China has a higher literacy rate than India This is due to the greater efficiency of the Commu...........

Logial Reasoning (CLAT) Statement - Assumptions

`China has a higher literacy rate than India. This is due to the greater efficiency of the Communist system. Efficiency is sorely lacking in India’s democratic system. Therefore, democracy is the biggest obstacle to India’s achieving 100% literacy.’

Which of the following, if nme, would directly undermine the above argument?

Inefficiency is equally a problem in democracies and Communist countries.

Communist systems do not respect human rights.

Freedom is more important than literacy.

China is slowly making the transition to democracy.

Explanation:

The higher literacy rate in China is attributed to greater efficiency of the Communistsystem and the lesser literacy in India is attributed to the lack of efficiency in the democraticsystem. Among the given options, option (1) disproves the efficiency aspect