Question Stem about Must be true

[Sdaoud17]

How come when a question stem says " Which one of the following conclusions is the best supported by the passage ?" is MBT not MP (Main Point )

[Nikki Siclunov]

A conclusion supported by the facts in the stimulus is an inference, i.e. it Must Be True. Thus, MBT questions usually ask you to deduce a conclusion supported by the facts (the stimulus itself won't have a conclusion: it's up to you to infer it). Indeed, the stimuli of most MBT questions will contain fact sets, not arguments. In a way, it is YOU who makes these facts into an argument by identifying an answer choice containing a logically valid conclusion.

By contrast, MP questions ask you to find the primary conclusion that is already made by the author ("The main point of the argument is that..."). Your job is identify the conclusion of the argument, and find an answer choice that restates it as closely as possible.