- AThe plot beyond the last houses is large enough to take the threshing yard
- BEvery household of the village makes use of the threshing yard
- CMoving the yard would cost the panchayat more than it is able to raise
- DThat a thing has been done in the village since the village was settled is by itself a reason for going on doing it — the panchayat puts forward nothing else in the present site's favour
Step-by-Step Solution
Strip the panchayat's resolution of its history and nothing remains: it does not say the middle site is safer, or nearer the fields, or cheaper to reach. The whole weight rests on a suppressed premise joining long usage to present rightness, and denying that premise leaves the refusal with no support whatever. The size of the outside plot bears on whether the move is practicable, which is the other side's difficulty and not the panchayat's premise. Universal use of the yard would strengthen a case built on convenience, and the panchayat has built none. And cost is a reason the panchayat might have given but did not, so the argument as made does not depend on it.
Answer: D) That a thing has been done in the village since the village was settled is by itself a reason for going on doing it — the panchayat puts forward nothing else in the present site's favour