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The number of public works projects commissioned by the Soviet Union government dropped from 95,000 in 1970 to 70,000 in 1980. Spending on infrastructure in Soviet Union peaked at 24 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), in 1958, and was only 15 percent of the GDP in 1980. During this period, when Soviet Union’s percentage was steadily declining, India and Argentina increased the percentage of their GDP’s spent on infrastructure to 20 percent and 12 percent, respectively.

Which of the following conclusions is best supported by the information above?

A. How big a nation’s GDP is directly related to the number of public works projects the nation commissions.

B. Argentina and India spent more money on infrastructure in 1980 than did Soviet Union.

C. How much money a nation spends on infrastructure is directly related to the number of public works projects commissioned in that nation.

D. Both India and Argentina will soon surpass Soviet Union in the number of public works projects commissioned.

E. Between 1958 and 1980, Soviet Union consistently spent a larger percentage of its GDP on infrastructure than did Argentina.

 


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A - No such indication in the passage to support the claim that a higher GDP implies a higher number of public works commisioned. The passage only talks about % of GDP spent for the same. Hence exclude A

B - While the % of GDP spent by Argentina is higher than Soviet Uniom in 1980, we are never told the GDP value of any of the 3 countries to calculate which has a greater expenditure. Hence exclude B

C- Correlation between %GDP spent by Soviet Union decreasing does not imply causation. Also since we do not know the GDP value in 1956 and 1980, we cannot say if the expenditure has increased or decreased altogether. Hence exclude C

D- No supporting statements to indicate India and Argentina surpassing Soviet Union in no. of public works commissioned. Hence exclude D

E - This statemnet clearly indicates the conclusion wherein Soviet Union has spent more % of its GDP from 1956 (24%) to 1980 (15%) then Argentina (which peaked at 12% in 1980). Hence, choose E
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The number of public works projects commissioned by the Soviet Union government dropped from 95,000 in 1970 to 70,000 in 1980. Spending on infrastructure in Soviet Union peaked at 24 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), in 1958, and was only 15 percent of the GDP in 1980. During this period, when Soviet Union’s percentage was steadily declining, India and Argentina increased the percentage of their GDP’s spent on infrastructure to 20 percent and 12 percent, respectively.

Which of the following conclusions is best supported by the information above?

A. How big a nation’s GDP is directly related to the number of public works projects the nation commissions.

B. Argentina and India spent more money on infrastructure in 1980 than did Soviet Union.

C. How much money a nation spends on infrastructure is directly related to the number of public works projects commissioned in that nation.

D. Both India and Argentina will soon surpass Soviet Union in the number of public works projects commissioned.

E. Between 1958 and 1980, Soviet Union consistently spent a larger percentage of its GDP on infrastructure than did Argentina.

 


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A. Not supported. GDP size and number of projects are not compared.

B. Not supported. We only know percentages, not actual money amounts.

C. Not supported. A relationship between spending and projects is not proven.

D. Not supported. It predicts the future without enough information.

E. Correct. The information shows the Soviet Union spent a higher percentage of GDP on infrastructure than Argentina during this period.

Option E
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E . Btw 1958 and 1980 , SU spent a larger % of its GDP on infra than did Argentina
This is the actual fact stated in the statement , SU GDP remained Between 24- 15% btw 198 to 1980 ,even thought it was dropping
but this is still less than 12% share of Argentina

why other ans are incorrect

A. In the statement they have not mentioned the major contributors of GDP , so this is not applicable
B. When we are considering % for the spent in GDP then we cannot conclude which country spend more money as we donot have the actual figures
C. There is no relationship established in the statement between money spent on infrastructure and public works projects .
D. In this statement we are comparing the GDP for sovient union and have taken examples of india and argentina to show the absolute fall , so there is no fact stated to hold this statement

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The number of public works projects commissioned by the Soviet Union government dropped from 95,000 in 1970 to 70,000 in 1980. Spending on infrastructure in Soviet Union peaked at 24 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), in 1958, and was only 15 percent of the GDP in 1980. During this period, when Soviet Union’s percentage was steadily declining, India and Argentina increased the percentage of their GDP’s spent on infrastructure to 20 percent and 12 percent, respectively.

Which of the following conclusions is best supported by the information above?

A. How big a nation’s GDP is directly related to the number of public works projects the nation commissions.

B. Argentina and India spent more money on infrastructure in 1980 than did Soviet Union.

C. How much money a nation spends on infrastructure is directly related to the number of public works projects commissioned in that nation.

