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Answer: Option B. -> Combating a predicament that was leading to uncertainty.
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B
Consider the line, “In the ‘80s, however, the data-crunchers had a crisis of confidence.” This sentence opens the section that describes the predicament being faced by the data crunchers. The relevant paragraph talks about how the economists failed to answer questions well because of their uncertainty. This is reflected only in option (b) and hence it is the correct answer.
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B
Consider the line, “In the ‘80s, however, the data-crunchers had a crisis of confidence.” This sentence opens the section that describes the predicament being faced by the data crunchers. The relevant paragraph talks about how the economists failed to answer questions well because of their uncertainty. This is reflected only in option (b) and hence it is the correct answer.
Answer: Option C. -> Like idiots, talking to them as if they
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C
Option (C)
“Clients ‘like’ idiots” is the correct usage as nouns are being compared. Thus, B and D can be eliminated.
Talking is an action and would require ‘as’ and not ‘like’ after it; thus, A, B, and D can be eliminated.
E fails to provide complete meaning of the sentence.
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C
Option (C)
“Clients ‘like’ idiots” is the correct usage as nouns are being compared. Thus, B and D can be eliminated.
Talking is an action and would require ‘as’ and not ‘like’ after it; thus, A, B, and D can be eliminated.
E fails to provide complete meaning of the sentence.
Question 283. Cézanne's art inspired the next generation of artists, twentieth-century modernist creators of abstract art. While most experts rank Cézanne as an early modernist, a small few reject this idea. Françoise Cachin, for example, bluntly states that such an ascription is "overplayed,” and says that Cézanne's work is "too often observed from a modern point of view.”
Which one of the following statements is most strongly supported by the information above?
Which one of the following statements is most strongly supported by the information above?
Answer: Option B. -> Cézanne's work helped to develop modernism.
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B
A stimulus asserts that Cezanne inspired the creators of abstract art no information given about him creating it
B This is a paraphrase of the first sentence. The word develop is analogous to inspire and modernism to Abstract art
C There is no way to determine if modern art owes less to Cezanne, there is a disagreement but the controversy is not solved.
D. The word tends is equivalent to most. So only a small few reject Cézanne as a modernist so "most” is not appropriate
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B
A stimulus asserts that Cezanne inspired the creators of abstract art no information given about him creating it
B This is a paraphrase of the first sentence. The word develop is analogous to inspire and modernism to Abstract art
C There is no way to determine if modern art owes less to Cezanne, there is a disagreement but the controversy is not solved.
D. The word tends is equivalent to most. So only a small few reject Cézanne as a modernist so "most” is not appropriate
Question 284. The question consists of four sentences on a topic. Some sentences are grammatically incorrect or inappropriate. Select the option that indicates the grammatically correct and appropriate sentence(s).
A. People have good reason to care about the welfare of animals.
B. Ever since Enlightenment, their treatment has been seen as a measure of mankind's humanity.
C. It is no coincidence that Henry Bergh founded American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which is the oldest humane society in 1866.
D. An increasing number of people go further: Mankind has a duty not to cause pain to animals that have the capacity to suffer.
A. People have good reason to care about the welfare of animals.
B. Ever since Enlightenment, their treatment has been seen as a measure of mankind's humanity.
C. It is no coincidence that Henry Bergh founded American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which is the oldest humane society in 1866.
D. An increasing number of people go further: Mankind has a duty not to cause pain to animals that have the capacity to suffer.
Answer: Option A. -> A & D
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A
Option: (A)
Statements B and C are incorrect.
Statement B should read 'Ever since the Enlightenment...' (the Enlightenment: a philosophical movement of the 18th century, characterized by belief in the power of human reason and by innovations in political, religious, and educational doctrine). Statement C should read as ".... founded the American..." Options (b), (c) and (d) are eliminated.
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A
Option: (A)
Statements B and C are incorrect.
Statement B should read 'Ever since the Enlightenment...' (the Enlightenment: a philosophical movement of the 18th century, characterized by belief in the power of human reason and by innovations in political, religious, and educational doctrine). Statement C should read as ".... founded the American..." Options (b), (c) and (d) are eliminated.
Answer: Option B. -> He did not agree with Kant's defense that the external world is the construct of our faculties of mind.
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B
The last line of the third paragraph "Given that we have seen that Kant defends himself against the charge of idealism, it is worth returning back to that argument more critically."
Also the fifth Paragraph states that "The external world, in the Kantian framework, is ultimately the construct of our faculties of mind".
So adding these two lines leads to option (b).
The author himself states why he is critical about Kant’s arguments in the above lines. All the other options correspond to his contemplations and the author doesn’t link them to critical argument (which the whole passage is all about).
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B
The last line of the third paragraph "Given that we have seen that Kant defends himself against the charge of idealism, it is worth returning back to that argument more critically."
Also the fifth Paragraph states that "The external world, in the Kantian framework, is ultimately the construct of our faculties of mind".
So adding these two lines leads to option (b).
The author himself states why he is critical about Kant’s arguments in the above lines. All the other options correspond to his contemplations and the author doesn’t link them to critical argument (which the whole passage is all about).
Answer: Option B. -> partly to acquire certain characteristics in their steers
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B
Option: (B)
The sentence gives two reasons that cattle breeders use crossbreeding; these reasons should be introduced in parallel ways with the word partly. The infinitive to acquire clearly and concisely conveys the purpose of the crossbreeding.
