Logical Reasoning - Statement and Argument - Discussion

I think that both the statements are weak. If there exists a student union then it is not going to create a political atmosphere in the campus. One counter point is that the scope of politics when it comes to campaigning for a electoral candidate deals with a larger number of people and involves more money whereas student union elections are limited to only students. Also it is not necessary that students want to become the future "political" leaders.

Both are weak arguments. Just because of earnings, India is not fighting for Kashmir. It has been in India ever since Kashmir originated were once Hindu population was more. After the invasion of Afghanise and Mughal, Muslim population started increasing. India is a secular nation where both Hindu and Muslim live together and Kashmir is one of the greatest examples of it. In short, it is about a matter of pride rather than revenue.

"No. Kashmir is a beautiful state. It earns a lot of foreign exchange for India."

I dont think this argument is strong as it indirectly implies that giving away other not so profitable states will be justified.

Again, i get puzzled in such scenarios : whether to forget everything, every logic and focus on the given arguments for arriving at the answer or think rationally.

Any help would be appreciated.

I think both the statements are strong. In one way, we can end this conflict between Pakistan and India by giving them Kashmir. We can save many peoples' life and can create a strong bond between the two neighboring countries. But the other way round, it will seem that India is coward and yes of course, we can be in great loss as Kashmir is known as heaven of India and we earn much foreign exchange.

All the disputes in Kashmir are because of separatists. But, giving it away to Pakistan may or may not bring peace to that area. So the second statement is not strong.

Also, Kashmir is now just being a burden to India, present situation there doesn't make it a tourist place.

Also we are spending a lot of money for military. So, the first statement is not strong as well.

I: Kashmir is a beautiful state. It earns a lot of foreign exchange for India.

The Statement means that if the STATE is Not beautiful or not Gaining any foreign exchange for India. Then it can be given to any country as it is of no Use. The Statement very very WEAK.

And Every person in a country believes his STATE as beautiful. So How, one can judge the BEAUTY of STATE.

@All

Assume the given question like given below. Then try to answer it.

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Statement: Should Country-A give away State-A to Country-B?

Arguments:

I. No. State-A is a beautiful state. It earns a lot of foreign exchange for Country-A.

II. Yes. This would help settle conflicts.
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Hope this method will help you to find the answer!

II: Yes. This would help settle conflicts.

If we give Kashmir to Pakistan to settle the Conflicts.

[Assume]
Then China will ask for Arunachal Pradesh. Bangladesh will ask some other state. Sri Lanka will ask Tamilnadu. shall we give all the states like this to lesser conflicts. Absolutely No.

This sentence too is very very weak.

Both are weak because the statement says that because it's a state that earns foreign exchange and it's beautiful we won't give it, what if the state wasn't beautiful and didn't earn foreign exchange, would we have parted with it? It's too far fetched an argument. Hence, both arguments are invalid. Criticisms are welcome. Thank you!

Statement and argument questions doesn't look for the truth, we need to accept what the truth is given in the statement, if we don't accept this it will be very difficult for us to answer such ambiguous questions. It it would be advisable to not move on with the subject's truth[comparing with present].