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READING COMPREHENSION SET I MCQs

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Question 271.


Which of the following is cited in the passage as a goal of some professional service firms in offering unconditional guarantees of satisfaction?


  1.     A limit on the firm’s liability
  2.     Successful competition against other firms
  3.     Ability to justify fee increases
  4.     Attainment of an outstanding reputation in a field
  5.     use its resources to prevent the passage of federal legislation that would have facilitated the formation of independent unions
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Successful competition against other firms
:
B

The best answer is B.
In the passage the author states that firms offering unconditional guarantees are “seeking a competitive advantage.” Choices A and C can be eliminated because no mention is made in the passage of liability limits or justification for fee increase.
Choice D is incorrect because the passage does not associate the offering of unconditional guarantees with the attainment of an outstanding reputation.


Question 272.


The primary function of the passage as a whole is to:


  1.     account for the popularity of a practice
  2.     evaluate the utility of a practice
  3.     demonstrate how to institute a practice
  4.     weigh the ethics of using a strategy
  5.     use its resources to prevent the passage of federal legislation that would have facilitated the formation of independent unions
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> evaluate the utility of a practice
:
B

The best answer is B. The passage describes a marketing strategy practiced by some professional service firms, outlines the arguments in favor of its use, and the describes the drawbacks associated with the strategy.
Choice A is incorrect because the popularity of the practice is not discussed in the passage.
Choice C is incorrect because the passage does not include a demonstration of how to institute unconditional guarantees.
Choice D is incorrect because ethical issues are not addressed by the author.


Question 273.


The passage supplies information concerning which of the following matters related to Randolph?


  1.     The steps he took to initiate the founding of the Brotherhood
  2.     His motivation for bringing the Brotherhood into the American Federation of Labor
  3.     The influence he had on the passage of legislation overturning race restrictions in 1944
  4.     The influence he had on the passage of legislation to bar companies from financing their own unions
  5.     use its resources to prevent the passage of federal legislation that would have facilitated the formation of independent unions
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> His motivation for bringing the Brotherhood into the American Federation of Labor
:
B

The best answer is B.
The passage states that Randolph’s reason for bringing the Brotherhood into the American Federation of Labor: “as a member union, the Brotherhood would be in a better position to exert pressure on member unions that practiced race restrictions”.
No information is given in the passage to support choices A, C and D.


Question 274.


The passage’s description of the issue raised by unconditional guarantees for health care or legal services most clearly implies that which of the following is true? 


  1.     The legal and medical professions have standards of practice that would be violated by attempts to fulfill such unconditional guarantees.
  2.     The result of a lawsuit of medical procedure cannot necessarily be determined in advance by the professionals handling a client’s case.
  3.     The dignity of the legal and medical professions is undermined by any attempts at marketing of professional services, including unconditional guarantees.
  4.     Clients whose lawsuits or medical procedures have unsatisfactory outcomes cannot be adequately compensated by financial settlements alone.
  5.     use its resources to prevent the passage of federal legislation that would have facilitated the formation of independent unions
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> The result of a lawsuit of medical procedure cannot necessarily be determined in advance by the professionals handling a client’s case.
:
B

The best answer is B.
The passage states that a guarantee “may mislead clients by suggesting that lawsuits or medical procedures will have guaranteed outcomes”. This implies that legal and medical outcomes cannot be predicted with absolute certainty. Although the statements in A, C, and D could be true, none of these statements is implied by the description in the passage.


Question 275.


All of the following are mentioned in the passage as circumstances in which professional service firms can benefit from offering an unconditional guarantee EXCEPT:


  1.     The firm is having difficulty retaining its clients of long standing.
  2.     The firm is having difficulty getting business through client recommendations.
  3.     The firm charges substantial fees for its services.
  4.     The adverse effects of poor performance by the firm are significant for the client.
  5.     use its resources to prevent the passage of federal legislation that would have facilitated the formation of independent unions
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> The firm is having difficulty retaining its clients of long standing.
:
A

The best answer is A.
The passage explicitly states that offering unconditional guarantees works best with first time clients, but no mention is made of the relative success of this practice with clients of long standing. The circumstances referred to in B, C and D are mentioned in the passage.


