Multiple choice

The legendary Indian king Vikramaditya, who greatly influenced literature, art and religion during his lifetime, was well cherished and highly admired by his subjects. We come to know of this from the intense devotion shown to him by his ministers and courtiers, as documented in literature composed during Vikramaditya's reign. A questionable technique used in the argument is to

  1. cite facts that actually contradict the conclusion

  2. present proof that is theoretically impossible to question

  3. make a generalization from a sample that is unrepresentative

  4. rely on the vagueness of the term “legendary”
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The conclusion derived in the question depends only on facts stated about ministers and the courtiers but relates to the entire population in general, similar to what is stated in option (3). Hence (3)

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