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18 Jun 2016, 07:12
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Recently the museums in Cremia were in news when one of the most visited and flourishing museums of Cremia was found to be using fake paintings of renowned artists. It was found in an investigation later that many of the museums resort to displaying fake paintings in order to generate revenues. The investigating officer concluded that this could stop if the public did not visit such museums.
What is the assumption that the officer makes for the conclusion to be true?
(1) Museums resort to such tactics to generate revenues.
(2) The Administration does not have any mechanism to stop museums from displaying such fake paintings.
(3) The people visiting these museums can find whether a museum displays fake paintings or not.
(4) Not all museums resort to displaying fake paintings to generate revenue.
(5) The museums will keep indulging in these malpractices if people do not stop visiting them.
What is the assumption that the officer makes for the conclusion to be true?
(1) Museums resort to such tactics to generate revenues.
(2) The Administration does not have any mechanism to stop museums from displaying such fake paintings.
(3) The people visiting these museums can find whether a museum displays fake paintings or not.
(4) Not all museums resort to displaying fake paintings to generate revenue.
(5) The museums will keep indulging in these malpractices if people do not stop visiting them.
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18 Jun 2016, 23:06
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(1) Museums resort to such tactics to generate revenues. This is stated in the argument, hence not an assumption.
(2) The Administration does not have any mechanism to stop museums from displaying such fake paintings. Could be assumption, but too far fetched in my opinion.
(3) The people visiting these museums can find whether a museum displays fake paintings or not. Correct. The Investigating officer asks people to stop visiting such museums, so he/she believes that people can find out whether the museum displays fake painting.
(4) Not all museums resort to displaying fake paintings to generate revenue. Irrelevant.
(5) The museums will keep indulging in these malpractices if people do not stop visiting them. This is the same as conclusion.
My answer is C.
(2) The Administration does not have any mechanism to stop museums from displaying such fake paintings. Could be assumption, but too far fetched in my opinion.
(3) The people visiting these museums can find whether a museum displays fake paintings or not. Correct. The Investigating officer asks people to stop visiting such museums, so he/she believes that people can find out whether the museum displays fake painting.
(4) Not all museums resort to displaying fake paintings to generate revenue. Irrelevant.
(5) The museums will keep indulging in these malpractices if people do not stop visiting them. This is the same as conclusion.
My answer is C.
23 Jun 2016, 07:06
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Divyadisha
Hi Divyadisha,
You could be correct if the conclusion did not have a word SUCH in such museum.....
so the IO is very clear that the malpractice can stop if people stop visiting such museums.
So what could he be assuming by saying people stop visiting such museums - he assumes people can find out which museums use fake paintings be it through some government agency, or through word of mouth or through knowledge of paintings. we are really not concerned about the ways they can use to find out till the time they can find the same..
Now say the conclusion would have been -
The investigating officer concluded that this could stop if the public did not visit
Now yes the point you are saying is valid. May be the IO believes people stop going to museums in general and the museums understand that there is more to lose than to gain and other authentic museums thus force SUCH museums to stop displaying fake paintings.
Yes choice C here would be out of scope as the public has stopped going to all the museums so they MAY/MAY NOT know which museum displays fake paintings..