D. Both India and Argentina will soon surpass Soviet Union in the number of public works projects commissioned.

E. Between 1958 and 1980, Soviet Union consistently spent a larger percentage of its GDP on infrastructure than did Argentina.

 


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Option C because it strength the argument given in the 1st line.
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The question prompt asks which conclusion is best supported
A) Incorrect. The passage says nothing about GDP being related to the number of public works commissioned.
B) Incorrect. The answer choice talks about a number, but we don't know the amount. We only know % of GDP. So we can't say for sure.
C) Incorrect. How much a nation spends on infra is related to the public works commissioned. Maybe, but the passage says nothing about this.
D) Incorrect. We don't know how many public projects India & Argentina are commissioning. We only know that they have increased the investment % of their GDP in public works. But we don't know what is the GDP or any absolute number.
E) Correct. 1958 - Soviet peaked with 24% of its GDP invested into public work. And while it's been steadily declining, even in 1980, they send 15% of their GDP. The passage says "while Soviet's % was steadily declining during this period, Argentina increased to 12% of its GDP, meaning it was probably lower than that. So, Soviet's % is higher than Argentina.
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A. Incorrect: Nothing in the passage suggests that GDP is directly related to the number of public works projects
B. Incorrect:The passage only mentions percents for Argentina and India. We can't compare dollar amounts
C. Incorrect: A nation could have one large budget project or many small ones
d. Incorrect: Similar logic as the previous option. Number of projects is not gathered based on percent of GDP spent.
E. Correct option: Soviet Union "steadily declined from 24% spend to 15 %. Argentina increased to 12%, which is still smaller than the percent spend by the soviet union at its low.
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The number of public works projects commissioned by the Soviet Union government dropped from 95,000 in 1970 to 70,000 in 1980. Spending on infrastructure in Soviet Union peaked at 24 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), in 1958, and was only 15 percent of the GDP in 1980. During this period, when Soviet Union’s percentage was steadily declining, India and Argentina increased the percentage of their GDP’s spent on infrastructure to 20 percent and 12 percent, respectively.

Which of the following conclusions is best supported by the information above?

A. How big a nation’s GDP is directly related to the number of public works projects the nation commissions.

B. Argentina and India spent more money on infrastructure in 1980 than did Soviet Union.

C. How much money a nation spends on infrastructure is directly related to the number of public works projects commissioned in that nation.

D. Both India and Argentina will soon surpass Soviet Union in the number of public works projects commissioned.

E. Between 1958 and 1980, Soviet Union consistently spent a larger percentage of its GDP on infrastructure than did Argentina.

 


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Key Premises in the argument:
Premise 1: For Soviet Union, spending on infrastructure dropped from 24% (1958) -> 15% (1980); this percentage steadily declined
Premise 2: During this period, India and Argentina increased the percentage to 20% and 12%

Now lets eliminate the answer choices
Option A: The passage never mentions GDP's size anywhere, it only mentions % of GDP. Eliminate
Option B: Passage only talks about % of GDP, it does not mention absolute amounts anywhere. Eliminate
Option C: This relation is only true for Soviet Union as per the argument and cannot be generalized. Eliminate
Option D: The passage only shows Infra spending as a percentage of GPD; It does not explicitly mention the number of public work projects for Argentina and India. Eliminate
Option E: Correct. Explanation below :-
The passage mentions that spending infra for Soviet Union was steadily declining to 15% in 1980. Which means the figure for Soviet Union was never below 15%.

On the other hand, for Argentina the peak was 12% which means Argentina's figure was never above 12%.

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The number of public works projects commissioned by the Soviet Union government dropped from 95,000 in 1970 to 70,000 in 1980. Spending on infrastructure in Soviet Union peaked at 24 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), in 1958, and was only 15 percent of the GDP in 1980. During this period, when Soviet Union’s percentage was steadily declining, India and Argentina increased the percentage of their GDP’s spent on infrastructure to 20 percent and 12 percent, respectively.

Which of the following conclusions is best supported by the information above?

A. How big a nation’s GDP is directly related to the number of public works projects the nation commissions.

B. Argentina and India spent more money on infrastructure in 1980 than did Soviet Union.

C. How much money a nation spends on infrastructure is directly related to the number of public works projects commissioned in that nation.

D. Both India and Argentina will soon surpass Soviet Union in the number of public works projects commissioned.

E. Between 1958 and 1980, Soviet Union consistently spent a larger percentage of its GDP on infrastructure than did Argentina.

