In this section of logical deduction, the question consists of a brief passage (usually a report containing certain data regarding some social or economic problem), followed by certain inferences based on it. The student is required to analyze the contents (or data) of the passage and grasp the desirable facts from it. Then, student has to consider each of the given inferences in the context of the given passage. decide upon its degree of truth or falsity and then choose the hest alternative provided accordingly. Pakistan needs higher investment in the port sector and still lags far behind the international ports in container traffic. though there has been considerable growth in this segment Over the past few years. There is a need to continually benchmark Pakistani ports against the hest ports worldwide and continue to engage in policy efforts so as to attain prices per container of port services which are the lowest in the world. The average turn-around time for ships docking at most of the ports in Pakistan has been falling for the past three years. However, pre-berthing time has been marginally increasing over the years. Pakistani ports offer the lowest price per container as service charges.

Correct answer: E. Definitely false

• A. Definitely true
• B. Probably true
• C. Data inadequate
• D. Probably false
• E. Definitely false

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