Multiple choice

Directions: Read the passage/argument and answer the question that follows it.

An advertisement in a daily newspaper 'About half of the people who come to our investor education camp today come in a Mercedes car as compared to the Ford Punto they came in first time a year back. They attend clubs jazzier than they did two years ago. Isn't it high time you too signed up for our Investor Education Camp right now?'

The ideas contained in the above advertisement are based on which of the following questionable assumption(s)? I. Coming in a Mercedes car as compared to a Ford Punto is a consequence of an investor attending the Investor Education Camp II. Readers would like to become part of clubs which are more elite than the ones they are part of at the moment III. A Mercedes car is perceived to be better than a Ford Punto by newspaper readers

  1. All I, II and III

  2. Both I and III

  3. I, but not II and III

  4. Both II and III

  5. None of these
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Why else would the reader join the camp? Can we imagine any advertisement prodding people o become poor or drive inferior cars or go to lesser clubs by attending a particular course? Therefore, it stands to reason that the sponsors believe in all these things. Hence, option (1) is the correct answer.

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