Peace between two warring factions will be achieved by building a solid trust between them. Unfortunately, trust must be built through an extended period of good will. Furthermore, good will can only be demonstrated through cordial interactions.
Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the statements above?
A.Groups at war seldom treat one another with kindness.
B.Each warring faction should only expect to be treated cordially if it demonstrates trust toward its rival
C.Groups at war must cultivate cordial behaviour in order to attain good will.
D.If a warring faction demonstrates good will behaviour, it will be trusted by others.
E.Previously warring factions that have cultivated peace must have behaved cordially.
OA E
Peace between two warring factions.
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The stimulus gives us the following relationship:
cordial interactions ---> good will ---> trust ---> peace
A. Could be true, but not necessarily. We have no information about how groups at war treat each other.
B. Cordial interactions precede trust in the relationship given by the stimulus, so this gets the order backwards
C. As with A, this could be true, but it's not guaranteed.
D. Good will must occur between both factions, not just one.
E. If they've reached the end result, they must have started with the first step of cordial interactions.
cordial interactions ---> good will ---> trust ---> peace
A. Could be true, but not necessarily. We have no information about how groups at war treat each other.
B. Cordial interactions precede trust in the relationship given by the stimulus, so this gets the order backwards
C. As with A, this could be true, but it's not guaranteed.
D. Good will must occur between both factions, not just one.
E. If they've reached the end result, they must have started with the first step of cordial interactions.
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Hi Bill,
Still didn't understand why it can't be C. Could you please clarify.
Still didn't understand why it can't be C. Could you please clarify.
Bill@VeritasPrep wrote:The stimulus gives us the following relationship:
cordial interactions ---> good will ---> trust ---> peace
A. Could be true, but not necessarily. We have no information about how groups at war treat each other.
B. Cordial interactions precede trust in the relationship given by the stimulus, so this gets the order backwards
C. As with A, this could be true, but it's not guaranteed.
D. Good will must occur between both factions, not just one.
E. If they've reached the end result, they must have started with the first step of cordial interactions.
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Thiagaraj wrote:Peace between two warring factions will be achieved by building a solid trust between them. Unfortunately, trust must be built through an extended period of good will. Furthermore, good will can only be demonstrated through cordial interactions.
Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the statements above?
A.Groups at war seldom treat one another with kindness.
B.Each warring faction should only expect to be treated cordially if it demonstrates trust toward its rival
C.Groups at war must cultivate cordial behaviour in order to attain good will.
D.If a warring faction demonstrates good will behaviour, it will be trusted by others.
E.Previously warring factions that have cultivated peace must have behaved cordially.
OA E
whats the source?
Not a good representative of gmat CR...
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