Critical Reasoning

A recent study shows that the overall sales of print per capita has declined at an average 5% per capita over the past decade proving that overall interest in reading has steadily declined.

Internet Geek: People get most of the information online and do not need to spend money on print.

Literary Scholar: Shakespeare still remains the most sold author and his books sell very well. However, today's authors produce few works of similar quality. We need more authors like Shakespeare to re-ignite print sales.

Describe the position taken by Internet Geek and Literary Scholar

(A) The Internet Geek supports the conclusion and provides an explanation for the observed phenomena while the Literary scholar refutes the conclusion and provides an alternate hypothesis.
(B) The Internet Geek provides an alternate explanation to an observed phenomena while the Literary Scholar provides a recommendation and supports the conclusion
(C) The Internet Geek and The Literary Scholar support the conclusion providing a supporting evidence from their respective fields
(D) The Internet Geek provides the circumstances under which the conclusion could be true while the Literary scholar contrasts the writing styles of 2 eras.
(E) The Internet Geek challenges the premise of the conclusion while the Literary scholar suggests solutions to address the stated fact.


OA B

Source: e-GMAT