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Abhishek tyagi

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· 1 Months ago

A and D both are logically correct ! ! ! (Question: 189999.4 )

option A and D both are correct because you cannot rule out A as this is not stated anywhere in the passage by the ECONOMISTS !

Question:
DIRECTIONS: You have a brief passage with 5 questions. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.


Economists, ethicists and business experts persuade us that honesty is the best policy, but their evidence is weak. We hoped to find data that would support their theories and thus, perhaps, encourage higher standards of business  behavior. To our surprise, their pet theories failed to stand up. Treachery, we found, can pay. There is no compelling economic reason to tell the truth or keep one’s word. Punishment for the treacherous in the real world is neither swift nor sure.


Honesty is, in fact, primarily a moral choice.  Business people do tell themselves that, in the long run, they will do well by doing good. But there is little factual or logical basis for this conviction.  Without values, without a basic preference of right over wrong, trust based on such delusion would crumble in the face of temptation. Most of us choose virtue because we want to believe in ourselves and because others respect and believe us.


And due to this, we should be happy. We can be proud of a system in which people are honest because they want to be, not because they have to be. Materially, too, trust based on morality provides great advantages. It allows us to join in great and exciting enterprises that we could never undertake if we relied on economic incentives alone.


Economists tell us that trust is enforced in the market place through retaliation and reputation. If you violate a trust, your victim is apt to seek revenge and others are likely to stop doing business with you, at least under favourable terms. A man or woman with a reputation for fair dealing will prosper. Therefore profit maximisers are honest. This sounds plausible enough until you look for concrete examples. Cases that apparently demonstrate the awful consequences of trust turn out to be few and weak, while evidence that treachery can pay seems compelling.    

Which of the following is false according to the passage ?
Options:
A) Economists tell us that trust is enforced in the market place
B) Generally people are honest so as to earn self-respect
C) Virtuous behaviour earns the respect of others 
D) All dishonest men are not caught
Solution:
Ans: (d) According to the passage, both the options(A) ,(B) and (C) are true.  We are left with only one option now and that is our answer.  

Mooneshwar Kalra

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· 1 Months ago

i agree with you abhishek
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