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Team captain: Winning requires the willingness to cooperate, which in turn requires motivation. So you will not win if you are not motivated.
The pattern of reasoning in which one of the following is most similar to that in the argument above?
(A) Being healthy requires exercise. But exercising involves risk of injury. So, paradoxically, anyone who wants to be healthy will not exercise.
(B) Learning requires making some mistakes. And you must learn if you are to improve. So you will not make mistakes without there being a noticeable improvement.
(C) Our political party will retain its status only if it raises more money. But raising more money requires increased campaigning. So our party will not retain its status unless it increases its campaigning.
(D) You can repair your own bicycle only if you are enthusiastic. And if you are enthusiastic, you will also have mechanical aptitude. So if you are not able to repair your own bicycle, you lack mechanical aptitude.
(E) Getting a ticket requires waiting in line. Waiting in line requires patience. So if you do not wait in line, you lack patience.
The pattern of reasoning in which one of the following is most similar to that in the argument above?
(A) Being healthy requires exercise. But exercising involves risk of injury. So, paradoxically, anyone who wants to be healthy will not exercise.
(B) Learning requires making some mistakes. And you must learn if you are to improve. So you will not make mistakes without there being a noticeable improvement.
(C) Our political party will retain its status only if it raises more money. But raising more money requires increased campaigning. So our party will not retain its status unless it increases its campaigning.
(D) You can repair your own bicycle only if you are enthusiastic. And if you are enthusiastic, you will also have mechanical aptitude. So if you are not able to repair your own bicycle, you lack mechanical aptitude.
(E) Getting a ticket requires waiting in line. Waiting in line requires patience. So if you do not wait in line, you lack patience.
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The pattern in the given question is inter related, which won't follow up otherwise if is not done in some manner.
the pattern among options which shows the inter connecting ability is -
(A) Being healthy requires exercise. But exercising involves risk of injury. So, paradoxically, anyone who wants to be healthy will not exercise. (Exercise involves risk of injury but there is no such thing that every person who do exercise will eventually get injury so the person who want to be healthy will not exercise. the last statement is contradicting first)(INCORRECT)
(B) Learning requires making some mistakes. And you must learn if you are to improve. So you will not make mistakes without there being a noticeable improvement.(Its not necessary that every mistake leads to noticeable improvement, mistakes are interrelated to learning, if we learn we are bound to make some mistakes but not bounded to make improvement) (INCORRECT)
(C) Our political party will retain its status only if it raises more money. But raising more money requires increased campaigning. So our party will not retain its status unless it increases its campaigning.(retaining status needs money which is direct result of increased campaigning, so till the party don't increase in their campaigning number they won't be able to retain status) (CORRECT)
(D) You can repair your own bicycle only if you are enthusiastic. And if you are enthusiastic, you will also have mechanical aptitude. So if you are not able to repair your own bicycle, you lack mechanical aptitude. (Mechanical aptitude has nothing to do with enthusiasm its skills to be learned or which comes by instinct) (IRRELEVANT)
(E) Getting a ticket requires waiting in line. Waiting in line requires patience. So if you do not wait in line, you lack patience.(what if line is short and one don't have to wait, then also one have to wait to prove its patience)(ILLOGICAL)
Answer is C
the pattern among options which shows the inter connecting ability is -
(A) Being healthy requires exercise. But exercising involves risk of injury. So, paradoxically, anyone who wants to be healthy will not exercise. (Exercise involves risk of injury but there is no such thing that every person who do exercise will eventually get injury so the person who want to be healthy will not exercise. the last statement is contradicting first)(INCORRECT)
(B) Learning requires making some mistakes. And you must learn if you are to improve. So you will not make mistakes without there being a noticeable improvement.(Its not necessary that every mistake leads to noticeable improvement, mistakes are interrelated to learning, if we learn we are bound to make some mistakes but not bounded to make improvement) (INCORRECT)
(C) Our political party will retain its status only if it raises more money. But raising more money requires increased campaigning. So our party will not retain its status unless it increases its campaigning.(retaining status needs money which is direct result of increased campaigning, so till the party don't increase in their campaigning number they won't be able to retain status) (CORRECT)
(D) You can repair your own bicycle only if you are enthusiastic. And if you are enthusiastic, you will also have mechanical aptitude. So if you are not able to repair your own bicycle, you lack mechanical aptitude. (Mechanical aptitude has nothing to do with enthusiasm its skills to be learned or which comes by instinct) (IRRELEVANT)
(E) Getting a ticket requires waiting in line. Waiting in line requires patience. So if you do not wait in line, you lack patience.(what if line is short and one don't have to wait, then also one have to wait to prove its patience)(ILLOGICAL)
Answer is C
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Answer C
(A) Being healthy requires exercise. But exercising involves risk of injury. So, paradoxically, anyone who wants to be healthy will not exercise. - Nothing talked about PARADOX in the question. ( X )
(B) Learning requires making some mistakes. And you must learn if you are to improve. So you will not make mistakes without there being a noticeable improvement. - The pattern is not the same we want to have. ( X )
(C) Our political party will retain its status only if it raises more money. But raising more money requires increased campaigning. So our party will not retain its status unless it increases its campaigning. - Same as the question.
Political Party needs to raise money => For that they need to campaign => status will not be retained if they don't.
Question - Winning requires Willingness => which requires Motivation => If you don't have motivation then you don't win.
(D) You can repair your own bicycle only if you are enthusiastic. And if you are enthusiastic, you will also have mechanical aptitude. So if you are not able to repair your own bicycle, you lack mechanical aptitude. - 3rd things is being added here. ( X )
(E) Getting a ticket requires waiting in line. Waiting in line requires patience. So if you do not wait in line, you lack patience. - this depends on a thing which can be short or long. ( X )
(A) Being healthy requires exercise. But exercising involves risk of injury. So, paradoxically, anyone who wants to be healthy will not exercise. - Nothing talked about PARADOX in the question. ( X )
(B) Learning requires making some mistakes. And you must learn if you are to improve. So you will not make mistakes without there being a noticeable improvement. - The pattern is not the same we want to have. ( X )
(C) Our political party will retain its status only if it raises more money. But raising more money requires increased campaigning. So our party will not retain its status unless it increases its campaigning. - Same as the question.
Political Party needs to raise money => For that they need to campaign => status will not be retained if they don't.
Question - Winning requires Willingness => which requires Motivation => If you don't have motivation then you don't win.
(D) You can repair your own bicycle only if you are enthusiastic. And if you are enthusiastic, you will also have mechanical aptitude. So if you are not able to repair your own bicycle, you lack mechanical aptitude. - 3rd things is being added here. ( X )
(E) Getting a ticket requires waiting in line. Waiting in line requires patience. So if you do not wait in line, you lack patience. - this depends on a thing which can be short or long. ( X )
