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Pluralistic countries

by kanha81 » Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:03 pm
Pluralistic countries have both public and private governments to make and enforce rules of behavior. Individual and private groups provide most of the goods and services, but the regulation is achieved through public governments.

Which of the following conclusions can be properly drawn from the statements above?

[a] In the United States most citizens believe in individual freedom; they want as little control as possible from the government.

In the USA firm limits are placed on individuals with much liberty being given to the government.

[c] Since American government has traditionally benefited those in authority, the trend is for private government to soon give way to the demands of public government in the USA.

[d] The above passage does not apply to America which is a democratic government.

[e] The above passage is typical of England, not the USA.

How to attack this type of question? Any sort of reasoning to reach the correct answer is appreciated.
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by rs2010 » Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:58 pm
I feel answer should be B.

Passages says Govt control the system though Private firms provide the services.

B says that "firm limits are placed on individuals" but liberty being given to the government.

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by rahulakacyrus » Wed Mar 25, 2009 3:59 pm
With Hemant..IMO:B
Can you post the OA please??
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Re: Pluralistic countries

by El Cucu » Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:31 pm
kanha81 wrote:Pluralistic countries have both public and private governments to make and enforce rules of behavior. Individual and private groups provide most of the goods and services, but the regulation is achieved through public governments.

Which of the following conclusions can be properly drawn from the statements above?

[a] In the United States most citizens believe in individual freedom; they want as little control as possible from the government.

In the USA firm limits are placed on individuals with much liberty being given to the government.

[c] Since American government has traditionally benefited those in authority, the trend is for private government to soon give way to the demands of public government in the USA.

[d] The above passage does not apply to America which is a democratic government.

[e] The above passage is typical of England, not the USA.

How to attack this type of question? Any sort of reasoning to reach the correct answer is appreciated.



IMO none. Conclusions questions you can not infer/add anything not mentioned in the stimilus. So when the answers add USA or any other country they are automatically wrong. I doubt about the valididy of this question in Gmat. (Source pls?)

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Re: Pluralistic countries

by kanha81 » Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:38 am
El Cucu wrote:
IMO none. Conclusions questions you can not infer/add anything not mentioned in the stimilus. So when the answers add USA or any other country they are automatically wrong. I doubt about the valididy of this question in Gmat. (Source pls?)
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I would love to agree with you on this one, but unfortunately this question from previous GMAT Practice CAT exam!

Honestly, I was stumped at the question itself as I had never heard term "private government". I always had this notion of "public governments"- Of the people, For the people, By the people. After understanding the meaning of private government, the question makes more sense now.

OA is not B. I went with B too! OA is [spoiler][A][/spoiler]
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Re: Pluralistic countries

by El Cucu » Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:04 am
kanha81 wrote:
El Cucu wrote:
IMO none. Conclusions questions you can not infer/add anything not mentioned in the stimilus. So when the answers add USA or any other country they are automatically wrong. I doubt about the valididy of this question in Gmat. (Source pls?)
El Cucu,
I would love to agree with you on this one, but unfortunately this question from previous GMAT Practice CAT exam!

Honestly, I was stumped at the question itself as I had never heard term "private government". I always had this notion of "public governments"- Of the people, For the people, By the people. After understanding the meaning of private government, the question makes more sense now.

OA is not B. I went with B too! OA is [spoiler][A][/spoiler]


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by delhiboy1979 » Fri Mar 27, 2009 2:09 am
Iwouldnt expect a question like this to pop up on GMAT. Are you sure this is a GMAT prep question?

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by Ian Stewart » Fri Mar 27, 2009 8:32 am
There is absolutely no way this is a real GMAT question. None of the answers can be concluded from the information in the passage, since the passage does not discuss American government at all. GMAT questions will not assume you have any knowledge of American (or English) political structures, and you clearly cannot conclude that A is true from the information provided. I'm not sure why the original poster thinks this is from a previous GMAT CAT, but I can assure you it is not, and it's not a question worth spending any time on.
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by kris77 » Fri May 13, 2016 10:58 pm
The official answer is B. But I don't understand why? Can anyone explain