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CAT 1998 — VARC Question 41

Inference StatementsEasy
Passage / Data

Direction: Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow.

Aspiration is nothing new. Neither is the debate over what the Indian middle class is, what it wants and what it buys. Since the mid-80s, that has been the focus of the economic policy papers so called pro- and anti-poor budgets and marketing strategies that have successfully broken the barrier of urban selling and reached deeper into rural India with increasing income levels and aspirations. 
Based on the above passage, it can be inferred that

Answer & solution

Correct answer: the Indian middle class has been the focus of economic policies for a long time.

  • the Indian middle class has been the focus of economic policies for a long time.

  • B

    the Indian middle class has graduated from being the 'deprived' middle class to the 'pampered' middle class.

  • C

    Both (a) and (b)

  • D

    Neither (a) nor (b)

Solution

The Indian middle-class, what it wants and what it buys has been the focus of economic policies since the mid-80s. (b) infers far beyond what can be reasonably inferred from the argument.

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