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Critical reasoning

by Chinmay Desai » Fri Nov 29, 2013 9:47 am
Which of the following best completes the passage below?

Economic sanctions that forbid trade with countries with dictatorial governments assume that the dictator will change policies unacceptable to the imposing nation when the country's citizens lose sufficient access to necessities such as food, water, and clothing. This approach occasionally proves unsuccessful, however, especially when .

1)citizens of the country are accustomed to being poor
2)the dictator has ideological reasons for maintaining national policy
3)the country imposing the sanctions relies on exports from the subject country
4)the dictator is not moved by the suffering of his people
5)citizens of the country do not understand the leader's policies

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by [email protected] » Sat Nov 30, 2013 4:32 pm
Hi Chinmay Desai,

This CR prompt is an example of a "fill in the blank" inference question. You need to understand the ideas/logic in the paragraph, then choose the correct answer to "finish" the thought.

The Facts:
-Economic sanctions forbid trade with dictatorial governments (governments run by a dictator) are based on the idea that the dictator will change his/her policies once the citizens lose access to necessities.
-This approach is sometimes unsuccessful, HOWEVER.

The logic in the prompt is based on a certain degree of "causality." In this case, economic sanctions --> suffering of citizens --> Dictator changes policies. In the last sentence, the word "however" provides contrast, which means that the causality won't work because something in this causal argument won't occur as planned.

The only answer that directly contradicts the key part of the causality is D. If the Dictator isn't moved to change his/her policies, then the economic sanctions don't work as planned.

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by Abhishek009 » Sun Dec 01, 2013 9:08 am
Chinmay Desai wrote:Which of the following best completes the passage below?

Economic sanctions that forbid trade with countries with dictatorial governments assume that the dictator will change policies unacceptable to the imposing nation when the country's citizens lose sufficient access to necessities such as food, water, and clothing. This approach occasionally proves unsuccessful, however, especially when .
1. Dictators may change policies unacceptably by imposing restrictions.

2. Such decisions are taken when citizens suffer from accessing basic necessities.



1)citizens of the country are accustomed to being poor

Not relevant.

2)the dictator has ideological reasons for maintaining national policy

Not mentioned - Out of scope.

3)the country imposing the sanctions relies on exports from the subject country

Imports are stressed here , since the author mentions lack of basic necessities prompting dictators with restrictions ( Generally imports ). A poor country suffering from lack of basic necessities is generally not expected to put export restrictions. Practically Underdeveloped / Developing economies relies more in exports.


4)the dictator is not moved by the suffering of his people

Might be true - IF the dictator is not moved by the suffering of the people of his country will not be moved by their conditions and will continue with the existing policies.

5)citizens of the country do not understand the leader's policies

Not relevant - Most of us don't understand their policies at large , we are only concerned with our benefits ( Practically)

So IMO ( D )
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