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shenoydevika
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I came across these two CR questions in the handouts given to me by my GMAT coaching centre. I do not understand the reasoning behind the correct answer choices and I haven't been provided with detailed explanations. I would be grateful if someone could explain the reasoning behind the answer choices. Thank you in advance.
1] Almost all textile shops in St.Benedict town have reported a sharp increase in sales of a particular design of coats worn by women - one that's totally different from the design a huge majority of women in the town have been wearing until recently. This shows that coats of the new fashion are a craze with the women in the town and we can expect a massive switchover to the new type shortly.
The argument above is properly drawn if the truth of which of the following is assured?
(A) Fashions change every now and then and women generally adopt the latest fashion.
(B) St. Benedict is a town where cultural changes occur very rapidly.
(C) The coats sold in the various shops of the town are meant to be used locally.
(D) The prices of coats of the new design are affordable for the women of the town.
(E) Whenever a new fashion enters the textile market, people discard the old fashion.
Correct Answer [spoiler](C)[/spoiler]
2] More than half of the firms employing U.S. labor do not strictly follow the nine to five, five day week schedule stipulated for labor. This is attributable to the sharp increase in the number of firms in the service sector and also the personnel in the service sector gradually outnumbering those in other sectors.
Which of the following, if true, could explain how the violation of the work hours stipulation has been due to the growth of the service sector?
(A) Most of the jobs in the service sector are related to leisure activities which people normally indulge in outside the nine to five schedule.
(B) The personnel employed in the service sector are payed much more than those in other sectors.
(C) The scope for a drastic increase in the number of jobs exists only in the service sector now.
(D) Persons employed in sectors other than service sector have more physical work to do and hence cannot work for more hours beyond the nine to five schedule
(E) Trade Unions in the country are not effectively voicing their protests against employees working beyond the nine-to-five daily work schedule.
Correct answer [spoiler](D)[/spoiler]
1] Almost all textile shops in St.Benedict town have reported a sharp increase in sales of a particular design of coats worn by women - one that's totally different from the design a huge majority of women in the town have been wearing until recently. This shows that coats of the new fashion are a craze with the women in the town and we can expect a massive switchover to the new type shortly.
The argument above is properly drawn if the truth of which of the following is assured?
(A) Fashions change every now and then and women generally adopt the latest fashion.
(B) St. Benedict is a town where cultural changes occur very rapidly.
(C) The coats sold in the various shops of the town are meant to be used locally.
(D) The prices of coats of the new design are affordable for the women of the town.
(E) Whenever a new fashion enters the textile market, people discard the old fashion.
Correct Answer [spoiler](C)[/spoiler]
2] More than half of the firms employing U.S. labor do not strictly follow the nine to five, five day week schedule stipulated for labor. This is attributable to the sharp increase in the number of firms in the service sector and also the personnel in the service sector gradually outnumbering those in other sectors.
Which of the following, if true, could explain how the violation of the work hours stipulation has been due to the growth of the service sector?
(A) Most of the jobs in the service sector are related to leisure activities which people normally indulge in outside the nine to five schedule.
(B) The personnel employed in the service sector are payed much more than those in other sectors.
(C) The scope for a drastic increase in the number of jobs exists only in the service sector now.
(D) Persons employed in sectors other than service sector have more physical work to do and hence cannot work for more hours beyond the nine to five schedule
(E) Trade Unions in the country are not effectively voicing their protests against employees working beyond the nine-to-five daily work schedule.
Correct answer [spoiler](D)[/spoiler]
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