SriTamDas wrote:
Parents should not necessarily raise their children in the ways experts recommend, even if some of those experts are themselves parents. After all, parents are the ones who directly experience which methods are successful in raising their own children.
Which one of the following most closely conforms to the principle that the passage above illustrates?
(A) Although music theory is intrinsically interesting and may be helpful to certain musicians, it does not distinguish good music from bad: that is a matter of taste and not of theory.
(B) One need not pay much attention to the advice of automotive experts when buying a car if those experts are not interested in the mundane factors that concern the average consumer.
(C) In deciding the best way to proceed, a climber familiar with a mountain might do well to ignore the advice of mountain climbing experts unfamiliar with that mountain.
(D) A typical farmer is less likely to know what types of soil are most productive than is someone with an advanced degree in agricultural science.
(E) Unlike society, one’s own conscience speaks with a single voice; it is better to follow the advice of one’s own conscience than the advice of society.
The 3 protagonists, if we can say, are Parents, their children and experts some of them do have children.
As parents have first hand experience with their children, experts are better off if not followed by parents. So, the statement points out that experts don't have experience with others' children.
Relation-wise:
Parents(A) ----> Their children(B)
Experts(C) ----> own children(D)(however this is not at all discussed in passage, so better leave)
Experts(C) --/-> A's B
A is plain wrong as their is no relations.
B is wrong because concerns(C) are not common. Plus, the relation is not established among the choices's protagonist in the ways the passage established.
C is right. Climber(A), Mountain(B) and Experts(C) and then familiarity is equivalent to experience.
D is again plain wrong.
E is close and has protagonists as Own(A), Conscience(B) and Society(C). The advice is somewhat equivalent to experience of raising children. However, there's another element of singularity of own conscience's voice and plurality of society's voices which makes the relationship among the protagonists difficult to establish. Problem arises from the way the choice is written which makes things complex.
Answer C.