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Answer: Option C. -> Tell me frankly how can you fail in the examination that is written hard?
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C
While one can work hard, one cannot write hard.
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C
While one can work hard, one cannot write hard.
Question 172. Enter the correct sequence excluding S1 and S2 in the blank provided.
S1: The study of speech disorders due to brain injury suggests that patients can think without having adequate control over their language.
P : But they succeed in playing games of chess.
Q : Some patients, for example fail to find the names of objects presented to them.
R : They can even use the concepts needed for chess playing, though they are unable to express many of the concepts in ordinary language.
S : They even find it difficult to interpret long written notices.
S6: How they manage to do this we do not know.
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S1: The study of speech disorders due to brain injury suggests that patients can think without having adequate control over their language.
P : But they succeed in playing games of chess.
Q : Some patients, for example fail to find the names of objects presented to them.
R : They can even use the concepts needed for chess playing, though they are unable to express many of the concepts in ordinary language.
S : They even find it difficult to interpret long written notices.
S6: How they manage to do this we do not know.
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Sentence Q best follows sentence S1 as it talks about a difficulty experienced by patients who have lost control over speech processing. Sentence S follows sentence Q and gives one more example of the difficulties of patients. Sentences PR have a common thread of chess between them and sentence P follows S as it gives an example of how patients who have lost their speech processing powers are still able to use their thinking powers.
So, the correct sequence is QSPR.
Answer: Option D. -> All of these
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D
This is the easiest question for this passage.
Option (a) has support in the first paragraph. Option (b) has support in thesecond paragraph. Option (c) has support in the last but one paragraph.
So the correct answer is option (d).
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D
This is the easiest question for this passage.
Option (a) has support in the first paragraph. Option (b) has support in thesecond paragraph. Option (c) has support in the last but one paragraph.
So the correct answer is option (d).
Question 174. The problem is not with the author's personality (or appearance), it's with the readers and critics who pay too much attention to it
A. Of course, people have preferences.
B. What the author accomplishes, or doesn't, outside of the book is fine for the gossip pages,but it doesn't merit mentioning in a book review.
C. What matters is the book, and the book has to stand on its own merit.
D. Focusing on a writer for not "humping his ego” has the same effect as focusing on writerswho are outspoken, or attractive; they're two sides of the same coin.
6. It's perfectly legitimate, and normal, for different people to react differently to an author'swork, but one should remember that reading is a subjective experience
A. Of course, people have preferences.
B. What the author accomplishes, or doesn't, outside of the book is fine for the gossip pages,but it doesn't merit mentioning in a book review.
C. What matters is the book, and the book has to stand on its own merit.
D. Focusing on a writer for not "humping his ego” has the same effect as focusing on writerswho are outspoken, or attractive; they're two sides of the same coin.
6. It's perfectly legitimate, and normal, for different people to react differently to an author'swork, but one should remember that reading is a subjective experience
Answer: Option A. -> DCBA
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A
The most obvious link in the whole sequence is the A6 link. A states that people have their own preferences and 6 continues the same idea and connects it to the theme of the passage. So [b]and [d] can be negated. Among B, C and D, D should follow a because it continues the ideathat sometimes readers and critics pay too much attention to the author's personality or otherissues instead of concentrating on the content of the book.C asserts how one should actually consider a book. B is an extension of the same idea; hence it should follow C.So the correctsequence is DCBA
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A
The most obvious link in the whole sequence is the A6 link. A states that people have their own preferences and 6 continues the same idea and connects it to the theme of the passage. So [b]and [d] can be negated. Among B, C and D, D should follow a because it continues the ideathat sometimes readers and critics pay too much attention to the author's personality or otherissues instead of concentrating on the content of the book.C asserts how one should actually consider a book. B is an extension of the same idea; hence it should follow C.So the correctsequence is DCBA
Question 175. It seems that the photos were seen and analysed by scores of people who concluded that allthese are related to the preparation for a test.
A. As a further addition he also reported to have seen a water pipe connection to one of thevillages.
B. An Indian correspondent who visited Pokhran and talked to the villagers reported that anew barbed wire fence now rings off the vast site of the 1974 test.
C. All this could have more than one explanation but the possibility is that preparations areBeing made for a nuclear test.
D. There was evidence of earth moving equipment having been used and an entire new hill hasbeen created from the excavated sand and mud.
6. But any such nuclear test will be against the foreign policy the nation is building up
A. As a further addition he also reported to have seen a water pipe connection to one of thevillages.
B. An Indian correspondent who visited Pokhran and talked to the villagers reported that anew barbed wire fence now rings off the vast site of the 1974 test.
C. All this could have more than one explanation but the possibility is that preparations areBeing made for a nuclear test.
D. There was evidence of earth moving equipment having been used and an entire new hill hasbeen created from the excavated sand and mud.
