Direction: In making decision about important questions, it is desirable to be able to distinguish between 'Strong' arguments and 'Weak' arguments. 'Strong' arguments are those which are both important and directly related to the question. 'Weak' arguments are those which are of minor importance and also may not be directly related to the question or may be related to a trivial aspect of the question. Each question below is followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is a 'Strong' argument and which is a 'Weak' argument ?
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Statement
Should there be only a uniform rate of income tax irrespective of the level of income?
Arguments
I. Yes, this will substantially reduce the work of the officials of the income tax department.
II. No, this will reduce government tax collection to a large extent.
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- if only Argument I is strong
- if only Argument II is strong
- if either I or II is strong
- if neither I nor II is strong
Correct Option: B
Argument I is weak because reduction of work load of IT officials is not too desirable a motive. Argument II is strong as reduced tax collection will have a bad impact on state activities.
