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For a trade embargo against a particular country to succeed, a high degree of both international accord and ability to prevent goods from entering or leaving that country must be sustained. A total blockade of Patria’s ports is necessary to an embargo, but such an action would be likely to cause international discord over the embargo. The claims above, if true, most strongly support which of the following conclusions? (A) The balance of opinion is likely to favor Patria in the event of a blockade. (B) As long as international opinion is unanimously against Patria, a trade embargo is likely to succeed. (C) A naval blockade of Patria’s ports would ensure that no goods enter or leave Patria. (D) Any trade embargo against Patria would be likely to fail at some time. (E) For a blockade of Patria’s ports to be successful, international opinion must be unanimous. would anyone kindly give me an explanation about this question? better analyse each choice,thanks so much
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courtdancer wrote: For a trade embargo against a particular country to
succeed, a high degree of both international accord
and ability to prevent goods from entering or leaving
that country must be sustained. A total blockade of
Patria’s ports is necessary to an embargo, but such an
action would be likely to cause international discord
over the embargo.
The claims above, if true, most strongly support which
of the following conclusions?
(A) The balance of opinion is likely to favor Patria in
the event of a blockade. - Its an overstatement. Eliminated.
(B) As long as international opinion is unanimously
against Patria, a trade embargo is likely to
succeed. - Two conditions are mentioned in para. Hence eliminated.
(C) A naval blockade of Patria’s ports would ensure
that no goods enter or leave Patria. - Not mentioned in the para. It is assuming things.
(D) Any trade embargo against Patria would be likely
to fail at some time. - Hold
(E) For a blockade of Patria’s ports to be
successful, international opinion must be
unanimous. - Not mentioned anywhere is the para.POE
would anyone kindly give me an explanation about this question?
better analyse each choice,thanks so much Thus applying Fact test D prevails.
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k i think i get this question .. "For a trade embargo against a particular country to succeed, a high degree of both international accord and ability to prevent goods from entering or leaving that country must be sustained"----------this is the condtion for success "A total blockade of Patria’s ports is necessary to an embargo, but such an action would be likely to cause international discord
over the embargo."---------indicates lack of international accord what can u conclude? a) you cannot say this for sure --reject b)lacks the condition ( ability to prevent goods)--so success may or may not be possible c)cannot say this for sure that this will happen for all we know someone might smuggle the goods--so rejected d)consider the tone.." likely " indicates that the tone is modest, ---not easy to see this though so this looks ohke e) too strict ..
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I echo Amit.
Apply the facts to the conclusion, which should reflect those facts.
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courtdancer wrote: For a trade embargo against a particular country to
succeed, a high degree of both international accord
and ability to prevent goods from entering or leaving
that country must be sustained. A total blockade of
Patria’s ports is necessary to an embargo, but such an
action would be likely to cause international discord
over the embargo.
The claims above, if true, most strongly support which
of the following conclusions?
(A) The balance of opinion is likely to favor Patria in
the event of a blockade.
(B) As long as international opinion is unanimously
against Patria, a trade embargo is likely to
succeed.
(C) A naval blockade of Patria’s ports would ensure
that no goods enter or leave Patria.
(D) Any trade embargo against Patria would be likely
to fail at some time.
(E) For a blockade of Patria’s ports to be
successful, international opinion must be
unanimous.
would anyone kindly give me an explanation about this question?
better analyse each choice,thanks so much Good call USCTrojan2006, Amit and Akshat... Let me point out an important concept used in this question - that of necessary conditions. Premises: - International accord and ability to prevent goods from moving are necessary for a trade embargo to succeed. - A total blockade of Patria’s ports is necessary to an embargo (to prevent goods from moving) - but such an action would be likely to cause international discord over the embargo. Two conditions are necessary for embargo to be successful. One of these conditions, if met, is likely to make the other condition fail. What can I conclude without looking at the options? That trade embargo in Patria is likely to fail. (A) The balance of opinion is likely to favor Patria in
the event of a blockade.We cannot conclude whether opinion will favor Patria. (B) As long as international opinion is unanimously
against Patria, a trade embargo is likely to
succeed.No. We need to block the ports too if we want the embargo to succeed. International opinion is not enough.
(C) A naval blockade of Patria’s ports would ensure
that no goods enter or leave Patria.No information about the effectiveness of naval blockade. (D) Any trade embargo against Patria would be likely to fail at some time. Got it!(E) For a blockade of Patria’s ports to be
successful, international opinion must be
unanimous.We don't know what will ensure successful blockade. We just know that blockade is likely to cause discord.
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VeritasPrepKarishma wrote: courtdancer wrote: For a trade embargo against a particular country to
succeed, a high degree of both international accord
and ability to prevent goods from entering or leaving
that country must be sustained. A total blockade of
Patria’s ports is necessary to an embargo, but such an
action would be likely to cause international discord
over the embargo.
The claims above, if true, most strongly support which
of the following conclusions?
