CAT 1998 — VARC Question 33
Direction: Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow.
In order to ease the traffic congestion, the transport planners decided to have a sophisticated system of elevated monorail travel in the city. However, it was pointed out by somebody that a metro rail system would be a more effective solution to the traffic problem. The plan was thus stalled. Moreover, since a budget had not been drawn up for the project, it was deemed fit to stall the work of the monorail for some time. In the meanwhile, the traffic planners of the city decided to build an efficient system of subways and flyovers in the city with the aim of easing the same problem. At the instant when the planners were preparing to award the contracts to the concerned parties, the transport planners came up with the contention that the subways interfered with the site of a pillar of the monorail system. The traffic planners had to give up the idea and think of other possible solutions.
Which of the following can we infer from the above passage?
Answer & solution
- A
The city authorities felt that the monorail system was essentially impractical.
- B
There is a strong contention between the two groups of planners in the city.
The projects would be stalled for an indefinite period.
- D
None of these
As each project is being stalled for some reason or the other and no consensus has been reached on any of the projects, we can infer that the projects will be stalled for an indefinite period. (a) is stated in the argument, and (b) is likely to be a conclusion.