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Answer: Option D. -> Valuable answers to unassuming questions score over overbearing inane responses.
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D
“I’ve always been someone who’s thought it’s better to answer a small question well than to fail to answer a big question,” Levitt says. This combined with ‘equivocation or plain gibberish’ mentioned earlier leads to option (d) as the correct answer.
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D
“I’ve always been someone who’s thought it’s better to answer a small question well than to fail to answer a big question,” Levitt says. This combined with ‘equivocation or plain gibberish’ mentioned earlier leads to option (d) as the correct answer.
Answer: Option D. -> Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because of the author's famed and masterful use of irony, evidenced in the slow revelation of a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece.
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D
The original sentence begins with the modifier "Famed for his masterful use of irony," which requires a person as its subject. However, in the original sentence, "many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories" is the subject. Moreover, the phrase "due to the author slowly revealing" is awkward.
(A) This choice is incorrect as it repeats the original sentence.
(B) The pronoun "he" must have a person as its antecedent, yet there is no person in the sentence. Remember that "he" cannot refer to "Guy de Maupassant" here, since the name is part of a possessive phrase: "Guy de Maupassant's short stories". The author himself is not grammatically present in the sentence.
(C) The opening modifier "famed for using irony in a masterful way" incorrectly modifies "short stories" instead of Guy de Maupassant himself. It also contains the awkward phrase "because of the author slowly revealing."
(D) CORRECT. This choice remedies the flawed modifier by rewriting the sentence to avoid it. This choice also replaces the awkward phrase "due to the author's revealing" with "evidenced in the slow revelation."
(E) This choice incorrectly uses the pronoun "he" without a grammatical antecedent in the sentence.
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D
The original sentence begins with the modifier "Famed for his masterful use of irony," which requires a person as its subject. However, in the original sentence, "many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories" is the subject. Moreover, the phrase "due to the author slowly revealing" is awkward.
(A) This choice is incorrect as it repeats the original sentence.
(B) The pronoun "he" must have a person as its antecedent, yet there is no person in the sentence. Remember that "he" cannot refer to "Guy de Maupassant" here, since the name is part of a possessive phrase: "Guy de Maupassant's short stories". The author himself is not grammatically present in the sentence.
(C) The opening modifier "famed for using irony in a masterful way" incorrectly modifies "short stories" instead of Guy de Maupassant himself. It also contains the awkward phrase "because of the author slowly revealing."
(D) CORRECT. This choice remedies the flawed modifier by rewriting the sentence to avoid it. This choice also replaces the awkward phrase "due to the author's revealing" with "evidenced in the slow revelation."
(E) This choice incorrectly uses the pronoun "he" without a grammatical antecedent in the sentence.
Question 273. A. The balance of power will shift to the East as China and India evolve.
B. Rarely the economic ascent of two still relatively poor nations has been watched with such a mixture of awe, opportunism, and trepidation.
C. Post war era witnessed economic miracles in Japan and South Korea, but neither was populous enough to power worldwide growth or change the game in a complete spectrum of industries.
D. China and India, by contrast, possess the weight and dynamism to transform the 21st-century global economy.
B. Rarely the economic ascent of two still relatively poor nations has been watched with such a mixture of awe, opportunism, and trepidation.
C. Post war era witnessed economic miracles in Japan and South Korea, but neither was populous enough to power worldwide growth or change the game in a complete spectrum of industries.
D. China and India, by contrast, possess the weight and dynamism to transform the 21st-century global economy.
Answer: Option B. -> A & D
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B
Option: (B)
Statement B and C are incorrect.
B has to be corrected to "Rarely has the economic ..... been watched”.
C has to be corrected to 'The post war era' - 'era' (noun needs a determiner).
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B
Option: (B)
Statement B and C are incorrect.
B has to be corrected to "Rarely has the economic ..... been watched”.
C has to be corrected to 'The post war era' - 'era' (noun needs a determiner).
Question 274. A. By the turn of the century it did not seem extraordinary that managers should manage by walking about.
B. The outside world filtered through via a secretary who, traditionally, sat like a guard dog in front of their (usually closed) office door.
C. But in the 1950s many white-collar managers turned their offices into fortresses from which they rarely emerged.
D. The technologies of mobile communications made it so much easier for them to both walk about and stay in touch at the same time.
