The mushrooming of business schools in the country is a cause for shortage of faculty With Ph.D qualification. In addition, the higher pay and generous fringe benefits given by industry has encouraged qualified people to not seek academic positions.
Which of the following statements, if true, would tend to STRENGTHEN the argument?

Options

A. The average salary for industry positions in Gujara,t is more than the average salary for faculty positions in some business schools in Ahmedabad by around 30%
B. The average salary for industry positions in Gujarat is less than the average salary for faculty positions in a top business school in Ahmedabad by around 30%
C. The average salary for recent Ph. D graduates in the industry is 20% higher than that in academics
D. The rate of growth of salaries for the industry positions has been higher than the rate of growth of salaries for academic positions for the past three years

Answer

c

Explanation

In the question, the argument gives information above the country but the statements (a) and (b) are about the state Gujarat only which is irrelevant. In statement ( d) the information about rate of growth of salaries is given. Only statement ( c) implies about the average salary of Ph.D graduate. Hence the correct option is (c).