Exams > Cat > Verbal
VERBAL CLUBBED MCQs
Total Questions : 504
| Page 20 of 51 pages
Answer: Option D. -> Monopoly power does not necessarily hurt consumer welfare, whereas abuse of monopoly power does.
:
D
Look at the lines “For example, a firm ….consumers’ welfare”. The author means that monopoly power does not necessarily hurt consumer welfare. The author also discusses, throughout the passage, the disadvantages of abuse of monopoly. Hence option D is the obvious choice.
:
D
Look at the lines “For example, a firm ….consumers’ welfare”. The author means that monopoly power does not necessarily hurt consumer welfare. The author also discusses, throughout the passage, the disadvantages of abuse of monopoly. Hence option D is the obvious choice.
Question 192. Enter the correct sentences in the blank provided
A. The $12.2 billion deal in which Marriott, an American hotelier, will buy a rival, Starwood, follows months of rumors about the bid targets, whose brands include Westin and Sheraton.
B. In April Starwood's slow growth, at a time when other chains are doing well, prompted it to start exploring "strategic and financial alternatives”.
C. Marriott's acquisition will make it the world's biggest hotelier: it will manage more than one million rooms, about 50% much than its closest rival, Hilton. The deal comes at a heady time for hotels.
D. Eight years ago Blackstone, a private-equity firm, bought Hilton for $26 billion. The company's value plunged during the recession, but the hotel industry's recovery has since made the deal one of private equity's most profitable on record.
The correct sequence is___
A. The $12.2 billion deal in which Marriott, an American hotelier, will buy a rival, Starwood, follows months of rumors about the bid targets, whose brands include Westin and Sheraton.
B. In April Starwood's slow growth, at a time when other chains are doing well, prompted it to start exploring "strategic and financial alternatives”.
C. Marriott's acquisition will make it the world's biggest hotelier: it will manage more than one million rooms, about 50% much than its closest rival, Hilton. The deal comes at a heady time for hotels.
D. Eight years ago Blackstone, a private-equity firm, bought Hilton for $26 billion. The company's value plunged during the recession, but the hotel industry's recovery has since made the deal one of private equity's most profitable on record.
The correct sequence is___
:
In sentence A, Marriott is buying Starwood for a given sum. The bid can have a target, not targets.
In sentence C, the word much should be replaced by more, i.e., 50% more than its closest rival. Sentences B and D are correct.
Answer: Option B. -> How ethnic feelings have both motivated and been strengthened by political activity.
:
B
The author has mentioned the example referring Native American people in the second paragraph in order to reflect how the Civil Rights movement of the 1960’s encouraged more Native Americans to participate in politics. Furthermore, it also evoked their interest in tribal history and traditional culture. Option (a) does not talk of any such situation and hence, stands rejected. Option (b) looks like the right answer choice because it highlights whatever has been conveyed by the author in the second paragraph. Option (c) is also close to the right answer choice but it stands rejected because it is very generic. Option (b) expresses the same thing more clearly. Option (d) is rejected because it is out of the passage’s context. Therefore, it is evident that answer option (b) is the most appropriate answer choice.
:
B
The author has mentioned the example referring Native American people in the second paragraph in order to reflect how the Civil Rights movement of the 1960’s encouraged more Native Americans to participate in politics. Furthermore, it also evoked their interest in tribal history and traditional culture. Option (a) does not talk of any such situation and hence, stands rejected. Option (b) looks like the right answer choice because it highlights whatever has been conveyed by the author in the second paragraph. Option (c) is also close to the right answer choice but it stands rejected because it is very generic. Option (b) expresses the same thing more clearly. Option (d) is rejected because it is out of the passage’s context. Therefore, it is evident that answer option (b) is the most appropriate answer choice.
Answer: Option C. -> Exhibits physiological behavior similar to that which characterizes its longest dives in the wild
:
C
The author has stated in the last two lines of the passage that the Weddell Seal behaves different in the laboratory from what it does in the wild. Regardless of the length and depth of the dive it also behaves in a way it generally behaves when it goes for its long dives in the wild. Hence, it is evident that answer option (c) is the right answer choice.
:
C
The author has stated in the last two lines of the passage that the Weddell Seal behaves different in the laboratory from what it does in the wild. Regardless of the length and depth of the dive it also behaves in a way it generally behaves when it goes for its long dives in the wild. Hence, it is evident that answer option (c) is the right answer choice.
Question 195. A. The two neighbours never fought each other.
B. Fights involving three male fiddler crabs have been recorded, but the status of the participants was unknown.
C. They pushed or grappled only with the intruder.
D. We recorded 17 cases in which a resident that was fighting an intruder was joined by an immediate neighbour, an ally.
E. We therefore tracked 268 intruder males until we saw them fighting a resident male.
B. Fights involving three male fiddler crabs have been recorded, but the status of the participants was unknown.
C. They pushed or grappled only with the intruder.
D. We recorded 17 cases in which a resident that was fighting an intruder was joined by an immediate neighbour, an ally.
E. We therefore tracked 268 intruder males until we saw them fighting a resident male.
Answer: Option A. -> BEDAC
:
A
The answer is option (a).
