QUESTION TEXT: Some people think that in every barrel…
QUESTION TYPE: Must Be False
CONCLUSION: All effective politicians are rotten.
REASONING: Effective politician ➞ deceitful ➞ rotten
Not deceitful ➞ not effective politician
ANALYSIS: This question is pretty straightforward. Effective politicians are dishonest, which makes them rotten.
And if you’re honest, you’re not effective. Answer E contradicts this.
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- This is possible. The argument doesn’t tell us what all people think.
- Politicians can be scrupulously honest. They just won’t be effective.
- That could be. This is similar to A. We’re not told what all people believe.
- It could be. Effective politicians are deceitful but the reverse doesn’t have to be true.
- CORRECT. This can’t be true. The last sentence contradicts it. Every honest politician is ineffective.
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