Logical Reasoning - Statement and Argument - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Statement and Argument - Section 1 (Q.No. 3)
Directions to Solve
Each question given below consists of a statement, followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is a 'strong' argument and which is a 'weak' argument.
Give answer:
- (A) If only argument I is strong
- (B) If only argument II is strong
- (C) If either I or II is strong
- (D) If neither I nor II is strong and
- (E) If both I and II are strong.
3.
Statement: Should India make efforts to harness solar energy to fulfil its energy requirements?
Arguments:
- Yes, Most of the energy sources used at present is exhaustible.
- No. Harnessing solar energy requires a lot of capital, which India lacks in.
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Clearly, harnessing solar energy will be helpful as it is an inexhaustible resource unlike other resources. So, argument I holds. But argument II is vague as solar energy is the cheapest form of energy.
Discussion:
22 comments Page 2 of 3.
Shubham said:
1 decade ago
Merely stating that India lacks capital isn't a strong argument.
Aubrey said:
1 decade ago
To me both argument are strong solar energy need allot of capital to plant it.
Kanu said:
1 decade ago
Both the statements are strong as Solar energy requires a huge capital to be harnessed though after it has been deployed it provides cheapest form of energy.
Neela said:
1 decade ago
According to me both reasons are strong enough. We cannot assume that solar energy is a cheap source of energy since it is nowhere mentioned in the argument.
Patel said:
1 decade ago
According to the explanation, solar energy is the cheapest. However nowhere is it mentioned that solar energy is the cheapest. Obviously then it follows that this statement is based upon general knowledge or prior knowledge.
Also according to the second statement, the initial cost is too high since India lacks the capital, so how can that be ignored?
Also according to the second statement, the initial cost is too high since India lacks the capital, so how can that be ignored?
Dheeraj said:
1 decade ago
I agree with Ist option this is on argument and assumption based we don't know how many we have but if we plant solar system for one we saves our present exhaustible source.
Daniel said:
1 decade ago
I agree with @Ketan. Both are strong. But the way it was answered shows that GK was involved. The statement mentions nothing about the cost of solar energy.
Ayush said:
1 decade ago
We can't use our prior knowledge. These type of questions only attract negative marks: (there is no rule. How can one say solar energy does not require a lot of capital.
Kannav said:
1 decade ago
I agree with ketan.
Ketan said:
1 decade ago
According to me both arguments should be strong. Not as a point of gk but yet we can't neglect any of one.
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