CAT 2018 Question Paper | Verbal Slot 2

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Para Summary is a part of VA in the VARC section. It becomes tricky to solve such questions because the options are super-confusing and require the skill of finding a flaw in the incorrect options. Reading is the only way to master these types of questions in your CAT Exam. This question from VA does have negative marking, so be sure when you are attempting questions of this type. Start your CAT Online Preparation today by solving the questions from CAT Previous Year Paper.

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The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the passage.

Question 30 : Should the moral obligation to rescue and aid persons in grave peril, felt by a few, be enforced by the criminal law? Should we follow the lead of a number of European countries and enact bad Samaritan laws? Proponents of bad Samaritan laws must overcome at least three different sorts of obstacles. First, they must show the laws are morally legitimate in principle, that is, that the duty to aid others is a proper candidate for legal enforcement. Second, they must show that this duty to aid can be defined in a way that can be fairly enforced by the courts. Third, they must show that the benefits of the laws are worth their problems, risks and costs.

1. Everyone agrees that people ought to aid others, the only debate is whether to have a law on it.
2. A number of European countries that have successfully enacted bad Samaritan laws may serve as model statutes.
3. Bad Samaritan laws may be desirable but they need to be tested for legal soundness.
4. If bad Samaritan laws are found to be legally sound and enforceable they must be enacted.

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Explanatory Answer

The paragraph elaborates on the questions (moral legitimacy, legal enforceability, proof of benefits) that the proponents of bad Samaritan laws must answer before the laws can be enacted. Option 3 comes closest to summing this up.

Option 1 is ruled out right away, as there is no evidence in the paragraph to suggest that “everyone agrees” that people ought to aid others. Option 2 is ruled out, as the paragraph simply asks whether the lead of the European countries which have enacted the law should be followed; this is not the main focus of the paragraph. Option 4 is a tempting choice, but incorrect, as the paragraph does not proclaim that bad Samaritan laws must be enacted; it only elaborates on the questions that must be answered before the laws can be enacted.

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Choice C is the correct answer.