This is the quick solution I came up with: Another cause-effect passage; Keeping an eye out for disproving this relationship helps quickly answer CR questions like this.
Conc: Overly centralized economy => Poor agricultural production in X .
(A) Industrial production also is declining in Country X. - This higlights another issue in country X that doesn't impact the agriculturalgrowth. Drop
(B) Whereas Country Y is landlocked, Country X has a major seaport - This option higlights a difference between country X and Y. However, we don't have any further information to understand how this would impact crop production.Drop
(C) Both Country X and Country Y have been experiencing drought conditions. This option further strengthens the claim in the passage.Drop
(D) The crops that have always been grown in Country X are different from those that have always been grown in Country Y. This options does weaken the conclusion effectively. If the crops grown in the 2 countries have always
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Conc: Overly centralized economy => Poor agricultural production in X .
(A) Industrial production also is declining in Country X. - This higlights another issue in country X that doesn't impact the agriculturalgrowth. Drop
(B) Whereas Country Y is landlocked, Country X has a major seaport - This option higlights a difference between country X and Y. However, we don't have any further information to understand how this would impact crop production.Drop
(C) Both Country X and Country Y have been experiencing drought conditions. This option further strengthens the claim in the passage.Drop
(D) The crops that have always been grown in Country X are different from those that have always been grown in Country Y. This options does weaken the conclusion effectively. If the crops grown in the 2 countries have always
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Statistics : Posted by stackskillz • on 07 Oct 2007, 03:13 • Replies 17 • Views 39944