(A) The balance of opinion is likely to favor Patria in
the event of a blockade.
(B) As long as international opinion is unanimously
against Patria, a trade embargo is likely to
succeed.
(C) A naval blockade of Patria’s ports would ensure
that no goods enter or leave Patria.
(D) Any trade embargo against Patria would be likely
to fail at some time.
(E) For a blockade of Patria’s ports to be
successful, international opinion must be
unanimous.
would anyone kindly give me an explanation about this question?
better analyse each choice,thanks so much Good call USCTrojan2006, Amit and Akshat... Let me point out an important concept used in this question - that of necessary conditions. Premises: - International accord and ability to prevent goods from moving are necessary for a trade embargo to succeed. - A total blockade of Patria’s ports is necessary to an embargo (to prevent goods from moving) - but such an action would be likely to cause international discord over the embargo. Two conditions are necessary for embargo to be successful. One of these conditions, if met, is likely to make the other condition fail. What can I conclude without looking at the options? That trade embargo in Patria is likely to fail. (A) The balance of opinion is likely to favor Patria in
the event of a blockade.We cannot conclude whether opinion will favor Patria. (B) As long as international opinion is unanimously
against Patria, a trade embargo is likely to
succeed.No. We need to block the ports too if we want the embargo to succeed. International opinion is not enough.
(C) A naval blockade of Patria’s ports would ensure
that no goods enter or leave Patria.No information about the effectiveness of naval blockade. (D) Any trade embargo against Patria would be likely to fail at some time. Got it!(E) For a blockade of Patria’s ports to be
successful, international opinion must be
unanimous.We don't know what will ensure successful blockade. We just know that blockade is likely to cause discord. Hi Karisma , i got the question right missed on a few points which you covered very well.Can you also tell what is mean by "International accord ".My line of reasoning was that International accord does not neccesarily mean that all should agree unanimously
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mundasingh123 wrote: VeritasPrepKarishma wrote: courtdancer wrote: For a trade embargo against a particular country to
succeed, a high degree of both international accord
and ability to prevent goods from entering or leaving
that country must be sustained. A total blockade of
Patria’s ports is necessary to an embargo, but such an
action would be likely to cause international discord
over the embargo.
The claims above, if true, most strongly support which
of the following conclusions?
(A) The balance of opinion is likely to favor Patria in
the event of a blockade.
(B) As long as international opinion is unanimously
against Patria, a trade embargo is likely to
succeed.
(C) A naval blockade of Patria’s ports would ensure
that no goods enter or leave Patria.
(D) Any trade embargo against Patria would be likely
to fail at some time.
(E) For a blockade of Patria’s ports to be
successful, international opinion must be
unanimous.
would anyone kindly give me an explanation about this question?
better analyse each choice,thanks so much Good call USCTrojan2006, Amit and Akshat... Let me point out an important concept used in this question - that of necessary conditions. Premises: - International accord and ability to prevent goods from moving are necessary for a trade embargo to succeed. - A total blockade of Patria’s ports is necessary to an embargo (to prevent goods from moving) - but such an action would be likely to cause international discord over the embargo. Two conditions are necessary for embargo to be successful. One of these conditions, if met, is likely to make the other condition fail. What can I conclude without looking at the options? That trade embargo in Patria is likely to fail. (A) The balance of opinion is likely to favor Patria in
the event of a blockade.We cannot conclude whether opinion will favor Patria. (B) As long as international opinion is unanimously
against Patria, a trade embargo is likely to
succeed.No. We need to block the ports too if we want the embargo to succeed. International opinion is not enough.
(C) A naval blockade of Patria’s ports would ensure
that no goods enter or leave Patria.No information about the effectiveness of naval blockade. (D) Any trade embargo against Patria would be likely to fail at some time. Got it!(E) For a blockade of Patria’s ports to be
successful, international opinion must be
unanimous.We don't know what will ensure successful blockade. We just know that blockade is likely to cause discord. Hi Karisma , i got the question right missed on a few points which you covered very well.Can you also tell what is mean by "International accord ".My line of reasoning was that International accord does not neccesarily mean that all should agree unanimously A high degree of international accord means that most countries should agree to the decision. But the argument mentions "A total blockade of Patria’s ports is necessary to an embargo, but such an action would be likely to cause international discord
over the embargo." So whatever is the level of accord that is needed, is likely to be not received.
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'a high degree of both international accord and ability to prevent goods from entering or leaving that country must be sustained.' but such an action would be likely to cause international discord over the embargo. hence D
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VeritasPrepKarishma wrote:
A high degree of international accord means that most countries should agree to the decision. But the argument mentions "A total blockade of
Patria’s ports is necessary to an embargo, but such an
action would be likely to cause international discord
over the embargo."
So whatever is the level of accord that is needed, is likely to be not received.
Thank you for the explanation. I think the correct choices could be A or D but could not figure out a way to eliminate A. Now I got it.
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