Census data for Prenland show that unmarried Prenlandic men in their

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Census data for Prenland show that unmarried Prenlandic men in their thirties outnumber unmarried Prenlandic women in that age group by about ten to one. Most of these men do wish to marry. Clearly, however, unless many of them marry women who are not Prenlandic, all but a minority will remain unmarried.
The argument makes which of the following assumptions?

A Emigration from Prenland is more common among women than among men.

B A greater proportion of Prenlandic women in their thirties than of Prenlandic men of the same age would prefer to remain unmarried.

C It is unlikely that many of these unmarried Prenlandic men will marry women more than a few years older than themselves.

D Prenland has a highrate of divorce.

E Most of the unmarried Prenlandic men are unwilling to marry women who are not Prenlandic.

J2S2019 · Answer

C is the clear winner.

Upon applying negation test on these answer choice, it gets something like that

IT IS NOT THE CASE THAT It is unlikely that many of these unmarried Prenlandic men will marry women more than a few years older than themselves.

if it is true then it shatters the conclusion "Clearly,  however, unless many of them marry women who are not Prenlandic , all but a minority will remain unmarried"

Hope this helps.

globaldesi · Answer

C and E are most likely the possible answers
using negation

C It is likely that many of these unmarried Prenlandic men will marry women more than a few years older than themselves. this weakens the stmt more than E

E Most of the unmarried Prenlandic men are willing to marry women who are not Prenlandic

E negation has less effect than C negation.
Hence C seems to be the most probable answer

Kinshook · Answer

Consider negation test

C It is  very likely  that many of these unmarried Prenlandic men will marry women more than a few years older than themselves.

Conclusion: Clearly, however, unless many of them marry women who are not Prenlandic, all but a minority will remain unmarried.

Conclusion falls apart.

IMO C

minustark · Answer

Census data for Prenland show that unmarried Prenlandic men in their thirties outnumber unmarried Prenlandic women in that age group by about ten to one. Most of these men do wish to marry. Clearly, however, unless many of them marry women who are not Prenlandic, all but a minority will remain unmarried.
The argument makes which of the following assumptions?

A Emigration from Prenland is more common among women than among men.

B A greater proportion of Prenlandic women in their thirties than of Prenlandic men of the same age would prefer to remain unmarried.

C It is unlikely that many of these unmarried Prenlandic men will marry women more than a few years older than themselves.

D Prenland has a highrate of divorce.

E Most of the unmarried Prenlandic men are unwilling to marry women who are not Prenlandic.

Looks like the age-old tradition or cultural binding; groom should be older than the bride is also considered in the fictional land, Prenland, in case of marriage. This is the underlying assumption here which is reflected correctly in option C and makes it the answer.

DivyanshuGupta61 · Answer

Census data for Prenland show that unmarried Prenlandic men in their thirties outnumber unmarried Prenlandic women in that age group by about ten to one. Most of these men do wish to marry. Clearly, however, unless many of them marry women who are not Prenlandic, all but a minority will remain unmarried.
The argument makes which of the following assumptions?

A Emigration from Prenland is more common among women than among men.

B A greater proportion of Prenlandic women in their thirties than of Prenlandic men of the same age would prefer to remain unmarried.

C It is unlikely that many of these unmarried Prenlandic men will marry women more than a few years older than themselves.

D Prenland has a highrate of divorce.

E Most of the unmarried Prenlandic men are unwilling to marry women who are not Prenlandic.

GMATNinja  The Conclusion falls apart on negating both C and E, then why is C the answer?

Negating C : It is likely that many of these unmarried Prenlandic men will marry women more than a few years older than themselves.

Negating E : Most of the unmarried Prenlandic men are willing to marry women who are not Prenlandic.

In both cases the conclusion 'Clearly, however, unless many of them marry women who are not Prenlandic, all but a minority will remain unmarried.' fails.

Prashantsharma · Answer

Why not option E 
HOW WE CONNECT THE CONCLUSION TO OPTION C

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