

Let us wait for OA

The guy is known as a holiday-theme song singer, and the stimulus stipulated this fact is because he probably isn't quite as good at other type of songs. B to D allows him to stick to what he knows best, and A is the odd ball out.

Even if we skip the stimulus and the question asks which statement stands out the most out of the 5, most of us will probably choose A.

pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:i more for A

i am between A and E but maybe will choose A in test day, however how can we eliminate E?

I will go with A. Whats the OA?

what is the OA?

I would've selected E

deepshi and diebeatsthegmat read the question carefully

which would NOT help to earn money

option E helps to earn money

pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:Select the strategy which would NOT help the singer mentioned below earn a living:

A singer discovers that, because he is most famous for singing a holiday-themed song, he can only reliably be hired to perform concerts on that holiday. However, this singer cannot make a living by performing one concert in only one venue per year, even though the concert always sells all its tickets and must turn away more potential audience members.

A
The singer could write more songs that are not holiday-themed, so that he could perform more often.
B
The singer could release a holiday-themed CD and sell copies of it to make extra revenue.
C
The singer could hold several concerts on the holiday throughout the day, charging each separate audience for tickets.
D
The singer could try to hold concerts on every holiday of the year to gather a larger potential audience.
E
The singer could sing one concert on the holiday on television, ensuring a larger audience.

IMHO D. The key is the phrasing "he can only reliably be hired to perform concerts on that holiday". The way I understand the argument, this singer doesn't have a song for every holiday - he has A song, for A holiday. Think of a one-hit-wonder who made it big on a christmas song, and is therefore called upon every christmas to sing his song, but is out of work for the rest of the year.

D wouldn't really help this guy, as he can only reliably be hired on christmas. Who wants to hear a christmas song on chinese new year? Or Deepavali? Or 4th of july? So he can try to hold concerts on other holidays, but he cannot reliably count on being hired for these.

All the other answer choices open up new venues, new audiences, or new markets:

A if he writes a non-holiday song, he's hire-able all year
B A CD opens a new way of earning money, other than performing.
C Several concerts on Christmas will mean more tickets sold.
E A larger audience presumably pays more, even if the mechanism is not detailed.

i m not agreed with Geva stern

since singer is famous for holiday themed songs how he could earn if he sings non holiday themed songs

in D he will sing in every holiday of the year means those holidays will also be covered in which he is expert and will earn money


but newhow oa is D only

pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:i m not agreed with Geva stern

since singer is famous for holiday themed songs how he could earn if he sings non holiday themed songs

in D he will sing in every holiday of the year means those holidays will also be covered in which he is expert and will earn money


but newhow oa is D only

Not "holiday themed songs" - A holiday-themed song. Singular. Read the argument carefully.

Geva Stern wrote:

pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:i m not agreed with Geva stern

since singer is famous for holiday themed songs how he could earn if he sings non holiday themed songs

in D he will sing in every holiday of the year means those holidays will also be covered in which he is expert and will earn money


but newhow oa is D only

Not "holiday themed songs" - A holiday-themed song. Singular. Read the argument carefully.

Great!! Now it makes sense. Singer is famous for A particular holiday theme song. Let him hold concert for EVERY holiday, no use for him
Stern Roxxx

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