GMAT Question of the Day : Critical Reasoning

V Pat
#1. November 28th, 2006, at 7:32 PM.

(E) an increased governmental role in the regulation and control of private sexual behavior

gks80
#2. November 28th, 2006, at 7:35 PM.

D. (Key word here is paradoxically)

San
#3. November 30th, 2006, at 12:35 PM.

E

DiD
#4. December 1st, 2006, at 6:31 PM.

e

bluesclues9
#5. December 1st, 2006, at 11:57 PM.

E

Valmik Desai
#6. January 17th, 2007, at 6:56 PM.

(E) an increased governmental role in the regulation and control of private sexual behavior

saurabh008
#7. August 3rd, 2007, at 5:50 PM.

e

john
#8. January 17th, 2008, at 11:38 AM.

i feel ans d…
but not sure…
take gmat team pls provide the answer

simplyjat
#9. January 17th, 2008, at 12:21 PM.

How does the D explain the paradox ?
getting off the back is equivalent to giving more freedom, the paradox will be present only if conservatives look for more freedom in one area area and restriction in other…

Nishanth
#10. January 17th, 2008, at 3:04 PM.

E

nitin
#11. January 17th, 2008, at 11:04 PM.

D is NOT the correct answer as it does not present a paradox to the statement presented before it.
A paradox will only present itself if conservatives look for more government control in one area (in this case, private sexual behavior) and less control in another (in this case, business regulations)

E is the right answer!

jitendra
#12. January 18th, 2008, at 7:02 AM.

We expect the take GMAT team to guide in such matters, if the team itself doesnt verify the answers before publishing all the GMATers will loose faith. This is very demoralizing.

Siva
#13. January 19th, 2008, at 2:12 AM.

E

shilpa
#14. August 8th, 2008, at 10:24 PM.

D

Patel
#15. August 9th, 2008, at 9:52 AM.

E is the correct one …. contrast statement

GMATRocker
#16. August 9th, 2008, at 9:54 AM.

E is the correct one. Although C is a good trap too, but it will be bit out of context to relate censorship on the media with government control.

Deepak
#17. August 9th, 2008, at 11:02 AM.

E

pooja
#18. August 9th, 2008, at 11:14 AM.

e is d answer??

kapil
#19. August 10th, 2008, at 10:04 AM.

definitely E

Docjraj
#20. August 10th, 2008, at 6:04 PM.

No one seems to have considered the Choice A.

The paradox could also be explained by a support to the pre-independence, Victorian restrictive morality, as opposed to Jeffersonian ideals.

Vamsi Krishna Kanuri
#21. August 10th, 2008, at 8:05 PM.

E….

Reasoning:

Paradoxically is the key here…. In the first part, indicates that conservatives dont want the govt to involve. So, ideally in the second case, the conservatives want them to have a strict regulation.

A - word “restricted” induces less control
B - role of the family is irrelevant
C - limitation on the sources provided doesn’t necessarily mean that the govt has strict regulation
D - word ‘freedom’ induces less control (as in A)
E - Correct ans

Vijay
#22. August 10th, 2008, at 9:07 PM.

E

Laura
#23. August 11th, 2008, at 11:20 PM.

E

Latha
#24. August 12th, 2008, at 10:25 AM.

E would be the answer… because, he uses paradoxically.. firstly he says gvt should get off the backs of american people… so he wants the govt to involve in the second issue..

Arkesh
#25. August 18th, 2008, at 4:58 PM.

The Answer is E as the role of the Govt. is needed in the 2nd case.

Ankur
#26. August 26th, 2008, at 2:39 PM.

E) an increased governmental role in the regulation and control of private sexual behavior