Test by Bikram | Mock GATE | Test 2 | Question: 65

Question

In $1991$, produce growers began using a new and inexpensive pesticide. This provoked many objections that growers would damage both the environment and the produce they were growing. However, the fears have proven unfounded as, till $1996$, produce prices had dropped and no ill effects had been reported.

Which of the following, if true, would be the strongest objection to the argument above?

• A. Consumption of produce declined from $1991$ to $1993$, but rose sharply from $1994$ to $1996$.
• B. Several areas in which the use of pesticide was forbidden have also experienced a drop in produce prices.
• C. The amount of produce grown in $1991$ was larger than in $1996$.
• D. The time since the beginning of the use of the pesticide has been too short to allow some of the predicted effects to occur.

Comments

Agricultural and other natural products collectively called the produce . 

Answer 1

The question says which option is strongest objection to the argument above 

that means we need to choose the Most opposite choice against the meaning of given argument ..

here among these choices , choice D 

• The time since the beginning of the use of the pesticide has been too short to allow some of the predicted effects to occur.

satisfy our goal . In the question there is a large time limit 1991 to 1996 but our choice D says  the time when use of pesticide begin till now is too short time to see how those pesticides behaves , which is false and also better way oppose the argument than other three options .

Hence the correct answer is D .