CAT:: The RC Question: Inference

The RC Question: Inference

Task Choose an answer for the following Inference question. Designate each of the four you don't choose as one or a combination of the five common wrong answer types: Au Contraire, Outside the Scope, Distortion, Extreme, and Faulty Use of Detail.

The passage provides support for which of the following statements?

The conventional elements of society are the most important building blocks of a democratic system.
A country's ability to support democratic institutions is not solely determined by the extent of its government's previous intrusion into society.
People in democratic societies are happier than people in non-democratic societies.
Those wishing to build a democratic society should not concern themselves with political parties and market mechanisms.
It will be easier to lay the foundation for a democratic society in formerly socialist Eastern European countries than it will be to do so in non-communist authoritarian Asian countries.