 


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The correct answer is C. Let's see how-

A. The paragraph talks nothing about how big a nation is. There is no comparison of the countries being big only about the percentage spending.
B. Wrong. There is nothing in the passage that says which nation has spent more. The spending is in percentage, which alone cannot determine the amounts.
C. Wrong. This statement wrongly assumes that there is a relationship between the public works commissioned and the infrastructure especially when the data related to public works is only given with respect to the Soviet Union.
D. Wrong. This is irrelevant as it is making future projections. None of the statements do that in the paragraph.
E. This is the closest to what the question is asking. It is not a perfect answer but indeed we can say that Soviet Union's spending on it's infrastructure has been a bigger percentage than Argentina's. Hence, this is the right answer.
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A There is no information about the size of any country's GDP.

B The text gives percentages of GDP, not actual amounts. A country with a smaller GDP could spend a higher percentage but less money.

C The passage discusses only one country's trend and does not establish a direct relationship.

D There is no information about their numbers of projects or future trends.

E Correct. Soviet Union's percentage declined from 24% to 15% and Argentina increased its percentage to 12% by 1980, so during the period its percentage was at most 12%. Therefore, the Soviet Union consistently spent a larger percentage of GDP on infrastructure than Argentina.

IMO E
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Couple of pointers:
- SU Projects dec. from 1970 to 1980
- SU Spending on infra was highest (24%) in 1958 and was 15% * GDP in 1980
- ARG spending in 1980 - 12% of GDP
- India spending in 1980 - 20% of GDP

A - there is no relation between GDP and projects given in the argument. Those are separate data points. ELIMINATE
B - We only know %, so cannot infer absolute numbers ELIMINATE
C - similar reasoning as A. ELIMINATE
D - We don't know future trends, so can't predict. ELIMINATE
E - ARG increased it's spending to 12% so it would have been lower earlier. SU declined from 24% to 15%, so all of this time ARG % spending was lower than the entire range of spending percentages for SU. - This is the answer
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A as an answer does not has support from the arguement. B is not stated inferred from the passage. C can be concluded as the first line is passage points to it. D can not concluded. E can not be concluded as comparison is not made in the passage

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The number of public works projects commissioned by the Soviet Union government dropped from 95,000 in 1970 to 70,000 in 1980. Spending on infrastructure in Soviet Union peaked at 24 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), in 1958, and was only 15 percent of the GDP in 1980. During this period, when Soviet Union’s percentage was steadily declining, India and Argentina increased the percentage of their GDP’s spent on infrastructure to 20 percent and 12 percent, respectively.

Which of the following conclusions is best supported by the information above?

A. How big a nation’s GDP is directly related to the number of public works projects the nation commissions.

B. Argentina and India spent more money on infrastructure in 1980 than did Soviet Union.

C. How much money a nation spends on infrastructure is directly related to the number of public works projects commissioned in that nation.

D. Both India and Argentina will soon surpass Soviet Union in the number of public works projects commissioned.

E. Between 1958 and 1980, Soviet Union consistently spent a larger percentage of its GDP on infrastructure than did Argentina.

 


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A No GDP size data is given, we only see percentages.

B We only have percentages of GDP, not absolute GDP values.

C No direct link between money spent and number of projects is established.

D Future prediction is not supported by the given past data.

E Right answer. Soviet spending peaked at 24% in 1958 and declined to 15% by 1980. Argentina reached 12% in 1980 and previously would have been even lower since it was increasing. Thus throughout that period, Soviet percentage is greater than Argentina's percentage.

Answer E
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C. I thinks its between A & C. and C is my final say.
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A We don't know the size of country's GDP so we cannot conclude any relationship between GDP size and the number of public works projects.

B The percentages of GDP spent on infrastructure are given, but not the actual GDPs.

C The Soviet Union's infrastructure spending and number of projects both declined but one example is not enough to establish a direct relationship.

D We have no information about the number of projects in India or Argentina.

E Since the Soviet Union's percentage never fell below 15% and Argentina's percentage never exceeded 12%, the Soviet Union consistently spent a larger percentage of its GDP on infrastructure than Argentina. Correct answer.

The answer is E
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A The text mentions the number of projects and the percentage of GDP spent but it provides absolutely no data regarding the actual size of nation's GDP.

B The text only provides percentages of GDP, not absolute currency amounts.

C While both the number of Soviet projects and its spending percentage went down, the text does not establish a directly related rule.

