- AA municipal committee choosing between two culvert designs may treat as settling the opinion of the engineer who drew one of the two, since he has worked on culverts for twenty years
- BA school deciding whether its playground swing is safe may treat as settling the opinion of its own head, who has taught for thirty years but has never worked on such equipment
- CA cooperative deciding whether its godown roof will carry a second storey may treat as settling the opinion of a structural engineer of the state institute, who has examined such roofs for years and is paid the same fee whatever he reports
- DA panchayat deciding whether its pond water is fit to drink may treat as settling the opinion of the village schoolmaster, who is trusted by all and has no interest in the answer
Step-by-Step Solution
The principle sets two conditions and requires both. The structural engineer has worked on exactly this kind of roof and his fee does not move with his answer, so both limbs are met. The culvert engineer satisfies the first limb but not the second, one of the designs being his own. The schoolmaster and the head each satisfy the second limb — neither gains anything — but neither has worked in the field the question belongs to, and being trusted or long in service is not the same as having done the work.
Answer: C) A cooperative deciding whether its godown roof will carry a second storey may treat as settling the opinion of a structural engineer of the state institute, who has examined such roofs for years and is paid the same fee whatever he reports