Multiple choice

Residents argue that the recent effort to reduce crime by clamping a curfew on movement in groups of 6 or more persons after 5:00 pm is insufficient and unproductive especially as students usually move late in groups of 4 or 5. They claim that simply having all movements in groups of even two persons restricted after 8:00 pm could be a greater deterrent to crime.

The above argument does not assume that

  1. elements indulging in illegal or criminals acts are not likely to consider logistics of distance and time when planning or preparing for any crime

  2. student groups don’t often move well after 8:00 pm for tutorials and recreation

  3. the deployment of police force is sparse after 8:00 pm

  4. most criminal acts are committed after 8:00 pm

  5. law enforcement agencies are unable to garner sufficient evidence to identify potential miscreants
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C Correct answer
Explanation

(3): If miscreants re-adjust their nuisance timings to exclude the restrictive hours (1); if students often move after 8.00 pm (2); if law enforcement agencies identify the potential miscreants in advance (5); and if most criminal acts are not committed after 8.00 pm, the argument will lose much of its relevance. Option (3), in fact, is the only one that is not inherently assumed.

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