aditya8062 wrote:
though i feel that C is the only possible answer here but i have my apprehensions .
i have read it many times (from good sources) that in CR strengthening and weakening questions, the answers which have similar examples are incorrect. For eg, if the stimulus talks about - country X implementing some policy and if one of the answer choices talks about country Y which implemented the same policy and which proved to be very successful ,then this choice is normally wrong and will never act as strengthener to an argument that says that this policy will be successful in country X . i have had example of such question in GMAT prep but i don't have them handy right now
my question is does option C not violate that logic ? if not then why so?
Dear
aditya8062,
I received your private message and am happy to respond.
It appears that
kinjiGC already gave you a very good answer to this specific question.
I will just add: you are trying to understand GMAT CR by learning general rules, as if it were mathematics. Beyond the basics, that is an extremely poor approach. Whatever rule you possibly could learn, the GMAT can construct a CR question that doesn't obey it. If you really want to understand the GMAT, I have a few suggestions.
(1) Practice some LSAT arguments. They are very hard, and extremely well written, and if you understand those subtleties, the GMAT arguments will be easier.
(2) Read the
Economist magazine each week from cover-to-cover. That magazine is exceptionally well written, and the arguments presented there are subtle and sophisticated, much like the GMAT CR arguments. Reading that every week would be extremely good for all your Verbal skills.
(3) When you get a GMAT CR question wrong, read the explanation and appreciate what is unique about that scenario. The GMAT always presents arguments that are unique to a particular scenario.
(4) Stop reading anything at all about general rules for GMAT. I don't care how reputable the source is. Stop completely! At this point, that reading is proving detrimental to your approach to the GMAT CR. GMAT CR does NOT happen in general rules. It happens in the details of the specific situation, and if you view these arguments through the one-size-fits-all lens of general rules, you will be tripped up time and time again.
Does all this make sense?
Mike
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