D The text provides zero information or future projections.

E CORRECT. Because the Soviet Union's lowest point (15%) is still higher than Argentina's highest point (12%), the conclusion is correct.

The correct answer is E
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The argument presents facts we need to select the best conclusion based on these. Evaluation the answer choices:

1. The argument does not highlight any actual values for GDP
2. No monetary value on spending on infrastructure is mentioned.
3. No monetary value on spending on infrastructure is mentioned
4.Only percentages are mentioned, not an actual count of projects per country
5. Comparing the percentage ranges mentioned for each government, this is right

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The number of public works projects commissioned by the Soviet Union government dropped from 95,000 in 1970 to 70,000 in 1980. Spending on infrastructure in Soviet Union peaked at 24 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), in 1958, and was only 15 percent of the GDP in 1980. During this period, when Soviet Union’s percentage was steadily declining, India and Argentina increased the percentage of their GDP’s spent on infrastructure to 20 percent and 12 percent, respectively.

Which of the following conclusions is best supported by the information above?

A. How big a nation’s GDP is directly related to the number of public works projects the nation commissions.

B. Argentina and India spent more money on infrastructure in 1980 than did Soviet Union.

C. How much money a nation spends on infrastructure is directly related to the number of public works projects commissioned in that nation.

D. Both India and Argentina will soon surpass Soviet Union in the number of public works projects commissioned.

E. Between 1958 and 1980, Soviet Union consistently spent a larger percentage of its GDP on infrastructure than did Argentina.

 


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The number of public works projects commissioned by the Soviet Union government dropped from 95,000 in 1970 to 70,000 in 1980. Spending on infrastructure in Soviet Union peaked at 24 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), in 1958, and was only 15 percent of the GDP in 1980. During this period, when Soviet Union’s percentage was steadily declining, India and Argentina increased the percentage of their GDP’s spent on infrastructure to 20 percent and 12 percent, respectively.

Which of the following conclusions is best supported by the information above?

A. How big a nation’s GDP is directly related to the number of public works projects the nation commissions.

B. Argentina and India spent more money on infrastructure in 1980 than did Soviet Union.

C. How much money a nation spends on infrastructure is directly related to the number of public works projects commissioned in that nation.

D. Both India and Argentina will soon surpass Soviet Union in the number of public works projects commissioned.

E. Between 1958 and 1980, Soviet Union consistently spent a larger percentage of its GDP on infrastructure than did Argentina.

 


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A. Incorrect. Nothing about the size of GDP is mentioned in the stimulus.
B. Incorrect. Stimulus only mentions the percent of GDP spent on infrastructure, no information is given regarding the actual numbers.
C. Incorrect. No such relationship can be inferred from the stimulus.
D. Incorrect. No information is given regarding the number of public works projects commissioned in India and Argentina.
E. Correct. It is mentioned in the stimulus that Soviet Union’s spending on infrastructure peaked at 24% of GDP in 1958 and then steadily declined to 15% of GDP in 1980. It is also mentioned that, during the same period, Argentina increased its spending on infrastructure to 12% of GDP. Thus, it can be followed that between 1958 and 1980, Soviet Union spent a larger percentage of its GDP on infrastructure than did Argentina.
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Option C


Soviet Union's data states:
Infrastructure spending as a percentage of GDP% declined
and the number of public projects declined

Both moved in the same direction
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For best supported questions, the answer must be supported by the passage itself.
Using POE:
A : Eliminate: We don't know the actual GDP in any scenario just the percentage is given. Can't deduce.
B: Eliminate: We don't have the exact figures to conclude this.
C: Eliminate: As the money spent is only given as a percentage of GDP, we can't determine.
D: Eliminate: Again, we don't have the exact number of projects.

E: Keep: GDP percent of Soviet Union goes from 24% in 1958 to 15% in 1980 whereas in Argentina it is has risen to only 12% till 1980. So GDP percent has consistently been higher for Soviet Union than Argentina.
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GMAT Club World Cup 2026 (Day 2): The number of public works projects 07 Jul 2026, 21:39
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The correct answer is E. The Soviet Unions percentage dropped steadily from 24% to 15% from 1958 to 1980 while Argentina's increased to 12% in 1980. This means Argentina's peak infrastructure spending percentage was 12% where the lowest the Soviet Union was is 15%. Therefore At any point between 1958 to 1980, the Soviet Union spent a larger proportion of there GDP on infrastructure when compared to Argentina.
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