First Naukri Critical Thinking Quiz 1

Solution: The argument states that legalizing prostitution will not only help reduce crime rates and improve public health but also will increase tax revenues and allow consenting adults make their own choices. Option C strengthens the argument by showing the study report that says legalized prostitution reduces the number of rapes and other sex-related crimes also. All the other options weaken the argument by pointing out reasons why prostitution should not be legalized.

Ans: weakens the argument as self-harm or suicide is not permissible to adults also. It is not legal. All the other options are legal. Hence, strengthens the argument.

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The given argument states that some people believe college education is worth all the money and time spent on it. People who graduate with a bachelor’s degree get better salaries, have higher employment rates and get more work benefits than high school graduates. strengthens the argument by stating the statistics for 2017 whereby the poverty rate for bachelor’s degree holders was much lesser than high school graduates, clearly indicating that it is beneficial to get a college education.
The rest of the options state reasons why college education is not worth the time and money spent on it.

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According to Dr. Niranjan Hiranandani by liberalizing the entry norms, in the coal and mining sector, to the private players India has become a business-friendly destination and in turn will attract major investments and the productivity of these sectors will also increase. Option (c) is wrong as he never categorised the private companies as foreign and Indian. Option (B) is wrong as the increment in efficiency of workers is not discussed in the given passage. Option (a) is wrong as the role of the government after liberalizing the norms is not discussed in the given passage.

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In all other options there are some negative points discussed which are not the desired outcomes that are discussed in the above passage by Dr. Hiranandani. He is very much optimistic about the government’s decision. Hence only the point mentioned in option (b) depicts his mindset and what he thinks will be a profitable outcome for the government due to this decision.

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According to Dr. Niranjan Hiranandani Indian aviation sector can benefit from the current liberalization as it would save it crores of rupees which can be utilised in other sections. Also the government’s efforts to make it into a Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) hub can flourish the sector. All respect are never discussed by him in the above given passage, so we cannot speculate about them.

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Considering the growth paradigm the author mentions that India’s growth story has been through a low phase also but still the timely reforms by the government has led to the bad phase withering away sooner and later.

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According to the closing paraphrase of the passage for a decade the Indian growth rate stood at an average 8.5% to 9% because the reforms made by the consecutive prime ministers Narasimha rao and Atal Bihari Vajpayee made the growth rate increase handsomely, even the global financial crisis could not derail the growth rate.

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According to the passage the critics of Indian reforms never agreed that economic reforms of 1991 had a lasting impact on the Indian growth story but in practically it is the numbers that tell a different story. The growth rate was never in a negative zone. It steeply progressed from 6% to 8% after the 1991 reforms. So both the options are correct but R does not explain A and is contrary to the economist's views.

Ans: According to the opening lines of the passage the growth rate though in positive figures is controlled by two factors: the gross domestic product of the country and economic factors promulgated by the government.
So downgraded growth clearly reflects that both the assumptions are implicit in the statement therefore Both assumption I and assumption II are implicit in the statement is the answer.