vaivish1723 wrote:
Certain governments subsidize certain basic agricultural products in order to guarantee an adequate domestic production of them. But subsidies encourage more intensive farming, which eventually leads to soil exhaustion and drastically reduced yields.
The situation above is most nearly similar to which one of the following situations with respect to the relationship between the declared intent of a government practice and a circumstance relevant to it?
(A) Certain governments subsidize theaters in order to attract foreign tourists. But tourists rarely choose a destination for the theatrical performances it has to offer.
(B) Certain governments restrict imports in order to keep domestic producers in business. But, since domestic producers do not have to face the full force of foreign competition, some domestic producers are able to earn inordinately high profits.
(C) Certain governments build strong armed forces in order to forestall armed conflict, but in order to maintain the sort of discipline and morale that keeps armed forces strong, those forces must be used in actual combat periodically.
(D) Certain governments reduce taxes on business in order to stimulate private investment. But any investment is to some extent a gamble, and new business ventures are not always as successful as their owners hoped.
(E) Certain governments pass traffic laws in order to make travel safer. But the population-driven growth in volumes of traffic often has the effect of making travel less safe despite the passage of new traffic laws.
Govts subsidise products to guarantee an adequate domestic production of them.
But subsidies lead to intensive farming which reduces yields (reduces production)
So subsidies have an effect opposite to what is hoped. Subsidies are given to increase production but they lead to reduced production (because yields drop)
Only (C) has the same logic:
(C) Certain governments build strong armed forces in order to forestall armed conflict, but in order to maintain the sort of discipline and morale that keeps armed forces strong, those forces must be used in actual combat periodically.
Strong armed forces are build to discourage armed conflict. But to keep armed forces strong, they must be used in actual combat periodically. So the very reason for which armed forces are kept strong (i.e. peace) is negated because armed forces need combat to stay strong.
(A) Certain governments subsidize theaters in order to attract foreign tourists. But tourists rarely choose a destination for the theatrical performances it has to offer.
This says that the Govt gives subsidies to attract foreign tourists but foreign tourists do not get attracted. It doesn't say that these subsidies have an opposite effect and tourists don't come because of them. It says that the subsidies have no effect.