1000 CR - Test 6 - Q 20

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1000 CR - Test 6 - Q 20

by nikhilagrawal » Mon Jul 14, 2008 4:38 am
20. Seven countries signed a treaty binding each of them to perform specified actions on a certain fixed date, with the actions of each conditional on simultaneous action taken by the other countries. Each country was also to notify the six other countries when it had completed its action.
The simultaneous-action provision of the treaty leaves open the possibility that
(A) the compliance date was subject to postponement, according to the terms of the treaty
(B) one of the countries might not be required to make any changes or take any steps in order to comply with the treaty, whereas all the other countries are so required
(C) each country might have a well-founded excuse, based on the provision, for its own lack of compliance
(D) the treaty specified that the signal for one of the countries to initiate action was notification by the other countries that they had completed action
(E) there was ambiguity with respect to the date after which all actions contemplated in the treaty are to be complete


Will post the IMO by EOD
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by reachac » Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:19 am
IMO C

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by raunekk » Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:41 am
IMO:B

Explanation if its the OA... :wink:

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by NSNguyen » Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:11 am
I choose B.
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by nikhilagrawal » Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:34 am
ans is 'C' . Can anyone explain this ?

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by reachac » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:09 pm
Suppose any 1 country, say country G for some xyz reason fails to intiate the action assigned, then every other countries may also not start its action, citing the very reason "that because the country G had not started its action so accordng to the terms of the treaty no country is now bound to start its own action'

Welll just my thought, can very well be wrong. Others please contribute.

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by peter.p.81 » Wed May 11, 2016 12:40 am
Cannot decide between C and B. Can anyone brake down these two choices for me please