Question 276.


The passage most clearly implies which of the following about the professional service firms mentioned in line indicated by: (**)


  1.     They are unlikely to have offered unconditional guarantees of satisfaction in the past.
  2.     They are usually profitable enough to be able to compensate clients according to the terms of an unconditional guarantee.
  3.     They usually practice in fields in which the outcomes are predictable.
  4.     Their clients are usually already satisfied with the quality of service that is delivered.
  5.     use its resources to prevent the passage of federal legislation that would have facilitated the formation of independent unions
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Their clients are usually already satisfied with the quality of service that is delivered.
:
D

The best answer is D. The passage states that “professional service firms with outstanding reputations and performance to match have little to gain from offering unconditional guarantees.” If a firm has an outstanding reputation based on a high level of performance, it is likely that its clients are satisfied with the quality of service that is delivered.
Choice (A) is not implied: the passage indicates that the author believes that firms with outstanding reputations have little to gain from offering unconditional guarantees, but the passage implies nothing about whether such firms either currently offer guarantees or have offered them in the past. The passage does not provide information concerning the profitability (B). In addition, it does not suggest that such firms practice in fields in which outcomes are predictable (C).


Question 277.


This passage could most probably have been sourced from:


  1.     A book written by Kelley and Pfau
  2.     A debate on romanticism by Kelley and Pfau
  3.     An article which talks about romanticism and culture, and views of different people like Pfau, Kelly on romanticism
  4.     A prelude to a composition which links romanticism and philosophy in a historical age
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> A prelude to a composition which links romanticism and philosophy in a historical age
:
D

Option(d)


The key to this question lies in the last 3 lines of the first paragraph–
"These are the questions that I hope a brief consideration of Romanticism and philosophy in an historical age might open on to. The essays and counter-responses in this volume represent works in progress by Kelly and Pfau, and we invite our readers' input into their respective polemics".


Question 278.


According to the author, Kelley and Pfau wanted to establish which of the following things:
A) Characterise the position of aesthetic within a judgement
B) How do the actual and the pleasure of that aesthetic "Grasp" signify to each other
C) The uses of the pleasures of Romanticism
D) The place of affective experience in aesthetic judgement


  1.     A, B, C & D      
  2.     A, B & C      
  3.     A, B & D
  4.     A & C
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> A & C
:
D

Option (d)


The question asks about the opinions of Kelly and Pfau. In the first paragraph look at the line "Both Pfau and Kelley are concerned to define the place of the aesthetic within a judgment". Also the last line of last paragraph states that "In some respects, what they articulate about Romanticism is nothing less than the uses (variously conceived) of its pleasures". These statements are brought in (A) and (C). Both (B) and (C) are the views of the author.


Question 279.


Why does the author use the statement “circus animals chasing our respective tails"?


  1.     The author wants to emphasise that this is a problem played out consistently in the domain of pleasure.
  2.     The author wants to emphasise that we are facing a problem with a circular claim on the meaning of meaning.
  3.     The author wants to emphasise that this is a problem played out at least in the domain of affective responsiveness.
  4.     Both (a) and (c) together
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> The author wants to emphasise that we are facing a problem with a circular claim on the meaning of meaning.
:
B

Option (b)


Please look at these lines in the first paragraph “we end in circular claims about the meaning of meaning. We are not quite circus animals chasing our respective tails". This clearly gives the answer to the question. All the other three options are junk answers.


Question 280.


What is the main reason for Poetic cadence dividing the academy?


  1.     Because Poetic cadence was interpreted as structural in an essentialist manner
  2.     Because it answered to a rhythm essentially within us
  3.     Because it treaded on structuralist ground it was assumed to be structural in a naive manner
  4.     None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Because it treaded on structuralist ground it was assumed to be structural in a naive manner
:
C

Option (c)


(C) option gives the most perfect answer. The first reason is that poetic cadence treaded on structuralist ground which made many academicians to believe that it was structural.
Look at these lines "it is true, treading on
structuralist ground:" and "is the assumption that poetic resonance must be interpreted as either ideological or, alternatively, structural in an essentialist, naively psychologised manner".
All the other answers are not complete.


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