Biologist: Conservation biologists working to prevent species

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1. ­Biologist in the para above talks of few points/facts

• Conservation biologist (CB) have acknowledged disproportionate large amounts dedicated to try and prevent extinction of more popular species.(PI)
• Biologist feels many of the less-popular species are more endangered that more-popular species........(PII)

2. Thereafter, comes the conclusion of the reasoning of Biologist

• Many CB have accpeted this disproportionate funding for more-popular species, but the biologist himself feels it should stop(C)

3. Finally, the last sentence speaks of something to support his view given above in conclusion.

• The word 'For' tells us that we are looking at a reason for the preceding statement.
• The point is made that inspite of the huge funding, very few of the more-popular species have any chance of escaping extinction...(PIII)

So, we have three points PI, PII and PIII and one main conclusion C. Even before we jump into the question, doesn't (PIII) seem to be contradicting (PII).


The biologist's reasoning is subject to the criticism that the claim that ____A____, which is used to justify the main point, undermines the support for the point that ____B____.

Now, the options A and B have to be related to five bullets on top.

A is a claim and is used to justify the main point(conclusion): the point 2 above gives the main point and 3 is supporting that main point ( The clue as written above is the word 'For'. Thus, (II) in point 3 should be the answer for blank A.
E. very few of the more-popular species have any chance of escaping extinction

We have to be very careful with wordings undermines the support for the point that ____B____.
First we look for what statement is being weakened by blank A, and then relate it to what point was being supported by that statement. Our answer for B is the point and not the statement.
The word 'undermines' tells us that we have to look for a point that is being supported by a point(statement) that is contradictory or that weakens with option in blank A.
Clearly (I) is contradictory to (II) and therefore is the statement we are looking for.
What does this statement support?: The point just before that - popular species receive a disproportionate amount at the money and public attention devoted to preservation at species

The biologist's reasoning is subject to the criticism that the claim that ____A: many popular species are unlikely to survive____, which is used to justify the main point, undermines the support for the point that ____B: popular species receive a disproportionate amount of funding and attention____.

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The biologist also contends that despite significant investment, many popular species are unlikely to survive (A) to support the mainpoint that the funding should be re-allocated to less popular species

=> ­The biologist's argument makes a hasty generalization by assuming that the reason popular species receive more funding is solely due to their popularity. It's quite possible that these species are also at greater risk of extinction, which would justify the disproportionate allocation of resources.

This reasoning undermines the statement that popular species receive a disproportionate amount of funding and attention (B) compared to less popular species.

Bunuel GMATBusters martin Murray Do explain if there's a simpler approach here.

I agree with you.

below is given in stem,
many of these less-popular species are more in danger of extinction than the more popular species.

so if popular species that are greater in number can’t be saved. Then the unpopular ones for which many are lesser in number can’t be saved either.
That does make sense to me.

the other one OA is a fact, I don’t know how this particular point undermines that.