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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Wed Oct 13, 2010 9:34 pm
Select the logical inference based on the following statements:

The leaders of Bhutan have taken a novel approach by running the government under the guiding philosophy of maintaining a high level of "Gross National Happiness". As a result of this policy, Bhutan is now considered the happiest country in Asia and the eighth happiest country in the world.

A
Bhutan would be the happiest country in the world if the government had done a better job of following the philosophy of Gross National Happiness.
B
If the Bhutanese people were generally unhappy, the government's focus on Gross National Happiness would not have been considered a success.
C
Had the Bhutanese government not focused on happiness, they would not be considered the happiest country in Asia.
D
People in Asia are less happy generally than people living in other continents, including North and South America.
E
Tradition is more important than modernity in creating Gross National Happiness in a country.
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by shovan85 » Thu Oct 14, 2010 12:33 am
IMO C
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by nisha.menon294 » Thu Oct 14, 2010 4:21 am
IMO . OA pls?[/spoiler]
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by pesfunk » Thu Oct 14, 2010 4:29 am
IMO D.
Although I am not sure as America is not mentioned in the question.

OA please ?
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by psychomath » Thu Oct 14, 2010 8:01 am
Confused between C and D....I will go with D
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by shovan85 » Thu Oct 14, 2010 8:34 am
pesfunk wrote:IMO D.
Although I am not sure as America is not mentioned in the question.

OA please ?
America is the bug here according to me ;). If wud have said other continents then no choice but D is the answer. Let us see OA?
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by abhimanyu.tanwar » Thu Oct 14, 2010 9:54 pm
I'll go with C
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by ov25 » Fri Oct 15, 2010 12:56 pm
imo A...

Govt could have done better to get the world title!
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by diebeatsthegmat » Fri Oct 15, 2010 5:21 pm
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:Select the logical inference based on the following statements:

The leaders of Bhutan have taken a novel approach by running the government under the guiding philosophy of maintaining a high level of "Gross National Happiness". As a result of this policy, Bhutan is now considered the happiest country in Asia and the eighth happiest country in the world.

A
Bhutan would be the happiest country in the world if the government had done a better job of following the philosophy of Gross National Happiness.
B
If the Bhutanese people were generally unhappy, the government's focus on Gross National Happiness would not have been considered a success.
C
Had the Bhutanese government not focused on happiness, they would not be considered the happiest country in Asia.
D
People in Asia are less happy generally than people living in other continents, including North and South America.
E
Tradition is more important than modernity in creating Gross National Happiness in a country.
i think D is so extream and C? no ideas
i chose B
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by DarkKnight » Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:51 am
IMO, it should be B.

Choice D is too extreme besides there is no mention of American continent.

SMALL TOWN GUY - OA please...
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by lokesh r » Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:21 am
DarkKnight wrote:IMO, it should be B.

Choice D is too extreme besides there is no mention of American continent.

SMALL TOWN GUY - OA please...
IMO B..

I agree with your reasoning..

OA ..?
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by deepshi291 » Wed Oct 20, 2010 9:20 pm
what is the OA?

I would go with C.
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by aspirant_mumbai » Thu Oct 21, 2010 4:18 am
IMO B.

The measure of success of the govt's policy of depends on the level of happiness of the poeple. If they are unhappy, certainly the success of the policy would be questioned. Therefore, i go with B.
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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:02 pm
take the oE also it was a gud question

The evidence in the prompt sets up a cause and effect relationship (x → y), so a valid inference will be the contrapositive (not y → not x). The government of Bhutan's focus on "Gross National Happiness" is considered a success because the country is now very happy (x → y). So the contrapositive would be that if the country were not happy, then Bhutan's focus on Gross National Happiness would not be considered a success. Answer choice B presents almost exactly this statement, so it is a valid inference.
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