Preliminary Exam CSAT June 09

1. Read the following eight passages and answer the item that follows each passage. Your answers to these items should be based on the passages only. Passage-1 By killing transparency and competition, crony capitalism is harmful to free enterprise, opportunity and economic growth. Crony capitalism, where rich and the influential are alleged to have received land and natural resources and various licences in return forpayoffs to venal politicians, is now a major issue to be tackled. One of the greatest dangers to growth of developing economies like India is the middle-income where crony capitalism creates oligarchies that slow down the growth.

Which among the following is the most logical corollary to the above passage ?