Multiple choice

The steps undertaken to control the entry of spurious milk into the city were a failure last summer. Had the steps been successful, the wholesale price of milk and milk products would not have dropped so much last summer.

The argument in the passage depends on which of the following assumptions?

  1. The supply of spurious milk and milk products fell a great deal last summer.

  2. The price paid for most milk products by the average customer did not fall a great deal last summer.

  3. City-based production of milk increased at a higher rate than the entry of spurious milk into the city.

  4. The wholesale price of some milk products increased a great deal last summer.

  5. A drop in demand for most milk products last summer was not the only cause of the drop in their wholesale price.
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E Correct answer
Explanation

If what is stated in option (5) is true, then there have to be other reasons also for the price drop. Price would depend either on supply or demand.  If a drop in demand is not the only cause, then there are other causes towards which the question insinuates. Hence (5)

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