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29 Apr 2026, 19:00
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Minister: Over the last three years, we have spent a considerable amount of time, money, and effort to clean our major cities, which had fallen into disrepute over the matter of public hygiene. These efforts clearly demonstrate our concern for cleanliness and the environment.
Press representative: That is not entirely true. All your efforts were heavily covered by the media and have helped you generate a positive image as a pro-environment government. Certainly, this move has political benefits, and you are not truly concerned about whether the underlying work is carried out effectively.
The press representative’s conclusion would be most properly drawn if it were true that
A) the minister’s efforts regarding the cleaning campaigns were not as successful as similar efforts made by another minister in another state during the same period
B) the minister consciously used the cleaning campaign as a marketing tool in the media
C) if the money spent on marketing were spent on additional cleaning efforts, it would have been more beneficial for the cities
D) the heavily media-covered cleaning campaign did not yield significant results in actually improving the cleanliness of the cities
E) the press had covered other cleaning campaigns elsewhere, which were not marketed so heavily in the media
Press representative: That is not entirely true. All your efforts were heavily covered by the media and have helped you generate a positive image as a pro-environment government. Certainly, this move has political benefits, and you are not truly concerned about whether the underlying work is carried out effectively.
The press representative’s conclusion would be most properly drawn if it were true that
A) the minister’s efforts regarding the cleaning campaigns were not as successful as similar efforts made by another minister in another state during the same period
B) the minister consciously used the cleaning campaign as a marketing tool in the media
C) if the money spent on marketing were spent on additional cleaning efforts, it would have been more beneficial for the cities
D) the heavily media-covered cleaning campaign did not yield significant results in actually improving the cleanliness of the cities
E) the press had covered other cleaning campaigns elsewhere, which were not marketed so heavily in the media
29 Apr 2026, 22:03
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Core idea:
The passage suggests that the initiative is more about image (PR/marketing)
rather than creating real environmental impact.
So we are looking for an option that reflects:
→ superficial benefit
→ perception improvement
→ not actual environmental effectiveness
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Checking options:
Option D:
This directly aligns with the idea that the effort is more about
public perception than real impact.
It matches the tone and implication of the passage.
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Other options:
They either:
→ overstate actual environmental benefit, or
→ introduce claims not supported by the passage
So they don’t fit.
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Final Answer:
D
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If needed, tag me — can break it down further.
– Rajdeep
The passage suggests that the initiative is more about image (PR/marketing)
rather than creating real environmental impact.
So we are looking for an option that reflects:
→ superficial benefit
→ perception improvement
→ not actual environmental effectiveness
---
Checking options:
Option D:
This directly aligns with the idea that the effort is more about
public perception than real impact.
It matches the tone and implication of the passage.
---
Other options:
They either:
→ overstate actual environmental benefit, or
→ introduce claims not supported by the passage
So they don’t fit.
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Final Answer:
D
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If needed, tag me — can break it down further.
– Rajdeep
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press representative: your efforts were heavily marketed and your party got pro environment government image as a result. it had more political benefits and you were not concerned about whether work is carried out effectively.
conclusion- therefore, your efforts dont clearly demonstrate concern for cleanliness and environment.
A wrong comparison here. reject.
B thats good but he can still carried out that PR stunt with actual work. so this can be tempting but not enough to back representatives claim. reject.
C but this talks about additional money being spent and achieving better results but has no impact on exisiting problem being raised. reject.
D if minister had used media to showcase his efforts but couldnt actually improve anything then it make sense that he wanted to generate some type of image for him and his party. so this clearly back representatives claim. keep.
E completely irrelevant. reject.
conclusion- therefore, your efforts dont clearly demonstrate concern for cleanliness and environment.
A wrong comparison here. reject.
B thats good but he can still carried out that PR stunt with actual work. so this can be tempting but not enough to back representatives claim. reject.
C but this talks about additional money being spent and achieving better results but has no impact on exisiting problem being raised. reject.
D if minister had used media to showcase his efforts but couldnt actually improve anything then it make sense that he wanted to generate some type of image for him and his party. so this clearly back representatives claim. keep.
E completely irrelevant. reject.
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