ibps-so 2019 · Question 12 of 300

Why does the author regard the economic argument for conservation as the one least worth leaning upon?

1. ABecause the figures upon which it rests have never been calculated
2. BBecause it is an argument that the public finds difficult to follow
3. CBecause it has already been tried and has failed everywhere
4. DBecause economists are divided upon the question
5. EBecause it invites the reply that the useful parts may be kept and the remainder let go, and it fails altogether where a species is of no use to anybodyCorrect