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A distinguished British judge, Justice Upton, said that whether some administrative decision by a government minister is reasonable “is a question that judges, by their training and experience, should be well-equipped to answer, or else there would be something badly wrong with the legal system, and there is little reason to suppose that there is.”

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion of Justice Upton’s argument?

(A) There is nothing much wrong with the legal system.
(B) Judges should be given a greater part in administrative decision making.
(C) Judges are qualified to decide upon the reasonableness of a government minister’s administrative decision.
(D) If something were badly wrong with the legal system, judges would be ill-equipped to determine whether a government minister’s decisions are reasonable.
(E) If judges are well-equipped to determine whether an administrative decision is reasonable, there is not anything badly wrong with the legal system.
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A distinguished British judge, Justice Upton, said that whether [#permalink] New post   16 Jan 2019, 03:59
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A distinguished British judge, Justice Upton, said that whether some administrative decision by a government minister is reasonable “is a question that judges, by their training and experience, should be well-equipped to answer, or else there would be something badly wrong with the legal system, and there is little reason to suppose that there is.”

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion of Justice Upton’s argument?

(A) There is nothing much wrong with the legal system.
(B) Judges should be given a greater part in administrative decision making.
(C) Judges are qualified to decide upon the reasonableness of a government minister’s administrative decision.
(D) If something were badly wrong with the legal system, judges would be ill-equipped to determine whether a government minister’s decisions are reasonable.
(E) If judges are well-equipped to determine whether an administrative decision is reasonable, there is not anything badly wrong with the legal system.


IMO c ; reiterates the inference of the argument ;
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Re: A distinguished British judge, Justice Upton, said that whether [#permalink] New post   22 Jan 2019, 05:02
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A distinguished British judge, Justice Upton, said that whether some administrative decision by a government minister is reasonable “is a question that judges, by their training and experience, should be well-equipped to answer, or else there would be something badly wrong with the legal system, and there is little reason to suppose that there is.”

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion of Justice Upton’s argument?

"if judges are not well-equipped to determine whether a government minister’s decisions are reasonable, then there would be something badly wrong with the legal system"

(A) There is nothing much wrong with the legal system. - incorrect; This is not the overall point of the argument. The judge is not saying .., therefore, "there is nothing much wrong with the legal system." That just happens to be the last thing he says. In fact, there is no supporting evidence for (A) at all.
(B) Judges should be given a greater part in administrative decision making. - out of scope
(C) Judges are qualified to decide upon the reasonableness of a government minister’s administrative decision. - Correct
(D) If something were badly wrong with the legal system, judges would be ill-equipped to determine whether a government minister’s decisions are reasonable.- incorrect - this reverses the sufficient and the necessary in the condition
(E) If judges are well-equipped to determine whether an administrative decision is reasonable, there is not anything badly wrong with the legal system. - incorrect - the argument tells us the about scenario in which judges are not well-equipped.

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Re: A distinguished British judge, Justice Upton, said that whether [#permalink] New post   25 Sep 2020, 23:15
as my weakest subject is verbal ability i want your precious help
in this question how would i know why option a is wrong and why d is also wrong. can you plz elaborate it in details
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A distinguished British judge, Justice Upton, said that whether [#permalink] New post   27 Sep 2020, 04:59
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as my weakest subject is verbal ability i want your precious help
in this question how would i know why option a is wrong and why d is also wrong. can you plz elaborate it in details
thanks



Hey, I'll try to help you.

The question asks for conclusion i.e. something that you can deduce from the passage which may/may not be implicitly stated.
So the knowledge is restricted to the passage and no outside information/assumption is allowed.

The flow of the passage goes as follows :

Judge says :
1) a trained and well experienced judge is well-equipped to decide if any govt. decision is reasonable.
2) if a trained judge cannot decide, means its the fault of the legal system (not the judge, he is skilled ---> this you imply)
3) Now, he says that there is little reason to suppose that there is anything wrong with the legal system

So, what should be the next sentence of the judge? ---> That's your conclusion. Why is the judge saying all this ?

Clearly, judge intends to say that since nothing is really wrong with the legal system, point (1) must be true. The flow of the passage is necessarily EITHER A OR B.

Thus, its either judges are qualified, or legal system sucks(which again implies that judges are nevertheless skilled, so either way judges are no doubt the qualified guys). So clearly, judges are qualified. That's your answer option C.

