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Question 10 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension 2019 Medium MCQ +3.00 marks · -1.00 negative

Around the world, capital cities are disgorging bureaucrats. In the post-colonial fervour of the 20th century, coastal capitals picked by trade-focused empires were spurned for "regionally neutral" new ones . . . . But decamping wholesale is costly and unpopular; governments…

People who support decentralising central government functions are LEAST likely to cite which of the following reasons for their view?

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