Over the Past Six Years, Most of the Students in Tupac City have Regularly Attended Colleges in the Neighbouring Mekon City to Pursue their Graduate Degrees.

Question: Over the past six years, most of the students in Tupac city have regularly attended colleges in the neighbouring Mekon city to pursue their graduate degrees. However, according to a recent change in the education policies of Mekon city, the colleges in Mekon city are expected to increase their fees to almost the same level as those charged by colleges in Tupac city. Therefore, it can be safely concluded that colleges in Tupac city will see a surge in the number of students enrolling with them to pursue their graduate degrees.

Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?

(A) The teachers at colleges in Mekon city are generally considered better than those at colleges in Tupac city.
(B) Tupac city does not have good quality colleges.
(C) The low fees charged by colleges at Mekon city is the primary reason why students from Tupac city move to these colleges.
(D) Students who study at colleges in Tupac city do not perform better than those who study at colleges in Mekon city.
(E) Mekon city does not have more colleges than Tupac city.

Answer: C
Explanation:

A GMAT Critical Reasoning section comprises some facts and statements. In GMAT critical reasoning tests the candidates are tested on their reasoning, logical and analytical thinking abilities. The candidate has to deduce the correct option by finding the logically correct argument or by eliminating the irrelevant arguments.

This question is asking us to support the conclusion, we must first identify the conclusion. In this case it is that "colleges in Tupac city ([i]represent!) will see a surge in the number of students enrolling with them to pursue their graduate degrees[/i]".

The main canvas is based on is that Mekon city is going to increase tuition, and a lot of Tupac-ians go to Mekon for university.

Hence, an assumption can be made. The assumption being that this argument is based on have to connect tuition price in Mekon to choosing where to study.

(A) The teachers at colleges in Mekon city are generally considered better than those at colleges in Tupac city. - If anything, this would not support the conclusion. The reason is that the passage is all about the students and not teachers. Hence, we can rule out this option.

(B) Tupac city does not have good quality colleges. - Once again, if true this does not support the conclusion. There is nothing mentioned regarding the quality of colleges in the passage. Hence, this is also incorrect.

(C) The low fees charged by colleges at Mekon city is the primary reason why students from Tupac city move to these colleges. - The passage states that Mekon city are expected to increase their fees to almost the same level as those charged by colleges in Tupac city. Hence, we can conclude that mekon City charged lesser price. Hence, we can say that indeed, the premise and the conclusion are linked correctly. This is the correct option.

(D) Students who study at colleges in Tupac city do not perform better than those who study at colleges in Mekon city. - If we consider this correct, then changing the fees would not have any impact. This is irrelevant and hence, can be ruled out..

(E) Mekon city does not have more colleges than Tupac city. - there is nothing mentioned in the passage about the number of colleges. The number of students were more may be due to low fees but not the number of colleges. Hence, this is also incorrect.

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