Multiple choice

Directions: In the item given below, a question is followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the given arguments is/are ‘strong'.

Question: Should all students passing out from the government-run colleges and desirous of settling abroad be asked to pay back the cost of their education to the government? Arguments: I. Yes, such students who study on the resources of the exchequer should be discouraged to leave the country. II. No, every citizen has the right to select their place of further study or work and therefore, such a condition is unjustified.

  1. Only argument I is strong.

  2. Only argument II is strong.

  3. Either I or II is strong.

  4. Neither I nor II is strong.

  5. Both I and II are strong.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Argument I appears to be lopsided, particularly since there is nothing to suggest that there had been an option for the students to pay the full fee or the concessional fee. If at all resources of the exchequer were expended, it was no fault of the students. Argument II seems to be strong since, like every free citizen, students have the right to decide what is in their best interest.

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