Question

Read the passage and the additional information below, then answer the question that follows.

The Bistupur-Sakchi corner needs a speed-breaker. Loyola school children cross this intersection, on their way to the school, and many a times do not check out for traffic. I get to read regular reports of cars and other vehicles hitting children. I know that speed-breakers are irritating for drivers, and I know that children cannot be protected from every danger, but this is one of the worst intersections in town. There needs to be a speed-breaker so that vehicles have to slow down and the children be made safer.

According to a recent research conducted by the district road planning department, ten percent of students come with parents in cars, twenty percent of students use auto-rickshaws, twenty percent of students use taxis, forty percent of students use the school buses, and ten percent of students live in the hostel inside the school.

Which of the following is true about the paragraph containing the survey data above?

• A. It extends the speaker's argument using analogy.
• B. It extends the speaker's argument using statistical data.
• C. It is similar to the speaker's argument.
• D. It contradicts the speaker's argument using statistical data.

Hint:

Add up the percentages given and check whether they leave any student walking across the intersection at all.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

Step 1: Understanding the Question:
The first paragraph is a plea for a speed-breaker because school children cross a dangerous intersection. The second paragraph gives survey numbers on how students actually reach school. We must work out how these numbers relate to the original plea.

Step 2: Key Idea:
The original argument assumes children walk across the intersection and face traffic there. If the numbers show almost no student walks, the data works against that assumption instead of supporting it.

Step 3: Detailed Explanation:
Add the percentages given: 10% travel by car with parents, 20% by auto-rickshaw, 20% by taxi, 40% by school bus, and 10% live in the hostel inside the school. These five figures add up to 100%.
Since every student is accounted for by a car, auto-rickshaw, taxi, bus, or by living on campus, none are shown crossing the intersection on foot at all.
This undercuts the original worry about children walking across a dangerous crossing, so the new paragraph works against, not for, the earlier plea. Because it uses percentages to make that case, the method is statistical.
Option (AA) is wrong because no comparison, or analogy, is drawn anywhere in the survey paragraph. Option (BB) is wrong because the data argues against the claim, not for it, so it cannot "extend" it. Option (CC) is wrong because the numbers point to an opposite picture, children mostly travel by vehicle, not on foot, rather than matching the original claim.

Step 4: Final Answer:
The paragraph contradicts the speaker's argument using statistical data, matching option (DD).