No nation can long survive unless its people
No nation can long survive unless its people are united by a common tongue. For proof, we need only consider Canada, which is being torn asunder by conflicts between French-speaking Quebec and the other provinces, which are dominated by English speakers.
Which of the following, if true, most effectively challenges the author’s conclusion?
(A) Conflicts over language have led to violent clashes between the Basque-speaking minority in Spain and the Spanish-speaking majority.
(B) Proposals to declare English the official language of the United States have met with resistance from members of Hispanic and other minority groups.
(C) Economic and political differences, along with linguistic ones, have contributed to the provincial conflicts in Canada.
(D) The public of India, in existence sine 1948, has a population that speaks hundreds of different, though related, languages.
(E) Switzerland has survived for nearly a thousand years as a home for speakers of three different languages.
Written by Take GMAT Team on June 29th, 2008 with
20 comments.
Read more articles on GMAT Critical Reasoning and GMAT Question of the Day.
- [+] Digg: Feature this article
- [+] Del.icio.us: Bookmark this article
- [+] Furl: Bookmark this article
Kashif
Kimberly
Pratap
soumya
Sasha
mukund
sachinchopra
Ardhendu
AMANDEV
GOPI
saurabh
Patel
Manisha Sachdeva
radhika
santhosh
PavelZ
Rajesh
Vamsi Krishna Kanuri
#1. June 28th, 2007, at 12:22 AM.
E.