Consequent to the submission of a report by an expert committee on edu

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Consequent to the submission of a report by an expert committee on educational reforms, the government of Eduland has decided to work towards a new education policy despite the traditional universities opposing it.

Which of the following best resembles the argument stated above?

A. Upon recommendations of medical experts, cancer hospitals have decided to use conventional radiation therapy in treating cancer, despite opposition from the medical fraternity.
B. The University of Rockport has decided to make use of e-learning to improve distance education, as proposed by the state government and its own educational trust.
C. The National Testing Agency has decided to go online in conducting major tests, as conducting a paper-based test for a large number of students has become extremely difficult.
D. Most production houses have decided to use the revolutionary 3-D technology in feature films, even when some of the traditional directors label it imperfect.
E. Scientists have decided to promote the cloning of animals, despite not knowing much about its negative impacts.

guddo · Answer

The government takes a decision based on an expert committee’s report, even though a traditional and established group opposes that decision.

A. I do not think this matches. The decision is said to be based on medical experts, but the opposition comes from the medical fraternity itself, which blurs the parallel. In the passage, experts support the move while a separate traditional group opposes it.

B. This does not fit. There is no opposition here. The decision is supported by both the state government and the educational trust, so the conflict element is missing.

C. This is not similar. The decision is driven by practical difficulty, not by an expert recommendation followed by opposition from a traditional group.

D.  This is the closest match , I’d say. Production houses rely on a new technology, despite resistance from traditional directors. That mirrors a decision driven by expert or progressive input, opposed by a traditional group.

E. I do not think this works. The decision is not based on expert advice but rather on ignorance of negative impacts, which is the opposite of the original setup.

Answer: (D)

modifugiat · Answer

When I first read the option A, I leaned towards not going with it because of the reason stated in the explanation but after reading the rest of the choices Option A was the closest match because at least somebody had recommended it which is completely missing from D. Also I feel that medical experts and medical fraternity can be considered separate in terms of expertise.

guddo · Answer

I see your point. However, I think A is muddy because “medical experts” and the “medical fraternity” are essentially the same broad group, so it does not cleanly mirror “experts recommend, but a separate group opposes.”

D matches the core structure: a decision-maker adopts a new approach despite pushback from a separate group. The analogy does not require the recommendation piece to be stated explicitly, just the decision plus traditional opposition.

TarekZM · Answer

I get what you’re saying, but I think you’re underweighting a key structural element in the stimulus: the decision is explicitly made in response to an expert committee’s report.

Stimulus structure (in abstract form):

Experts recommend / submit a report (expert committee).

A decision-making authority adopts a new policy (government moves toward new education policy).

Despite opposition from a traditional / established stakeholder group (traditional universities oppose it).

So the full skeleton isn’t just “decision despite pushback.” It’s “expert-backed decision despite opposition.” On hard parallel questions, the best answer is typically the one that preserves all three components, not just #2 and #3.

That’s why A tracks the structure better than D :

A includes the expert trigger explicitly: “Upon recommendations of medical experts...” ⟶ this matches the “expert committee report” mechanism.

A includes a decision-maker implementing a policy: “cancer hospitals have decided...” ⟶ matches the government adopting a policy.

A includes opposition from an established group: “despite opposition from the medical fraternity” ⟶ mirrors “traditional universities opposing it.”

On your point that “medical experts” and “medical fraternity” are the same group: not necessarily. The phrase “medical experts” can refer to a specific subset (e.g., specialist researchers / advisory panel), whereas “medical fraternity” is a broader professional establishment (the general body, associations, conventional practitioners). That maps very naturally to “expert committee” vs “traditional universities.”

By contrast, D drops the expert-recommendation driver entirely and replaces it with something weaker:

It gives “decision-maker adopts a new approach” + “some traditional directors call it imperfect.”
But “calling it imperfect” is not clearly the same as active opposition, and more importantly, there’s no analog to an expert report that prompted the decision. That missing component is not a minor detail — in the original it’s the explicit causal trigger (“consequent to the submission of a report...”).

So even if D captures a generic “despite pushback,” A preserves more of the stimulus’s logical architecture: expert recommendation → institutional adoption → despite resistance from an established group.

AbhishekP220108 · Answer

Here is the structural breakdown

Sentences	Role	Why?
"Consequent to the submission of a report by an expert committee on educational reforms..."	Premise (Background/Context)	This provides the premise for the action. It provides the information that the government isn't acting randomly; they are acting based on the report.
"...the government of Eduland has decided to work towards a new education policy..."	Main Conclusion (The Action)	This is the conclusion or the decision being made. Author says based on report the decision is made
"...despite the traditional universities opposing it."	Counter-Premise (Concession)	This acknowledges a doubt raised. It strengthens the government’s "resolve" by showing they are moving forward even when a concern is raised.

with this we will look the options A and D because they are the debated one and the wrong answer is marked by 73%

Sentences Option A	Role	Logic Check (Comparison to Eduland)
"Upon recommendations of medical experts..."	Premise	Match. Both rely on an external "expert" body to justify the move.
"...cancer hospitals have decided to use conventional radiation therapy..."	Main Conclusion (The Action)	Mismatched Nature. The Eduland govt is moving toward a new policy. Whereas "Conventional" means already there or traditional method. This is a reversal of the "new or changed" theme.
"...despite opposition from the medical fraternity."	Counter-Premise (Conflict)	Mismatched Source. In Eduland, the "experts" and "traditionalists" are on opposite sides. In Option A, the "medical experts" (recommenders) and "medical fraternity" (opposers) are essentially the same group, making the conflict logically circular.

[*]Eduland: Experts->New/Reform<-Traditionalists Oppose.
[*]Option A: Experts->Old/Conventional<-The Group itself Opposes.
[*]

Sentence Option D	Role	Logical Match to Eduland
"Most production houses have decided..."	Main Conclusion (The Action)	Direct Match. This mirrors the Eduland government. Both are the "decision-makers" or governing bodies taking a specific path.
"...to use the revolutionary 3-D technology..."	The "New" Element	Direct Match. This mirrors the "New Education Policy." Both represent a shift toward reform, or "the next big thing."
"...even when some of the traditional directors label it imperfect."	Counter-Premise (Opposition)	Direct Match. This mirrors the "Traditional Universities." Both involve the "old guard" of the industry/field resisting the change based on their established standards.

Eduland: Experts->New/Reform<-Traditionalists Oppose.
Option D: Production houses->revolutionary 3D tech/New<-Traditional houses Opposes.

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Consequent to the submission of a report by an expert committee on educational reforms, the government of Eduland has decided to work towards a new education policy despite the traditional universities opposing it.

Which of the following best resembles the argument stated above?

A. Upon recommendations of medical experts, cancer hospitals have decided to use conventional radiation therapy in treating cancer, despite opposition from the medical fraternity.
B. The University of Rockport has decided to make use of e-learning to improve distance education, as proposed by the state government and its own educational trust.
C. The National Testing Agency has decided to go online in conducting major tests, as conducting a paper-based test for a large number of students has become extremely difficult.
D. Most production houses have decided to use the revolutionary 3-D technology in feature films, even when some of the traditional directors label it imperfect.
E. Scientists have decided to promote the cloning of animals, despite not knowing much about its negative impacts.

Adit_ · Answer

I dont think that is the right explanation although the answer is right.
The reason IMO is because D goes towards something something NEW (just as stem does) and A is moving towards something CONVENTIONAL (the stem moves from existing to something new and thus not the exact mapping).

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