At a recent meeting of the majority of world's governments,

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At a recent meeting of the majority of world's governments, many participating countries favored imposing economic sanctions on those countries unwilling to sign an agreement limiting the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, regardless of whether it can be demonstrated that any of those countries have built these weapons. Others argued that imposition of sanctions under such conditions, far from being preventive, would give the appearance of high-handed interference without just cause. Rather, they suggested, what must be shown before the imposition of sanctions is that ____________________________.

Which of the foll best completes the passage?

A) any economic sanctions applied are likely to be implemented without undue delay
B) any country subject to sanctions can be proven actually to have built weapons of mass destruction
C) the countries favoring sanctions are not those responsible for the worst weapons of mass destruction
D) all the countries to be sanctioned have the means to deliver their weapons of mass destruction to any other country
E) weapons of mass destruction have already been used by the countries thought deserrving of sanctions.

giddi77 · Answer

Is it D? This is more like an RC.

The issue is specifically about "proliferation", in order to proliferate they should atleast have "means to transport". What if the country that is under scrutiny is not on this planet!

ceointhemaking · Answer

B should be it.

The sentence is seaking "just cause" for posing sanctions. Any country that has built WMD fits the profile. D is far stretched, since a country that has means to deliver WMD does not necessarily have the intention to deliver it. "Proliferation" of WMD discussed here maybe a bit misleading.

allabout · Answer

"At a recent meeting of the majority of world's governments, many participating countries favored i mposing economic sanctions  on those countries unwilling to sign an agreement limiting the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction,  regardless of whether it can be demonstrated that any of those countries have built these weapons ."

That a country could deliver such weapons is no sufficient cause, as claimed by the opposition, to impose sanctions, because they actually don't might have any weapons. 
First a country must be proven to have such weapons, and then, if it is unwilling to sign the treaty, the others can impose sanctions.

I think it's B

giddi77 · Answer

Thanks for the explanation allabout and ceo... I got it. :idea:

Actually after I went into a too much POE mode... :beat

Professor · Answer

B is just.

razrulz · Answer

B is only relavent, it talks about what the opposing countires wants to do! 

B , OA ?

andy_gr8 · Answer

Why am i getting inclined towards E..?

TeHCM · Answer

My answer is B

D is too extreme

shahnandan · Answer

agree with TeHCM, D is too extreme - should be B

watever · Answer

The OA is B. Btw, folks does B look grammatically correct? Or can we toss grammar out when we are dealing with CR? ;-)

TeHCM · Answer

B does sound a little awkward but as long as it gets the point across :wink:

Bhai · Answer

B for Best here.

ps_dahiya · Answer

B it is.

We need something that makes the first statement better. B is doing that.

At a recent meeting of the majority of world's governments,

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