E. Edicts were sent out to the blue-collar workforce whom they rarely met face-to-face.
B. The outside world filtered through via a secretary who, traditionally, sat like a guard dog in front of their (usually closed) office door.
C. But in the 1950s many white-collar managers turned their offices into fortresses from which they rarely emerged.
D. The technologies of mobile communications made it so much easier for them to both walk about and stay in touch at the same time.
E. Edicts were sent out to the blue-collar workforce whom they rarely met face-to-face.
Answer: Option D. -> ADCEB
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D
D essentially follows A as it explains how managers manage by 'walking about'. The probable options are hence only (D) or (C). B follows C and E as it continues with the idea of turning their offices into a fortress and a secretary who sits in front of the closed door.
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D
D essentially follows A as it explains how managers manage by 'walking about'. The probable options are hence only (D) or (C). B follows C and E as it continues with the idea of turning their offices into a fortress and a secretary who sits in front of the closed door.
Question 275. Some argue that laws are instituted at least in part to help establish a particular moral fabric in society. But the primary function of law is surely to help order society so that its institutions, organizations, and citizenry can work together harmoniously, regardless of any further moral aims of the law. Indeed, the highest courts have on occasion treated moral beliefs based on conscience or religious faith as grounds for making exceptions in the application of laws.
The statements above, if true, most strongly support which one of the following?
The statements above, if true, most strongly support which one of the following?
Answer: Option A. -> The manner in which laws are applied sometimes takes into account the beliefs of the people governed by those laws.
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A
A The answer option is a paraphrase of the last sentence
B This option on devoid of moral aims is too strong
C The answer overstates the case by saying that a society ordered by law should not reflect any moral conviction about the ordering
D No mention is made about the best way
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A
A The answer option is a paraphrase of the last sentence
B This option on devoid of moral aims is too strong
C The answer overstates the case by saying that a society ordered by law should not reflect any moral conviction about the ordering
D No mention is made about the best way
Answer: Option B. -> Chinese leaders have not displayed foresightedness in managing China's shift from a high to a low economic growth economy.
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B
The passage is mainly concerned with the lack of foresightedness of Chinese leaders in managing the major changes that the Chinese economy is witnessing. Option D says that the author credits Chinese leaders with engineering the economic boom of China but this is not supported by any line in the passage.
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B
The passage is mainly concerned with the lack of foresightedness of Chinese leaders in managing the major changes that the Chinese economy is witnessing. Option D says that the author credits Chinese leaders with engineering the economic boom of China but this is not supported by any line in the passage.
Answer: Option C. -> most people who see the film find the acting and cinematography at least as good as or even better than those in the original
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C
Option: (C)
The original sentence contains several errors. First, the pronoun "it" is used to refer to the film, but the film has not been mentioned in the sentence. Instead "the sequel's poor critical reception" has been mentioned. This is not the same as the film, so the pronoun "it" has no grammatical antecedent and must be changed. Second, the phrase "at least as good or even better than" is incomplete: there should be another "as" after "good". Third, the cinematography and acting are being compared to the "original". What is meant here is that the cinematography and acting in the sequel are as good as the cinematography and acting in the original. This must be changed.
(A) This choice is incorrect as it repeats the original sentence.
Bottom of Form
(B) The pronoun "it" has no grammatical antecedent and the phrase "at least as good or even better" is missing the second "as" after "good."
(C) CORRECT. This choice replaces "it" with "film", adds the missing "as", and makes clear that the acting and cinematography in the sequel are compared to the acting and cinematography in the original.
(D) The pronoun "it" has no grammatical antecedent and the phrase "at least as good or even better" is missing the second "as" after "good."
(E) This choice introduces the possessive redundancy "those of the original's." One could say either "those of the original" or "the original's", but using both is redundant.
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C
Option: (C)
The original sentence contains several errors. First, the pronoun "it" is used to refer to the film, but the film has not been mentioned in the sentence. Instead "the sequel's poor critical reception" has been mentioned. This is not the same as the film, so the pronoun "it" has no grammatical antecedent and must be changed. Second, the phrase "at least as good or even better than" is incomplete: there should be another "as" after "good". Third, the cinematography and acting are being compared to the "original". What is meant here is that the cinematography and acting in the sequel are as good as the cinematography and acting in the original. This must be changed.
(A) This choice is incorrect as it repeats the original sentence.
