The budget committees of the Ministry of Finance in Country X

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The budget committees of the Ministry of Finance in Country X determine the scope of governmental funding of various national projects. Currently, the budget committees include only a few representatives of Women's Rights Organizations. Unbiased experts agree that this lack of representation is directly linked to the fact that Women's Rights initiatives fail to receive necessary governmental financing.

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

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

A. The government in Country X attempts to limit the funding given to Women's Rights initiatives by restricting the number of their representatives in the budget committees.

B. Women's Rights Organizations need to raise additional funding in order to secure more seats for their representatives in the committees.

C. The current representatives of the Women's Rights Organizations are to blame for the failure to receive sufficient government funding.

D. Women's Rights initiatives would receive more governmental funding if the budget committees included more Women's Rights Representatives.

E. In order to increase the representation of Women's Rights Organizations in the Ministry of Finance budget committees, several new committees must be established.

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as.hish404 · Answer

Can anyone provide the Official explanation to this question?

Sathvik02 · Answer

The argument says that "the budget committees (MoF) determine the scope of governmental funding of various national projects. These budget committees lack representatives of Women's Rights Organizations. Therefore, it directly concludes Women's Rights initiatives fail to receive necessary governmental financing because of this lack of representation. " Now it becomes effortless for us to conclude that the more Women's Rights Representatives in the committees, the more funding they receive, this is exactly what option   D  says, hence the right answer .

VivekSri · Answer

OA is D

Budget determine the scope of governmental funding. Budget committees has a few representatives of Women's Rights Organizations. As per experts lack of representatives means lack of funding. So it is presenting that funding is directly proportional to the funding. Less representative means less funding, more representative means more funding.

Take a example, if 5 people would be there it would have 1000 dollar of funding. We need to prove that if 10 people would be there, the funding would be greater than 1000 dollar and not constant.

So we need to find a way to prove that this relation is indeed true.

Let us start with option elimination :

A. The government in Country X attempts to limit the funding given to Women's Rights initiatives by restricting the number of their representatives in the budget committees. ->  It is right as per representative but how will it prove that more people means more funding, this is not proved.

B. Women's Rights Organizations need to raise additional funding in order to secure more seats for their representatives in the committees. ->  This is recommendation, so cant be our answer.

C. The current representatives of the Women's Rights Organizations are to blame for the failure to receive sufficient government funding. ->  Totally out of scope.

D. Women's Rights initiatives would receive more governmental funding if the budget committees included more Women's Rights Representatives. ->  Now this is the explanation which is directly saying what we assumped.

E. In order to increase the representation of Women's Rights Organizations in the Ministry of Finance budget committees, several new committees must be established. ->  Again recommendation, not our answer.

Bunuel · Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

The budget committees of the Ministry of Finance in Country X determine the scope of governmental funding of various national projects. Currently, the budget committees include only a few representatives of Women's Rights Organizations. Unbiased experts agree that this lack of representation is directly linked to the fact that Women's Rights initiatives fail to receive necessary governmental financing.

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

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

A. The government in Country X attempts to limit the funding given to Women's Rights initiatives by restricting the number of their representatives in the budget committees.

Incorrect.

This is an Inference question, so the argument is comprised of premises only, on which basis you are asked to draw a conclusion:

Premise A: budget committees decided on government funding
 +
Premise B: Women's Rights Organizations have few representatives in the committees
 +
Premise C: Consequently, Women's Rights Organizations do not receive enough funding
 =
Conclusion: ?

None of the premises describe the intentions of the government, so accepting this answer choice as the argument's conclusion requires further assumptions (for example, that the government controls the number of representatives in committees).

Remember that the correct answer to an Inference question must take only a small step beyond what is stated in the argument.

B. Women's Rights Organizations need to raise additional funding in order to secure more seats for their representatives in the committees.

Incorrect.

The premises tell us that funding is a result of representation in the committees, not the other way around, so there is no basis for the conclusion that more funding will secure more seats in committees.

C. The current representatives of the Women's Rights Organizations are to blame for the failure to receive sufficient government funding.

Incorrect.

The premises tell us that the lack of funding is a result of little representation, not inadequate or failed representation, so there is no basis for the conclusion that the existing representatives are to blame.

D. Women's Rights initiatives would receive more governmental funding if the budget committees included more Women's Rights Representatives.

The premises tell us that the lack of funding is a result of little representation in the committees, so we can conclude that more representation would lead to more funding.

E. In order to increase the representation of Women's Rights Organizations in the Ministry of Finance budget committees, several new committees must be established.

Incorrect.

This is an Inference question, so the argument is comprised of premises only, on which basis you are asked to draw a conclusion:

Premise A: budget committees decided on government funding
 +
Premise B: Women's Rights Organizations have few representatives in the committees
 +
Premise C: Consequently, Women's Rights Organizations do not receive enough funding
 =
Conclusion: ?

None of the premises describe the number or variety of the committees as an influence on funding, so accepting this answer choice as the argument's conclusion requires further assumptions (for example, that new committees would be able to provide funding).

Remember that the correct answer to an Inference question must take only a small step beyond what is stated in the argument.

arushi118 · Answer

Answer: D
Because experts say the lack of representation directly causes the lack of funding, the only supported conclusion is that increasing representation would increase funding.

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