There is a clear link between statement 'B' and 'E'. This is given only in option (a). Statements 'D', 'A' and 'C' follow logically.
:
A
The answer is option (a).
There is a clear link between statement 'B' and 'E'. This is given only in option (a). Statements 'D', 'A' and 'C' follow logically.
Answer: Option B. -> Ethnicity is best defined as a dynamic process that combines cultural components with shared political and economic interests
:
B
This is a main theme question, the answer to which can be found in one of the following places-1st para 1st line, 1st para last line, 2nd para 1st line or the last para last line. As the geography of the 1st para matches that of the last paragraph, the 1st paragraph stands out as the most important paragraph in the passage.
If we look at the last two lines of the 1st paragraph, the author has stated that “While both of these...” He has further gone to state that “Rather, ethnicity is more satisfactorily conceived...” From these lines, it is evident that the author has described ethnicity as a dynamic process that combines cultural components with shared interests. This certainly is the main theme of the passage and is best expressed by answer option (b), thus making it the correct answer choice.
:
B
This is a main theme question, the answer to which can be found in one of the following places-1st para 1st line, 1st para last line, 2nd para 1st line or the last para last line. As the geography of the 1st para matches that of the last paragraph, the 1st paragraph stands out as the most important paragraph in the passage.
If we look at the last two lines of the 1st paragraph, the author has stated that “While both of these...” He has further gone to state that “Rather, ethnicity is more satisfactorily conceived...” From these lines, it is evident that the author has described ethnicity as a dynamic process that combines cultural components with shared interests. This certainly is the main theme of the passage and is best expressed by answer option (b), thus making it the correct answer choice.
Question 197. Before the advent of writing, each of the isolated clans of the X tribe had master story tellers whose function was to orally transmit the clan's tradition from one generation to the next. When writing was developed within certain clans of the tribe, their master story tellers disappeared within a few generations. This stands to reason, since the availability of written records obviated the need for masterful oral communicators to keep the tradition of literate clans alive.What has puzzled anthropologists, however, is the total lack of masterful storytellers in modern illiterate X clans. Which of the following, if true, best helps to explain the puzzling situation mentioned above?
Answer: Option C. -> Modern illiterate X clans are recently descended from long time literate clans that failed to pass on the skills of reading and writing due to a devastating 75-year war.
:
C
The author clearly identifies the source of the confusion when he mentions what puzzles anthropologists. They are perplexed by two facts which seem inconsistent with each other. First, the advent of writing in certain tribe X clans seems to have caused the disappearance of the master storytellers within those tribes. Nevertheless, the second fact is that modern illiterate tribe X clans also lack master storytellers. The basic equation is: Why do these modern illiterate clans lack storytellers when earlier clans lost their storytellers only after they learned how to read? Let's look to the answer choices and find one that specifically answers this question.
(A)does nothing to explain why the modern literate clans lack storytellers. Personality similarities don't have any clear relationship to literacy and storytellers.
(B)A comparison of the frequency of clan gatherings also does not in any way explain why the current illiterate tribes lack storytellers.
(C)Would explain the discrepancy. If it were true, then the storytellers did disappear when the clans became literate, but they subsequently lost that literacy. Thus the modern tribes could both be illiterate and storytellers, as is the case in the stimulus, and they could have lost their storytellers during an earlier literate period. The inconsistency is no longer an inconsistency - all of the pieces of the puzzle find a home in this explanation. (C) is correct.
(D)Again touches on the issue of modern tribe X rituals without referring to literacy and storytelling, the central elements of the argument's paradox.
:
C
The author clearly identifies the source of the confusion when he mentions what puzzles anthropologists. They are perplexed by two facts which seem inconsistent with each other. First, the advent of writing in certain tribe X clans seems to have caused the disappearance of the master storytellers within those tribes. Nevertheless, the second fact is that modern illiterate tribe X clans also lack master storytellers. The basic equation is: Why do these modern illiterate clans lack storytellers when earlier clans lost their storytellers only after they learned how to read? Let's look to the answer choices and find one that specifically answers this question.
(A)does nothing to explain why the modern literate clans lack storytellers. Personality similarities don't have any clear relationship to literacy and storytellers.
(B)A comparison of the frequency of clan gatherings also does not in any way explain why the current illiterate tribes lack storytellers.
(C)Would explain the discrepancy. If it were true, then the storytellers did disappear when the clans became literate, but they subsequently lost that literacy. Thus the modern tribes could both be illiterate and storytellers, as is the case in the stimulus, and they could have lost their storytellers during an earlier literate period. The inconsistency is no longer an inconsistency - all of the pieces of the puzzle find a home in this explanation. (C) is correct.
(D)Again touches on the issue of modern tribe X rituals without referring to literacy and storytelling, the central elements of the argument's paradox.
Question 198. The downturn in the economy last year has prompted many companies to make widely publicized layoffs, resulting in thousands of lost jobs. Economists predicted that these layoffs would cause people generally to cut back on their discretionary spending, even if their jobs were secure, in anticipation of coming hard times. However, this prediction has not come to pass, since there has been no increase in the amount of money set aside by the general public in savings accounts.
Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?
Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?
Answer: Option B. -> There has been no increase in the amount of money invested in stocks, certificates of deposit, or other savings vehicles.
:
B
The conclusion of the argument is that the prediction of decreased consumer spending has not come to pass. The evidence for this is that there has been no corresponding increase in the amount of money set aside in savings accounts by the general public. This question asks us to find an assumption on which this argument is based. The author assumes that the mere fact that people generally have not been adding more money to their savings accounts means they have not cut down on their discretionary purchases (i.e., non-essential items). In order for this to be valid, we must assume that a savings account is the only mechanism by which someone would save any extra money when reducing discretionary spending.
(A) The state of the economy in the last few months has no bearing on the claim that a lack of extra money deposited in consumer savings accounts is evidence that consumer spending has not decreased.
(B) CORRECT. If there was an alternate explanation for the lack of increase in savings accounts, the claim that the decrease in spending has not taken place would be greatly weakened. This assumption guarantees us that at least one other possible explanation for the lack of increase in savings (i.e. an increase in stocks, certificates of deposit, or other savings vehicles) is NOT true.
(C) Assuming that salaries decreased would actually weaken this argument. If salaries decreased, that may explain the decrease in the amount of money being put aside in savings without necessarily implying a decrease in spending. People could be making less, spending the same, and therefore saving less.
(D) The argument says the prediction was made "even [for those whose] jobs were secure." People who find other employment, therefore, would still fall under the economists' prediction and would, if the prediction were true, be expected to cut discretionary spending and save more money.
:
B
The conclusion of the argument is that the prediction of decreased consumer spending has not come to pass. The evidence for this is that there has been no corresponding increase in the amount of money set aside in savings accounts by the general public. This question asks us to find an assumption on which this argument is based. The author assumes that the mere fact that people generally have not been adding more money to their savings accounts means they have not cut down on their discretionary purchases (i.e., non-essential items). In order for this to be valid, we must assume that a savings account is the only mechanism by which someone would save any extra money when reducing discretionary spending.
(A) The state of the economy in the last few months has no bearing on the claim that a lack of extra money deposited in consumer savings accounts is evidence that consumer spending has not decreased.
(B) CORRECT. If there was an alternate explanation for the lack of increase in savings accounts, the claim that the decrease in spending has not taken place would be greatly weakened. This assumption guarantees us that at least one other possible explanation for the lack of increase in savings (i.e. an increase in stocks, certificates of deposit, or other savings vehicles) is NOT true.
(C) Assuming that salaries decreased would actually weaken this argument. If salaries decreased, that may explain the decrease in the amount of money being put aside in savings without necessarily implying a decrease in spending. People could be making less, spending the same, and therefore saving less.
(D) The argument says the prediction was made "even [for those whose] jobs were secure." People who find other employment, therefore, would still fall under the economists' prediction and would, if the prediction were true, be expected to cut discretionary spending and save more money.
Answer: Option B. -> 2
:
B
Option: (B) Farmers of all 'sorts' would have been a more correct expression.
:
B
Option: (B) Farmers of all 'sorts' would have been a more correct expression.
Question 200. Identify and enter the grammatically correct sentence(s) from the ones given below. Do not use any punctuation between the options.
A. Cheated before, many voters in Myanmar were anxious as the counting of votes of elections held on November 8th dragged on.
B. But now, five days later, the party most voters chose, the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Aung San Suu Kyi, daughter of the country's independence hero, passed the landmark it needed.
C. By midday on November 13th, the fifth anniversary of Miss Suu Kyi's release from her most recent stint of house-arrests, the NLD had won 348 of the 664 seats in the two houses of parliament.
D. This majority means it will win an indirect election for the presidency to be held by February. The army, which has ruled Myanmar (or Burma, for 53 years, albeit in mufti since 2011, has suffered a heavy blow.
The correct sentence(s) is/are___ .
A. Cheated before, many voters in Myanmar were anxious as the counting of votes of elections held on November 8th dragged on.
B. But now, five days later, the party most voters chose, the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Aung San Suu Kyi, daughter of the country's independence hero, passed the landmark it needed.
C. By midday on November 13th, the fifth anniversary of Miss Suu Kyi's release from her most recent stint of house-arrests, the NLD had won 348 of the 664 seats in the two houses of parliament.
D. This majority means it will win an indirect election for the presidency to be held by February. The army, which has ruled Myanmar (or Burma, for 53 years, albeit in mufti since 2011, has suffered a heavy blow.
The correct sentence(s) is/are___ .
:
In sentence A, the sentence should read 'counting of votes from election held...' rather than 'counting of votes of election held'. The counting refers to an election from the past (albeit recent).
In sentence C, house-arrest should be singular and not plural as Miss Suu Kyi was in her most recent stint of house-arrest.
Sentences B and D are grammatically correct.
Latest Videos
Latest Test Papers
Login With Google
Old way of Login
Login With Email