Multiple choice

If the argument above is true, which of the following must also be true?

Directions: Answer the question based on the following passage.

The investigative journalists and the public at large believe that the bombings in Wreckville were politically inspired. However, the government report on the same day called it a racially motivated heinous act. During the last 5 years, all the terrorist strikes conducted by Dukhara, the world’s largest terrorist group, had a racial background. It is, therefore, certain that the attack on Wreckville was wrongly ascribed to the government agencies and the investigative reports were inspired by extraneous considerations.

 

  1. Dukhara is racially motivated.

  2. Investigative journalists are more painstaking than government agencies are.

  3. The government agencies investigated the Wreckville bombings independently.

  4. The bombings in Wreckville were definitely conducted by Dukhara.

  5. The population of Wreckville is made up of people from different nationalities.

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Explanation

(1) Correct. All the terrorist strikes conducted by Dukhara over the past 5 years have been ascribed to racial background. So we might conclude that Dukhara is indeed racially motivated. Thus we can see that the conclusion becomes true if Dukhara is racially motivated. (2) What if investigative journalists had not been as painstaking. The conclusion will rather be strengthened. (3) Whether the investigation by the government departments was independent or not does not materially affect the outcome. There could at best be a doubt, but the conclusion is not altogether negated. (4) It is by no means certain that the bombings were carried out be Dukhara, though there are pointers to this. (5) 'Different nationalities' is not the same thing as different races.