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Hi, pappal,

I am happy to help.

The key sentence is this - "..every improvement in government’s accountability inspires a new round of demands for greater accountability. If a politician is satisfied with the government’s current level of accountability, that politician will soon find that the constituents are not".

So this implies that no matter how hard the candidate tries to meet the demands for accountability, the demands can never be fulfilled. As every fulfilled/satisfied demand will be superseded by newer, fresher demands for greater accountability. So it would be a bit of a never-ending Catch-22 situation, and the constituency will never be satisfied :-)

This is exactly what (B) says - "The [color=#0f0f0f]candidate’s goal is possible to meet only if it is possible to continue the current advances in government accountability".


(C) doesn't quite work, as the passage doesn't mention that the candidate cannot anticipate the constituents' demands. Maybe he is an exceptionally talented politician who can predict the precise requirements of their constituents.

Hope it helps. Let me know if anything is unclear.[/color]
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A. no discussion on competitors
B. well this choice also tempted me, but doubted about the current advances in government accountability? what? how? nowhere exclusively mentioned.
C. so went with this choice as, if the candidate is not able to anticipate constituents' demands. what? how to? he will surely fail to achieve the goal mentioned by the candidate.
D. argument doesn't intends this. the government accountability will not decline rather the constituents will become unsatisfied.
E. not intends this.
still confused between B & C.
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Candidate: Today’s voters expect their government to be accountable. Virtually, every improvement in government’s accountability inspires a new round of demands for greater accountability. If a politician is satisfied with the government’s current level of accountability, that politician will soon find that the constituents are not. As your representative in parliament, meeting your demands for accountability will be my goal!

Which of the following must be true on the basis of the statements above?

A. The candidate’s competitors will succeed in attracting voters only if those competitors adopt the candidate’s goals as their own.
B. The candidate’s goal is possible to meet, only if it is possible to continue the current advances in government accountability.
C. A politician who fails to accurately anticipate the demands of the constituents is certain to fail in advancing government accountability.
D. If a politician becomes satisfied with the accountability that the government displays, the government accountability will decline.
E. The candidate’s constituents are currently satisfied with the accountability displayed by the government.
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