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Egypt exports the highest quality of cotton, the long stapled Egyptian cotton, which is used to make cloth, to most textile-producing countries of the world. The cloth produced by these countries is usually a mix of cotton and some other synthetic fibre. It is acknowledged by all that the less synthetic fibre mixed with cotton in a yarn, the better the cotton textile produced from such yarn. Indian textile companies import the highest amount of Egyptian cotton in the world and use it in their textiles. Therefore, it is reasonable to believe that any Indian-made cotton textile is the highest quality of cotton and synthetic fibre mixed cotton textile available anywhere today.
The reasoning of the argument is flawed because it overlooks the possibility that
A. The cotton textile made from only cotton is much better than that made with a blend of synthetic fibre.
B. Indian cotton textiles are the costliest cotton textiles that one can buy anywhere in the world today.
C. Many cotton textile-producing nations have come up with a unique method of making the finest quality cotton textiles without using Egyptian cotton as a raw material.
D. All other countries in the world produce significantly less cotton and synthetic fibre mixed cotton textile than India does.
E. The manufacturing processes used to blend and produce the mixed cotton textile is the same across all the cotton textile-producing nations.
The reasoning of the argument is flawed because it overlooks the possibility that
A. The cotton textile made from only cotton is much better than that made with a blend of synthetic fibre.
B. Indian cotton textiles are the costliest cotton textiles that one can buy anywhere in the world today.
C. Many cotton textile-producing nations have come up with a unique method of making the finest quality cotton textiles without using Egyptian cotton as a raw material.
D. All other countries in the world produce significantly less cotton and synthetic fibre mixed cotton textile than India does.
E. The manufacturing processes used to blend and produce the mixed cotton textile is the same across all the cotton textile-producing nations.
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01 Jun 2023, 08:38
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Hello, ChandlerBong. The passage is easy enough to follow, even if cotton and synthetic fibre mixed cotton textile is a mouthful.
- Egyptian cotton is the highest quality of cotton
- the greater the content of natural cotton in a cotton-synthetic blend, the higher the quality of the textile
- India imports the greatest quantities of Egyptian cotton for use in textiles
The premise is the last bullet point, and it leads directly to the argument. That argument, however, is wayward because it equates greater imports of a high-quality raw material with greater quality of Indian-made textiles, without considering the way in which Egyptian cotton and synthetic materials might be blended. But there is no answer choice that reflects such a notion.
Answer choice (D) reads as one in which I can see the rationale behind it, but it lacks a precise chain of logic that I would expect in an official question. Yes, India could be manufacturing significantly more blended textiles than any other country, but that fact alone does not expose a flaw in the reasoning outlined in the passage. It could be true that India imports just enough Egyptian cotton to produce the highest quality blended textiles anywhere.
Meanwhile, I would like to see a revision in answer choice (C), from the finest quality cotton textiles to something like high-quality cotton textiles. The superlative is confusing, making us choose between highest quality and finest quality for no apparent reason.
I am not sure whether this is the answer you wanted, but you have my honest feedback. Thank you for thinking to ask.
- Andrew
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