Bottom of Form
(B) The pronoun "it" has no grammatical antecedent and the phrase "at least as good or even better" is missing the second "as" after "good."
(C) CORRECT. This choice replaces "it" with "film", adds the missing "as", and makes clear that the acting and cinematography in the sequel are compared to the acting and cinematography in the original.
(D) The pronoun "it" has no grammatical antecedent and the phrase "at least as good or even better" is missing the second "as" after "good."
(E) This choice introduces the possessive redundancy "those of the original's." One could say either "those of the original" or "the original's", but using both is redundant.
Answer: Option D. -> An expert who hopes to turn his homespun theory into conventional wisdom.
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D
The entire passage deals with Levitt’s quintessential style of cracking problems and reaching answers using experiences at the micro level to deal with the ones at the conventional and macro level. This makes option (d) correct. To call Levitt a dilettante (A person who claims an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge) would not be correct.
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D
The entire passage deals with Levitt’s quintessential style of cracking problems and reaching answers using experiences at the micro level to deal with the ones at the conventional and macro level. This makes option (d) correct. To call Levitt a dilettante (A person who claims an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge) would not be correct.
Question 279. A. Under his close eye Disney's animation division soared, with hit films such as "The Little Mermaid”, "Aladdin” and "The Lion King”.
B. The situation had worsened to the degree that Disney was in danger of being bought and broken up.
C. Indeed, he carried on these activities with such a missionary zeal that appearing on Disney TV shows, Mr. Eisner himself became a part of the brand.
D. He rescued the firm by energetically devising umpteen new ways to profit from its iconic cartoon characters.
E. When Messrs Disney and Gold originally brought in Mr. Eisner to be chief executive of Disney in 1984, he found a sleepy company with valuable but barely exploited brands.
B. The situation had worsened to the degree that Disney was in danger of being bought and broken up.
C. Indeed, he carried on these activities with such a missionary zeal that appearing on Disney TV shows, Mr. Eisner himself became a part of the brand.
D. He rescued the firm by energetically devising umpteen new ways to profit from its iconic cartoon characters.
E. When Messrs Disney and Gold originally brought in Mr. Eisner to be chief executive of Disney in 1984, he found a sleepy company with valuable but barely exploited brands.
Answer: Option A. -> EBDAC
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A
Out of the options provided, except sentence E, the rest seem to be building up on a previous sentence. Sentence B further talks about the trying times when he stepped in. Sentence D talks about his actions and sentence A builds on it further. Sentence C then puts across an opinion on his work. This makes choice (a) correct.
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A
Out of the options provided, except sentence E, the rest seem to be building up on a previous sentence. Sentence B further talks about the trying times when he stepped in. Sentence D talks about his actions and sentence A builds on it further. Sentence C then puts across an opinion on his work. This makes choice (a) correct.
Question 280. The following question consists of a certain number of sentences. Some sentences are grammatically incorrect or inappropriate. Type in the options corresponding to the grammatically incorrect sentences in the blank. For example if the incorrect sentences are A and B, type AB (in capital letters, in alphabetical order and without any space between the characters ) in the blank.
A. Although the serf's lot is in any case a hard one, it is apt to be rendered more harder by one or both of two enemies: the money lender and the land owner.
B. It is only a base camp from which dangerous climb can begin.
C. We now know that limelight and a brass band do more to persuade than can be done by the most elegant train of syllogisms.
D. Soil and raw materials must not be used up so fast that scientific progress cannot continually make good the loss by means of new inventions and discovering.
E. The real and present difficulty will be to reach an financial paradise without a previous success in limiting population.
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A. Although the serf's lot is in any case a hard one, it is apt to be rendered more harder by one or both of two enemies: the money lender and the land owner.
B. It is only a base camp from which dangerous climb can begin.
C. We now know that limelight and a brass band do more to persuade than can be done by the most elegant train of syllogisms.
D. Soil and raw materials must not be used up so fast that scientific progress cannot continually make good the loss by means of new inventions and discovering.
E. The real and present difficulty will be to reach an financial paradise without a previous success in limiting population.
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In statement A, the use of the term "more harder” is wrong, as the comparative word is 'harder', or 'more hard'.
In statement E, since the statement reads- The real and present difficulty, hence the verb that follows should be in the present tense 'is to reach' and not "will be to reach” as that is in the future tense.
Hence, the correct answer is option AE.
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