Dependence Between Statements
XAT 2013 · Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning · Hard · Critical Reasoning
Choose the most appropriate option after reading the following statements.
- Business schools are ideally positioned to point out when an action that provides a benefit for an individual comes at a cost to society, but in reality they rarely bother.
- It is part of the malaise that has befallen the political debate on capitalism, which has been taken over by special interests and people who have no faith in a real market-based system.
- When governments favours the private sector it is all too often by being "pro-business" rather than "pro-market", meaning that favourable conditions are provided to particular institutions rather than to institutions broadly.
- A.
Statements 1 and 2 are necessarily dependent.
- B.
Statements 2 and 3 are necessarily dependent.
- C.
Statements 2 and 3 may be dependent.
- D.
Statements 1, 2 and 3 cannot be independent.
- E.
All the three statements are necessarily independent.
B
Explanation
Statement 2 refers to 'It' as part of a malaise in political debate on capitalism. Statement 3 explains how governments favour private sectors in a 'pro-business' way rather than 'pro-market'. Thus, 'It' in statement 2 directly connects to statement 3, making statements 2 and 3 necessarily dependent.
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