Multiple choice

Industry can improve in this way without competent leadership and clearly defined administrative goals. Adinath’s new CEO, Amit Aggarwal, has provided the management skills that made this recovery possible.

Which of the following, if true, would LEAST strengthen the above argument?

  1. This firm now has clearly defined administrative goals.

  2. The general demand for textiles has increased dramatically during the past three years.

  3. Before Amit Aggarwal became CEO, there was no competent leadership in the firm.

  4. The new organizational is clearly responsible for the increase in productivity.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The writer says that the improvements over the past two years are the result of competent leadership and clearly defined administrative goals, and since Amit Aggarwal is the new CEO, he must therefore have provided this leadership. To weaken this contention, it’s necessary to find an explanation for the recent upswing in business that’s not connected to him. An increase in demand for textiles (B) would be beyond his control, and thus could have led to an improvement in business no matter who was the CEO.

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