6. But any such nuclear test will be against the foreign policy the nation is building up
Answer: Option D. -> BDAC
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D
The choices start with A or B. Sentence A cannot follow 1 because the word 'he' indicatesthat it should be preceded by a previous sentence.Choice (A) cannot be the right answer because C should precede 6 link nuclear tests.DA is better than AD since D gives an'evidence' and A says 'further addition'
Directions for questions 91 and 92: Each question below contains a set of 6 sentences. The sentences S1 and S6 are at their right place while the sentences P,Q,R and S are jumbled up. Type the answer choices corresponding to the right order of the sentences in the box below the sentence. For example, if the correct order is QRPS, then type in QRPS in the box (in capitals and without spaces between the alphabets).
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D
The choices start with A or B. Sentence A cannot follow 1 because the word 'he' indicatesthat it should be preceded by a previous sentence.Choice (A) cannot be the right answer because C should precede 6 link nuclear tests.DA is better than AD since D gives an'evidence' and A says 'further addition'
Directions for questions 91 and 92: Each question below contains a set of 6 sentences. The sentences S1 and S6 are at their right place while the sentences P,Q,R and S are jumbled up. Type the answer choices corresponding to the right order of the sentences in the box below the sentence. For example, if the correct order is QRPS, then type in QRPS in the box (in capitals and without spaces between the alphabets).
Question 176. This question is followed by a set of answer choices and more than one choice may be correct. Type the correct answer choice(s) in the box below. For example, if the correct choices are A and C, then type in AC in the box (in capitals, in alphabetical order and without spaces between the alphabets).
The amount of time it takes for most of a worker's occupational knowledge and skills to become obsolete has been declining because of the introduction of advanced manufacturing technology (AMT). Given the rate at which AMT is currently being introduced in manufacturing, the average worker's old skills become obsolete and new skills are required within as little as five years.
Which of the following plans, if feasible, would allow a company to prepare most effectively for the rapid obsolescence of skills described above?
A.The company will develop a program to offer selected employees the opportunity to receive training six years after they were originally hired.
B.The company will increase its investment in AMT every year for a period of at least five years.
C.The company will periodically survey its employees to determine how the introduction of AMT has affected them.
D.Before the introduction of AMT, the company will institute an educational program to inform its employees of the probable consequences of the introduction of AMT.
E.The company will ensure that it can offer its employees any training necessary for meeting their job requirements
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The amount of time it takes for most of a worker's occupational knowledge and skills to become obsolete has been declining because of the introduction of advanced manufacturing technology (AMT). Given the rate at which AMT is currently being introduced in manufacturing, the average worker's old skills become obsolete and new skills are required within as little as five years.
Which of the following plans, if feasible, would allow a company to prepare most effectively for the rapid obsolescence of skills described above?
A.The company will develop a program to offer selected employees the opportunity to receive training six years after they were originally hired.
B.The company will increase its investment in AMT every year for a period of at least five years.
C.The company will periodically survey its employees to determine how the introduction of AMT has affected them.
D.Before the introduction of AMT, the company will institute an educational program to inform its employees of the probable consequences of the introduction of AMT.
E.The company will ensure that it can offer its employees any training necessary for meeting their job requirements
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What is happening: The introduction of AMT is making workers occupational skills obsolete within as little as five years
Reasoning Which plan will be most effective in helping the company for the expected rapid obsolescence in occupational knowledge and skills? It should be clear that some type of training or retraining will be invalid, since (at least in certain type of industry) it is unlikely that any company in that industry can afford to avoid introducing AMT if its market competitors are doing so
A.Providing training only to selected employees only after their skills have already become obsolete is not likely to be an effective response.
B. This plan only accelerates the problem and does not address the employees' skills
C.Periodic surveys may provide information to employees but will not be enough to prevent employees' skills from becoming obsolete
D.Having knowledge of the consequence does not prevent those consequences; employees' skills will still become obsolete.
E. Correct. This would ensure that all employees have the most current occupational knowledge and skill needed for their jobs
The correct answer is E
Answer: Option C. -> Purely technical views on management practice are moral or effective
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C
This is a very simple question provided you read the stem of the question properly.
The stem is "Which of the following were true as per the passage?” i.e.which of the options were true (in the past and not in the present day).
Both (a) and (b) are true today as per the passage. They were not true in the past. These are latest trends.
Only option (c) was true in the past and not true today.
So option (c) is the correct answer.
Moral of the question: " Please read the stem of the question before you answer the question”.
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C
This is a very simple question provided you read the stem of the question properly.
The stem is "Which of the following were true as per the passage?” i.e.which of the options were true (in the past and not in the present day).
Both (a) and (b) are true today as per the passage. They were not true in the past. These are latest trends.
Only option (c) was true in the past and not true today.
So option (c) is the correct answer.
Moral of the question: " Please read the stem of the question before you answer the question”.
Question 178. Person A "In the past ten years, most of the new clothes that I have purchased have fallen apart within a few short years. However, all of the clothes that I have purchased at vintage clothing shops are still in excellent condition, despite the fact that they were all over thirty years old at the time that I brought them. Clearly, clothes are not manufactured as well today as they were when those vintage clothes were made”
Which of the following is a weakness in the argument above?
Which of the following is a weakness in the argument above?
Answer: Option D. -> It fails to take into account clothes made over thirty years ago that are no longer fit for sale.
