Multiple choice

Raghavan: I don’t believe Narendra will win the election for Prime Minister. Few voters are willing to elect a politician with no national experience to such a responsible position. Rajni: You’re wrong. The experience of running a state government is a valuable preparation for the task of running a national government. Rajni’s response shows that she has interpreted Raghavan’s remark to imply which of the following?

  1. Raghavan considers Narendra inexperienced for the position of Prime Minister.

  2. No candidate without national level political experience has ever been elected Prime Minister of the country.

  3. Raghavan believes that political leadership at the state level and political leadership at the national level are closely analogous.

  4. A career spent in the state politics can be an impediment to one’s ability to run a national government fairly.

  5. Voters generally overestimate the value of national political experience when selecting a candidate for national level position.
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Explanation

Rajni asserts that the experience of running a state government is good enough to run a national government too without saying anything about voters willingness to elect such a politician. So, she is simply taking Raghavan’s assertions to mean that Narendra has no experience. Hence, option (1) is correct.

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