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I'll take an attempt. The first statement is the hypothesis/claim. The second and third statements show two schools of thought (dichotomy). The next few statements are 'point of departure' or 'argument' and last two sentences are examples proving that argument. Hence, only the last answer option matches the types of statements.
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Can someone explain why B is incorrect. ?
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Hi Experts,
Can anyone explain how to arrive at the right answer for this question.
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Yes, I was down to A & E.

Thank you for all the explanation so far. However, my question is, how does the second boldface makes the first dichotomy false? What is true about the first boldface that is now wrong/false? How does the downside to a dichotomy makes it false? Thank you
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I was stuck between A & E but ultimately rejected E because I didnt think its an example that proves Dichotomy false. After carefully going through your explanation I still can not relate 2nd boldface to be an example showing a dichotomy to be false.

If we take (GDP and GNP) original dichotomy of argument, the later paragraph introduces (The difference between GDP / GNP and per-capita GDP is stark) these are completely two new elements. GDP, GNP, GDP/GNP, GDP per capita are 4 different terms if i am not wrong.
Initially i considered only one dichotomy in argument but after reading again and your explanation GDP/GNP is not equal to GDP and GNP so that throws entire argument away as there are 4 terms. So with that in mind 2nd boldface is not proving anything wrong but completely talking abt some new terms. I think there is some ambiguity in argument or some typing error.

But Anyway I am particularly not fond of Boldface CR and would like to improve myself on that part. Can you guide how should I approach this question type, any pragmatic way ?
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As per the meticulous explanations given by many here, most of the things are clear. Only one doubt remains - how is the 2nd BF showing a dichotomy to be false?

Now my take is that there are 2 dichotomies in this question. One is between GDP and GNP, and the other is between GDP / GNP and GDP per capita. The 2nd BF is an example that showcases 'the stark difference' between the latter above and thus shows this dichotomy to be false. The wording of the answer choice kinda ascertains this - 'a dichotomy' in answer choice E vs 'the dichotomy' in answer choice A.

Experts kindly confirm.
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