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The government has recently been severely criticized for its decision to block access to a few websites on which malicious information and photographs were being posted. The government has responded to this criticism by stating that while it believes in freedom of speech and expression, this was an emergency and in such situations, you have to cut off the source of the problem.
In the argument given, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?
(A) The first describes a reaction to an action and the second describes an action taken in response to this reaction.
(B) The first is a criticism that the argument disagrees with; the second is the point of view that the argument supports.
(C) The first is the point of view of a group of people and the second attacks this point of view.
(D) The first provides a counterpoint to the argument’s conclusion; the second is that conclusion.
(E) The first provides the criticism of an action and the second provides justification for the necessity of taking that action.
In the argument given, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?
(A) The first describes a reaction to an action and the second describes an action taken in response to this reaction.
(B) The first is a criticism that the argument disagrees with; the second is the point of view that the argument supports.
(C) The first is the point of view of a group of people and the second attacks this point of view.
(D) The first provides a counterpoint to the argument’s conclusion; the second is that conclusion.
(E) The first provides the criticism of an action and the second provides justification for the necessity of taking that action.
14 Oct 2025, 10:31
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The correct answer is (E).
Here's a breakdown of the roles of the two boldfaced portions:
"The government has recently been severely criticized for its decision to block access to a few websites": This phrase describes the negative reaction or criticism that the government's action has received. It sets up the problem that the rest of the argument is responding to.
"while it believes in freedom of speech and expression, this was an emergency": This phrase is the government's defense. It acknowledges the principle behind the criticism (freedom of speech) but then provides the overriding reason—an "emergency"—as the justification for the necessity of its action.
It explains why the government felt compelled to act in a way that would otherwise be criticized.
Analysis of the other options:
(A) The second part is not an "action" taken in response; it's a verbal justification for a past action.
(B) While the second part is related to the argument's point of view, calling it the point of view is imprecise. It's more accurately the justification for that point of view. Option (E) is more precise.
(C) The second part doesn't directly "attack" the criticism. Instead, it justifies the government's action by citing exceptional circumstances.
(D) The second part is not the conclusion. The conclusion is the unstated idea that "the government's action was justified." The statement "this was an emergency" is a key premise or reason that supports this conclusion.
Here's a breakdown of the roles of the two boldfaced portions:
"The government has recently been severely criticized for its decision to block access to a few websites": This phrase describes the negative reaction or criticism that the government's action has received. It sets up the problem that the rest of the argument is responding to.
"while it believes in freedom of speech and expression, this was an emergency": This phrase is the government's defense. It acknowledges the principle behind the criticism (freedom of speech) but then provides the overriding reason—an "emergency"—as the justification for the necessity of its action.
It explains why the government felt compelled to act in a way that would otherwise be criticized.
Analysis of the other options:
(A) The second part is not an "action" taken in response; it's a verbal justification for a past action.
(B) While the second part is related to the argument's point of view, calling it the point of view is imprecise. It's more accurately the justification for that point of view. Option (E) is more precise.
(C) The second part doesn't directly "attack" the criticism. Instead, it justifies the government's action by citing exceptional circumstances.
(D) The second part is not the conclusion. The conclusion is the unstated idea that "the government's action was justified." The statement "this was an emergency" is a key premise or reason that supports this conclusion.
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01 Nov 2025, 17:15
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Answer: E
The argument describes a criticism of an act of the government and the government’s justification of the same. The first bold part describes why the government has been criticized and the second provides the government’s explanation of the same.
(A) While the first part is correct, the second is not an action taken in response to this. In fact the second bold part is not an action at all, it’s just an explanation.
(B) The argument never takes a stand on the issue so we don’t know what it agrees or disagrees with.
(C) The first is a criticism which cannot exactly be described as a point of view. Even if this were the case, the second just provides an explanation for this; it doesn’t attack this.
(D) The stimulus does not have any conclusion.
(E) The correct answer.
