Multiple choice

Directions: An assertion is a point of view. An argument is a statement meant to convince another about a certain point of view. A counter-argument contains logic opposed to your assertion. Based on these, classify the four sentences in question below.
(A) Concluding assertion
(B) Supporting reason
(C) Statement irrelevant to the argument
(D) Counter-argument
1. Competitive tests stress more on application than mere cramming.
2. Students get good jobs after clearing such tests.
3. Their parents feel proud of them.
4. Competitive exams are the best tool to select the cream.

  1. ABAB

  2. BCCA

  3. BACD

  4. CABD
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

As option (1) gives more than one assertion, it is out rightly eliminated. Now let's look at each option separately. If in option (3), statement 2 is Assertion, then statement isn't supporting it. So, eliminated. In (4), if statement 2 is assertion, then 4 also is in the same line because of which it should be marked B. But this is not so in (4). Now, in (2) if statement 4 is assertion, 1 definitely supports it and 2 and 3 are not related to the assertion. So, answer choice (2) is the most suitable one here.

AI explanation

Sentence 2 (good jobs after clearing tests) supports the overall claim about competitive exams, making it a Supporting reason (B). Sentence 3 (parents feel proud) doesn't logically bear on whether exams test the right skills, making it irrelevant (C) as well as a repeated C for a similarly tangential remark, and sentence 4 (exams select the best) functions as the overall concluding assertion (A), matching the pattern B, C, C, A.

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