Question 8 is based on the following reading passage.

Bar of Gold is a more popular investment among the extremely rich than are property. Ten thousand times as many people, who can afford both, buy a bar of gold as a property.

Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the argument above?

(A) Owning a property is more prestigious than owning a bar of gold.
(B) There are fewer property brokers than there is a bar of gold brokers.
(C) It is harder to resell a private than to resell a gold.
(D) The ratio of people who can afford a bar of gold to the people who can afford property is a million to one.
(E) Everyone can own both a bar of gold and property.


Answer: (D)

Explanation: option (D) is correct, Here the Fact is ‘Ten thousand times as many people, who can afford both, buy a bar of gold as a property’. To weaken the conclusion we have to pick the choice which will go against the assumption.

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