I will go with (E)

Hi All,

I think I got clarity on this query.

The wording can be improved in this query.

Say the stem is given like this

When more than one nominee is to be named for an office, prospective nominees must consent to nomination and before giving such consent must be told who the other nominees-at the time of the nomination- will be.

The answer will be ovious D. Because when the first guy is about to consent to nomination, at the time of his nomination, he can be intimated very clearly that there are no other nominees. Then, he consents to his nomination. The second guy knows at the time of his nomination that the first guy is nominated and the second guy may withdraw if he prefers to avoid competition with the other guy ie., the first guy. Thus, D is a perfect choice and all others are ruled out for obvious reasons.

Let us say..the stem is as follows.

When more than one nominee is to be named for an office, prospective nominees must consent to nomination and before giving such consent must be told who the other nominees-at the [color=blue]closing time of the nomination[/color]- will be (i.e., who the final nominees are).

Now, even when the first guy wants to consent, he has to know the names of all the other nominees-which is not possible because all the other nominees will be known only when they give consent. Thus, this is forming a vicious circle and thus E is obvious choice.

Thus, the answer can be either D or E depending on the missing link (colored above). Do correct me if I donot make sense

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(Following is my answer before adding the above piece)
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I am getting it as D.

As per the rules, a prospective nominee looks at the nominees who have given their consent and withdraws because he wants to avoid competition with one nominee.

Somehow, the condition given (if it cannot be known who the actual nominees are until prospective nominees have given their consent ) is in line with argument and is not constraining the logic in anyway.


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Thnx & Rgds,
Chandra

E for me as well

i was confused betw C/E

i will choose E

but if the argument says,

"....prospective nominees must consent to nomination and before giving such consent must be told who the other nominees are."
rather than
"............who the other nominees will be."

than i think than the best ans would have been C

No other choices other than D and E popped out as shortlist.

I am with E here. There are two proposals - One to tell the other nominees name. Secod proposal is not to tell the other nominee name until consent for nomination by the person asked for nomination.

The first proposal is mentioned to ensure that the number of nominees is by default filtered by announcing prior who the current nominee is. So easy final pick. The second proposal denies this filter. So, E.