CAT 1993 — VARC Question 15
Each question is a logical sequence of statements with a missing link, the location of which is shown parenthetically. From the four choices available you are required to choose the one which best fits the sequence logically.
People arguing for a position have been known to cast the opposite in an unnecessarily feeble light. (______). People who indulge in this fallacy may be fearful or ignorant of a strong counter argument. Detecting this fallacy often depends on having already heard a better refutation, or having information with which to construct one.
Answer & solution
- A
Casting the opposite as weaker than it really is, is a very effective strategy.
- B
This portrayal of a refutation as weaker than it really is, is a sure way of proving your point.
Casting the opposite as weaker than it really is, is not a very effective strategy.
- D
This portrayal of refutation as weaker than it really is, is unwarranted.
c. suggests that the strategy adopted by some people is not very effective, and the idea is continued with in the passage when the author refers to it as ‘this fallacy’.