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CAT/2000
Question . 3
Directions for Questions: Read the information in each question given below and answer the question that follows:
The pressure on Italy’s 257 jails has been increasing rapidly. Those jails are old and overcrowded. They are supposed to hold up to 43,000 people -----9, 000 fewer than now. San Vittore in Milan, which has 1, 800 inmates, is designed for 800. The number of foreigners inside jails has also been increasing. The minister in charge of prisons fears that tensions may snap, and so has recommended to government an amnesty policy?
Which one of the following, if true, would have most influenced the recommendation of the minister?
Explanatory Answer
Method of solving this CAT Verbal Ability Question from Critical Reasoning question
(d) is the only choice which makes sense since the Minister in charge of prisons would be influenced by the incidence of disturbance as he had already fears of tensions snapping and has recommended an amnesty policy to his government.