In an attempt to check its increasing pollution Litter City has introduced a levy of Rs 100 on every...........

Logical Reasoning(Master ) Statement - Arguments

In an attempt to check its increasing pollution, Litter City has introduced a levy of Rs. 100 on every private car entering the city. The administration argues that the imposition of this levy, in addition of the existing toll at the entrance of the city, will switch people from using their cars to using the public transport.

Which of the following, if true, provides the best evidence that the city administration’s argument is flawed?

The city administration is already facing the ire of taxi drivers whose demand for a rate hike was turned down by the administration.

A recent survey has shown that people living in Litter city have fewer cars than those in the neighboring clean city.

Hardly 10% of the regular bus passengers own their own cars.

The recent hike in the toll for cars already makes it more expensive for people to take a private car into the city than travel in a public transport.

Both (1) and (4)

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Litter city has introduced a levy of Rs.100 on private cars entering the city. This levy is in addition to the toll already being levied. In the passage, the administration argues that this new levy will force people from not using their cars and to take public transport. The administration thinks that the decisive issue for car owners is saving money. If car owners are already paying more as toll charges than they would pay in bus fares, money is not the reason for their using the car. That means car owners are unlikely to change their way of commuting to save money. So, option (4) is the right answer. Taxi drivers’ demand for rate hike is irrelevant to the argument, so (1) is ruled out. Option (2) is inapt because a comparison with the neighboring city doesn’t point to a flaw in the argument. Present bus riders are irrelevant to the City’s plan. So (3) is also inapt.