Also note, D is straight out since it shows a conditional statement IF..ELSE. The author is CONCLUDING something. That needs to be a sure shot answer. Not a conditional, which may go either way depending on the condition.


Hope that helps.

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A distinguished British judge, Justice Upton, said that whether [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 27 Sep 2020, 12:18
Saasingh wrote:
honey1 wrote:
as my weakest subject is verbal ability i want your precious help
in this question how would i know why option a is wrong and why d is also wrong. can you plz elaborate it in details
thanks



Hey, I'll try to help you.

The question asks for conclusion i.e. something that you can deduce from the passage which may/may not be implicitly stated.
So the knowledge is restricted to the passage and no outside information/assumption is allowed.

The flow of the passage goes as follows :

Judge says :
1) a trained and well experienced judge is well-equipped to decide if any govt. decision is reasonable.
2) if a trained judge cannot decide, means its the fault of the legal system (not the judge, he is skilled ---> this you imply)
3) Now, he says that there is little reason to suppose that there is anything wrong with the legal system

So, what should be the next sentence of the judge? ---> That's your conclusion. Why is the judge saying all this ?

Clearly, judge intends to say that since nothing is really wrong with the legal system, point (1) must be true. The flow of the passage is necessarily EITHER A OR B.

Thus, its either judges are qualified, or legal system sucks(which again implies that judges are nevertheless skilled, so either way judges are no doubt the qualified guys). So clearly, judges are qualified. That's your answer option C.

Also note, D is straight out since it shows a conditional statement IF..ELSE. The author is CONCLUDING something. That needs to be a sure shot answer. Not a conditional, which may go either way depending on the condition.


Hope that helps.

Regards,
Saakhi


thank you and i understood it about 70% but still there are some doubts
1 why a is wrong as it can also be easily concluded form the stimulus
2 why c is right as it not supported by any premise

can anyone help me where i can get material with detailed solution on critical reasoning questions??

Originally posted by honey1 on 27 Sep 2020, 07:06.
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Re: A distinguished British judge, Justice Upton, said that whether [#permalink] New post   27 Sep 2020, 07:14
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Saasingh wrote:
honey1 wrote:
as my weakest subject is verbal ability i want your precious help
in this question how would i know why option a is wrong and why d is also wrong. can you plz elaborate it in details
thanks



Hey, I'll try to help you.

The question asks for conclusion i.e. something that you can deduce from the passage which may/may not be implicitly stated.
So the knowledge is restricted to the passage and no outside information/assumption is allowed.

The flow of the passage goes as follows :

Judge says :
1) a trained and well experienced judge is well-equipped to decide if any govt. decision is reasonable.
2) if a trained judge cannot decide, means its the fault of the legal system (not the judge, he is skilled ---> this you imply)
3) Now, he says that there is little reason to suppose that there is anything wrong with the legal system

So, what should be the next sentence of the judge? ---> That's your conclusion. Why is the judge saying all this ?

Clearly, judge intends to say that since nothing is really wrong with the legal system, point (1) must be true. The flow of the passage is necessarily EITHER A OR B.

Thus, its either judges are qualified, or legal system sucks(which again implies that judges are nevertheless skilled, so either way judges are no doubt the qualified guys). So clearly, judges are qualified. That's your answer option C.

Also note, D is straight out since it shows a conditional statement IF..ELSE. The author is CONCLUDING something. That needs to be a sure shot answer. Not a conditional, which may go either way depending on the condition.


Hope that helps.

Regards,
Saakhi


thank you and i understood it about 70% but still there are some doubts
1 why a is wrong as it can also be easily concluded form the stimulus
2 why c is right as it not supported by any premise


The question stem is asking for the conclusion i.e. the main point.
Ask yourself, is option A the "main point" as to why the author is writing this passage ? Option A is certainly true, but it isn't the main point.
When the author is writing the passage with the flow : Its either A(judges are skilled) or B(legal system sucks), B isn't true(system is fine), thus _____________ (what must be true) ? what should come in that blank instantly? A must be true and that is what C says.
Option A says "B isn't true". ---> This statement is correct, but its already stated. You need to make a conclusion/inference combining all the facts.

I'd suggest before jumping onto such 700 level problems, get a grasp of what different question types require for an answer. Practice some lower level problems to strengthen your concepts.

Hope it helps :)

Regards,
Saakhi
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