In order to pressure the government of Country S to become

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In order to pressure the government of Country S to become less repressive, some legislators in Country R want to ban all exports from R to S. Companies in R that manufacture telecommunication equipment 
such as telephones and fax machines have argued that exports of their products should be exempted from the ban, on the ground that it is impossible for a country to remain repressive when telecommunication 
equipment is widely available to the population of that country.

Which one of the following is  a assumption  on which the argument given by the manufacturers depends?

(A) The government of S has recently increased the amount of 
telecommunication equipment it allows to be imported into the country.
(B) The telecommunication equipment that would be imported into S if the 
exemption were to be granted would not be available solely to top government officials in S.
(C) A majority of the members of Râ€™s legislature do not favor exempting 
telecommunication equipment from the ban on exports to Country S.
(D) Of all exports that could be sent to Country S, telecommunication 
equipment would be the most effective in helping citizens of S oppose that 
countryâ€™s repressive government.
(E) Without pressure from Country R, the government of S would be able to continue repressing its citizens indefinitely.

Paul · Answer

I think it is B. About 2 min.
If B is negated and only top officials of S have access to phones, then it useless to exempt telecom companies in R to export to S; even with the exemption, noboby will be able to use those phones

bigtooth81 · Answer

POE. I take D for this one. B is a bit out of scope.

Dharmin · Answer

Answer should be "B".
If we consider the evidence - "on the ground that it is impossible for a country to remain repressive  when telecommunication 
equipment is widely available "
If we negate choice - B, it will strike on this evidence.

Whats the OA ?

Dharmin

bigtooth81 · Answer

OH Yeah, B seems better. I should read more carefully

anandnk · Answer

(B) is the best. 
(D) is peripheral to the argument.

venksune · Answer

OA is B. 

I also initially went to D, but found it to be not so right and went to B.

AMBITIOUSGUY · Answer

Why??? How does the ban work to pressure the gov.t? Why when the tele. Equipments are available to all people-----------> GOV.T can't be repressive.???

neha2785 · Answer

To solve repressive nature of Country R , we are imposing ban on all export

But manufacture of telecommutation product says don’t ban us 
As telecommunication will help people in becoming less repressive.

B is an obvious choice

In order to pressure the government of Country S to become

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