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D
Person A compares all the clothes he has bought within the last ten years to only the clothes that have survived 30 years before he purchased them. The correct answer should point out the dubious nature of his comparison, and indeed, choice (D) points out the inappropriateness of this kind of comparison. The only "vintage” clothes he takes into account are those that have proven to be extremely durable. So it isn't much of a surprise that they're still functional. Person A doesn't consider the clothes made long ago that have fallen apart, so he can't evaluate the overall standards of that era.
(A)The argument doesn't address all eras, so the person doesn't have to compare the clothes made 30 years ago with those of every other era.
(B)The person's argument does not address cost at all - just quality. Considering cost would not affect the validity of the argument.
(C)The person doesn't take into account vintage clothes that are no longer fit for sale , but he never equates the proportion of tattered clothes with the total number of clothing items sold. So choice (C) doesn't describe a weakness in the argument.
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D
Person A compares all the clothes he has bought within the last ten years to only the clothes that have survived 30 years before he purchased them. The correct answer should point out the dubious nature of his comparison, and indeed, choice (D) points out the inappropriateness of this kind of comparison. The only "vintage” clothes he takes into account are those that have proven to be extremely durable. So it isn't much of a surprise that they're still functional. Person A doesn't consider the clothes made long ago that have fallen apart, so he can't evaluate the overall standards of that era.
(A)The argument doesn't address all eras, so the person doesn't have to compare the clothes made 30 years ago with those of every other era.
(B)The person's argument does not address cost at all - just quality. Considering cost would not affect the validity of the argument.
(C)The person doesn't take into account vintage clothes that are no longer fit for sale , but he never equates the proportion of tattered clothes with the total number of clothing items sold. So choice (C) doesn't describe a weakness in the argument.
Question 179. It would be ungrateful not to recognize how immense the boons are which science has given to mankind. It has brought within reach, the benefits and advantages which only a short time ago were the privilege of the few. It has shown how malnutrition, hunger and disease can beovercome. Fields of knowledge, experience and recreation open in the past only to a few have been thrown open to millions
A. Man is ungrateful in not recognising the blessings that science has showered on him as these include freedom from malnutrition, hunger and diseases. All the people are now able to enjoy the benefits of knowledge, experience and recreation.
B. Science has improved man's life by bringing within his reach the innumerable benefits that were the privilege of a select few.
C. No man can fail to thank science as it has thrown open knowledge, experience, and recreation to millions of people. It has eradicated malnutrition, hunger and diseases to be replaced with benefits and privileges.
D. We cannot count all the blessings that science has bestowed on man. There are many benefits and advantages like malnutrition, hunger and diseases. Knowledge recreation and experiences are now open to all
A. Man is ungrateful in not recognising the blessings that science has showered on him as these include freedom from malnutrition, hunger and diseases. All the people are now able to enjoy the benefits of knowledge, experience and recreation.
B. Science has improved man's life by bringing within his reach the innumerable benefits that were the privilege of a select few.
C. No man can fail to thank science as it has thrown open knowledge, experience, and recreation to millions of people. It has eradicated malnutrition, hunger and diseases to be replaced with benefits and privileges.
D. We cannot count all the blessings that science has bestowed on man. There are many benefits and advantages like malnutrition, hunger and diseases. Knowledge recreation and experiences are now open to all
Answer: Option B. -> B
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B
The benefits derived from the progress of science is the main point. A is wrong because it makes an extreme statement that "man is ungrateful”. This is nowhere mentioned in the main passage C and D give more details than necessary - D is wrong as it says malnutrition, hunger etc. are benefits.
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B
The benefits derived from the progress of science is the main point. A is wrong because it makes an extreme statement that "man is ungrateful”. This is nowhere mentioned in the main passage C and D give more details than necessary - D is wrong as it says malnutrition, hunger etc. are benefits.
Question 180. Reducing speed limits neither saves lives nor protects the environment. This is because the more slowly a car is driven, the more time it spends on the road spewing exhaust into the air and running the risk of colliding with other vehicles.
The argument's reasoning is flawed because the argument
The argument's reasoning is flawed because the argument
Answer: Option C. -> Presumes, without providing justification, that total emissions for a given automobile trip are determined primarily by the amount of time the trip takes
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C
The answer is a close call between (c) and (d). We need to find the flaw in the reasoning. The argument states that "more slowly a car is driven, the more time it spends on the road spewing exhaust into the air and running the risk of colliding with other vehicles” There are more number of assumptions required to line
" total emissions for a given automobile trip to the amount of time the trip takes”than linking " risk of collision with the time spent on the road”
Therefore option (c ) is a bigger flaw compared to Option (d)
So (c) is the right answer.
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C
The answer is a close call between (c) and (d). We need to find the flaw in the reasoning. The argument states that "more slowly a car is driven, the more time it spends on the road spewing exhaust into the air and running the risk of colliding with other vehicles” There are more number of assumptions required to line
" total emissions for a given automobile trip to the amount of time the trip takes”than linking " risk of collision with the time spent on the road”
Therefore option (c ) is a bigger flaw compared to Option (d)
So (c) is the right answer.
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