Events & Promotions
|
|
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Apr 2601:30 AM EDT
-02:30 AM EDT
Learn how Keshav, a Chartered Accountant, scored an impressive 705 on GMAT in just 30 days with GMATWhiz's expert guidance. In this video, he shares preparation tips and strategies that worked for him, including the mock, time management, and more.
Apr 2610:00 AM EDT
-11:00 AM EDT
The Target Test Prep course represents a quantum leap forward in GMAT preparation, a radical reinterpretation of the way that students should study. Try before you buy with a 5-day, full-access trial of the course for FREE!
Apr 2512:30 AM EDT
-01:30 AM EDT
At one point, she believed GMAT wasn’t for her. After scoring 595, self-doubt crept in and she questioned her potential. But instead of quitting, she made the right strategic changes. The result? A remarkable comeback to 695. Check out how Saakshi did it.
Apr 2711:00 AM EDT
-12:00 PM EDT
Prefer video-based learning? The Target Test Prep OnDemand course is a one-of-a-kind video masterclass featuring 400 hours of lecture-style teaching by Scott Woodbury-Stewart, founder of Target Test Prep and one of the most accomplished GMAT instructors
Apr 2808:00 AM PDT
-11:00 AM PDT
Whether you are just beginning your MBA journey or fine-tuning your path to a 700+ score, GMAT Day is designed to give you a competitive edge.
May 0111:00 AM PDT
-12:00 PM PDT
Free- full-length test + 15 concept videos + 150+ short videos + study plan!
06 Sep 2021, 06:30
Kudos
Bookmarks
B
Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
Difficulty:
35%
(medium)
Question Stats:
72% (01:52) correct
28%
(02:20)
wrong
based on 407
sessions
History
Date
Time
Result
Not Attempted Yet
A new study observed people who watch television and their happiness level. The study indicated that people who have more channels and thus more choices of what to watch are not necessarily happier than those with fewer choices of what to watch. Thus, people in highly industrialized nations who have more choices in all aspects of their daily lives are not happier than those in less developed nations with fewer choices in their daily lives.
The above argument depends on the presupposition that
(A) it is equally likely that people in less developed nations have as many television channels as people in highly industrialized nations
(B) the inverse relationship between happiness and the number of television channels is the same among other categories of goods and services regardless of other factors related to where people live in the world
(C) people in less developed nations are unfamiliar with the number and quality of choices available to those in highly industrialized nations
(D) people in highly industrialized nations have visited less developed nations and determined that their choices are of lesser quality and less likely to make them happier
(E) the relationship between the number of television channels and happiness is directly related to the stage of a society’s industrialization and thus an industrialized nation will feel the effects of such disparities more significantly
The above argument depends on the presupposition that
(A) it is equally likely that people in less developed nations have as many television channels as people in highly industrialized nations
(B) the inverse relationship between happiness and the number of television channels is the same among other categories of goods and services regardless of other factors related to where people live in the world
(C) people in less developed nations are unfamiliar with the number and quality of choices available to those in highly industrialized nations
(D) people in highly industrialized nations have visited less developed nations and determined that their choices are of lesser quality and less likely to make them happier
(E) the relationship between the number of television channels and happiness is directly related to the stage of a society’s industrialization and thus an industrialized nation will feel the effects of such disparities more significantly
10 Sep 2021, 02:00
Kudos
Bookmarks
Bunuel
OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
Answer: B
STEP 1: Read the question and identify your task.
This is an Assumption question. It is asking you to find a statement upon which the logic of the passage depends.
STEP 2: Read the argument with your task in mind.
The conclusion is that people in industrialized nations with more choices “in all aspects of their life” are not happier than people in less developed nations with fewer choices.
STEP 3: Know what you’re looking for.
The conclusion extrapolates from television to all aspects of people’s lives, so you expect that the correct answer will support the conclusion and most likely the extrapolation.
STEP 4: Read every word of every answer choice.
Answer A focuses only on the television aspect of daily life and not other aspects of their lives. It also somewhat weakens the comparison of nations. Answer B states an inverse relationship—that more channels equals less happiness—also exists among “other categories.” If the same relationship exists among other goods and services regardless of other factors related to where people live in the world, then people in nations with more choices are less happy than people in nations with fewer choices. Thus answer B would seem to give strong support to the argument and to be your answer. For answer C, the argument says nothing about awareness between nations, only that the number of choices determines happiness. For answer D, how each nation judges each other’s choices is irrelevant to their own experience. Like answer A, answer E discusses only the television aspect of daily life. The correct choice is answer B.
General Discussion
06 Sep 2021, 11:51
Kudos
Bookmarks
Premise: The study indicated that people who have more channels and thus more choices of what to watch are not necessarily happier than those with fewer choices of what to watch.
Conclusion:
people in highly industrialized nations who have more choices in all aspects of their daily lives are not happier than those in less developed nations with fewer choices in their daily lives.
The premise talks about the relationship between TV channel choices and happiness, whereas, the conclusion talks about choices across all aspects of life. We need something that establishes a relationship between choices in TV channels and choices across all aspects of life through the lenses of an outsider.
(A) it is equally likely that people in less developed nations have as many television channels as people in highly industrialized nations..................It's not an assumption
(B) the inverse relationship between happiness and the number of television channels is the same among other categories of goods and services regardless of other factors related to where people live in the world.......................This matches with our pre-thinking reasoning. Keep it.
(C) people in less developed nations are unfamiliar with the number and quality of choices available to those in highly industrialized nations.............We are not concerned about number & quality of choices
(D) people in highly industrialized nations have visited less developed nations and determined that their choices are of lesser quality and less likely to make them happier..................................This is out of scope.
(E) the relationship between the number of television channels and happiness is directly related to the stage of a society’s industrialization and thus an industrialized nation will feel the effects of such disparities more significantly..............................This is not an assumption
IMO OA should be B
Conclusion:
people in highly industrialized nations who have more choices in all aspects of their daily lives are not happier than those in less developed nations with fewer choices in their daily lives.
The premise talks about the relationship between TV channel choices and happiness, whereas, the conclusion talks about choices across all aspects of life. We need something that establishes a relationship between choices in TV channels and choices across all aspects of life through the lenses of an outsider.
(A) it is equally likely that people in less developed nations have as many television channels as people in highly industrialized nations..................It's not an assumption
(B) the inverse relationship between happiness and the number of television channels is the same among other categories of goods and services regardless of other factors related to where people live in the world.......................This matches with our pre-thinking reasoning. Keep it.
(C) people in less developed nations are unfamiliar with the number and quality of choices available to those in highly industrialized nations.............We are not concerned about number & quality of choices
(D) people in highly industrialized nations have visited less developed nations and determined that their choices are of lesser quality and less likely to make them happier..................................This is out of scope.
(E) the relationship between the number of television channels and happiness is directly related to the stage of a society’s industrialization and thus an industrialized nation will feel the effects of such disparities more significantly..............................This is not an assumption
IMO OA should be B
