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Maria: Calling any state totalitarian is misleading: it implies total state control of all aspects of life. The real world contains no political entity exercising literally total control over even one such aspect. This is because any system of control is inefficient, and, therefore, its degree of control is partial.
James: A one-party state that has tried to exercise control over most aspects of a society and that has, broadly speaking, managed to do so is totalitarian. Such a system’s practical inefficiencies do not limit the aptness of the term, which does not describe a state’s actual degree of control as much as it describes the nature of a state’s ambitions.
Which one of the following most accurately expresses Maria’s main conclusion?
(A) No state can be called totalitarian without inviting a mistaken belief.
(B) To be totalitarian a state must totally control society.
(C) The degree of control exercised by a state is necessarily partial.
(D) No existing state currently has even one aspect of society under total control.
(E) Systems of control are inevitably inefficient.
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[p] totalitarian state's are those that control every aspect of life
[p] but, no such state exists controlling every aspect of life, let alone one such aspect
[p] and, any system of control is inefficient, and thus its control is partial
[as] not only no state is totalitarian, but also all systems of control are inefficient
Ans (A) calling any state is misleading
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Maria: Calling any state totalitarian is misleading: it implies total state control of all aspects of life. The real world contains no political entity exercising literally total control over even one such aspect. This is because any system of control is inefficient, and, therefore, its degree of control is partial.
James: A one-party state that has tried to exercise control over most aspects of a society and that has, broadly speaking, managed to do so is totalitarian. Such a system’s practical inefficiencies do not limit the aptness of the term, which does not describe a state’s actual degree of control as much as it describes the nature of a state’s ambitions.
Which one of the following most accurately expresses Maria’s main conclusion?
(A) No state can be called totalitarian without inviting a mistaken belief. - CORRECT. 'Calling any state totalitarian is misleading' is the conclusion of Maria. Further Maria has given supporting argument suggesting that the main conclusion would be that without a mistaken belief a state can;t be totalitarian.
(B) To be totalitarian a state must totally control society. - WRONG. Meaning changed here.
(C) The degree of control exercised by a state is necessarily partial. - WRONG. 'Necessarily' can't be firmly said.
(D) No existing state currently has even one aspect of society under total control. - WRONG. Nothing is said about present status.
(E) Systems of control are inevitably inefficient. - WRONG. 'inevitably' can't be firmly said.
IMO Answer A.
James: A one-party state that has tried to exercise control over most aspects of a society and that has, broadly speaking, managed to do so is totalitarian. Such a system’s practical inefficiencies do not limit the aptness of the term, which does not describe a state’s actual degree of control as much as it describes the nature of a state’s ambitions.
Which one of the following most accurately expresses Maria’s main conclusion?
(A) No state can be called totalitarian without inviting a mistaken belief. - CORRECT. 'Calling any state totalitarian is misleading' is the conclusion of Maria. Further Maria has given supporting argument suggesting that the main conclusion would be that without a mistaken belief a state can;t be totalitarian.
(B) To be totalitarian a state must totally control society. - WRONG. Meaning changed here.
(C) The degree of control exercised by a state is necessarily partial. - WRONG. 'Necessarily' can't be firmly said.
(D) No existing state currently has even one aspect of society under total control. - WRONG. Nothing is said about present status.
(E) Systems of control are inevitably inefficient. - WRONG. 'inevitably' can't be firmly said.
IMO Answer A.