A) In part should be partly; use of relative clause is non-grammatical.
B) Correct. In this sentence, the word partly is used to introduce both reasons; the phrase to acquire certain characteristics is clear and concise.
C) Because it suggests that crossbreeding has occurred because the steers have already acquired certain characteristics.
D) Passive voice should be acquired by is awkward and illogical.
E) This is a junk option as the action (acquiring) should be in the future form
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B
Option: (B)
The sentence gives two reasons that cattle breeders use crossbreeding; these reasons should be introduced in parallel ways with the word partly. The infinitive to acquire clearly and concisely conveys the purpose of the crossbreeding.
A) In part should be partly; use of relative clause is non-grammatical.
B) Correct. In this sentence, the word partly is used to introduce both reasons; the phrase to acquire certain characteristics is clear and concise.
C) Because it suggests that crossbreeding has occurred because the steers have already acquired certain characteristics.
D) Passive voice should be acquired by is awkward and illogical.
E) This is a junk option as the action (acquiring) should be in the future form
Question 287. A) The rapid pace of developments is probably a strong answer to the rival National Football league challenging its supremacy over Football in the country.
B) And that seems to be the strategy for success for the BFI, especially with Football lovers moving towards the faster version of the game.
C) Already the board has signed up thirty international Footballers and has already invited bids for the teams.
D) The board is busy signing up players for its new Football league as if there is no tomorrow.
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B) And that seems to be the strategy for success for the BFI, especially with Football lovers moving towards the faster version of the game.
C) Already the board has signed up thirty international Footballers and has already invited bids for the teams.
D) The board is busy signing up players for its new Football league as if there is no tomorrow.
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D-B is an obvious link as D talks of the Board "signing up players for its new Football league” while B mentions "and that seems to be the strategy for success”. "Rapid pace of developments” in A indicates a reference to the board which is moving quickly in signing up players and inviting bids, therefore A follows C. C cannot be the first sentence of the paragraph because it starts with "already” which indicates that it is a follow up of what has happened.
Hence, the correct answer is DBCA.
Answer: Option B. -> Kant knew that there were independent entities which were beyond human understanding and he called them as Noumenas.
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B
The question is why Kant introduced the term noumena. The question doesn’t ask you how Kant defends the existence of noumena.
Look at these lines -
"Kant argued that they must exist because phenomena are appearances, thus they must be appearances of something and that something must be noumena."
This tells why option (a) is wrong.
These lines will tell you why Option (b) is only correct
"Kant was aware that the external world was limited by our understanding, and noumena are introduced partly as proof of this (i.e. noumena are the limits of human understanding).
It is the noumena that play the role of independent existences beyond the thinking subject."
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B
The question is why Kant introduced the term noumena. The question doesn’t ask you how Kant defends the existence of noumena.
Look at these lines -
"Kant argued that they must exist because phenomena are appearances, thus they must be appearances of something and that something must be noumena."
This tells why option (a) is wrong.
These lines will tell you why Option (b) is only correct
"Kant was aware that the external world was limited by our understanding, and noumena are introduced partly as proof of this (i.e. noumena are the limits of human understanding).
It is the noumena that play the role of independent existences beyond the thinking subject."
Question 289. A) The modern species and the Texas Duck seem to have diverged approximately one million years ago.
B) One, the well-documented Texas Duck Meleagris californica, became extinct recently enough to have been hunted by early human settlers, though its actual demise is more probably attributable to climate change at the end of the last ice age.
C) In the modern genus Meleagris, a considerable number of species have been described, as Duck fossils are robust, fairly often found, and Ducks show much variation among individuals.
D) Many of these supposed fossilized species are now considered junior synonyms.
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B) One, the well-documented Texas Duck Meleagris californica, became extinct recently enough to have been hunted by early human settlers, though its actual demise is more probably attributable to climate change at the end of the last ice age.
C) In the modern genus Meleagris, a considerable number of species have been described, as Duck fossils are robust, fairly often found, and Ducks show much variation among individuals.
D) Many of these supposed fossilized species are now considered junior synonyms.
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Here, both A and C can be the first sentence as both of them seem to be introductions. There is a very strong link between C and D. This is because C talks about 'fossils' and D refers to 'these fossils'. Also, there is a link between D and B, since B elaborates on one of the fossils mentioned in C. Lastly, there is a chronological link between B and A. B talks about the "Texas Duck” that became extinct recently or during the ice age; while a mentions that the "modern species” of Duck "diverged” from the "Texas Duck” a long time ago; the key word being "modern”. Therefore, chronologically A would follow B.
Hence, the correct answer is optionCBDA.
Answer: Option D. -> Tackling modest questions.
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D
In the paragraph that talks about the economists in the ‘80s, consider the line, “Many economists concluded that the path to knowledge lay in solid answers to modest questions. This is pertaining to the ‘80s economists and hence tackling modest questions cannot be attributed to old day economists. All the other options are in the context of old day economists. This can be seen from the lines “For more than a generation after the Second World War, the economists who dealt with real world data were mostly earnest, stubborn men. They tackled the era’s thorniest questions. Zvi Griliches of Harvard devoted decades to the problem of productivity growth, the chief determinant of rising living standards. His colleague Simon Kuznets spent half his career devising the measure of economic growth we still use today.” Hence option (d) is the correct answer.
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D
In the paragraph that talks about the economists in the ‘80s, consider the line, “Many economists concluded that the path to knowledge lay in solid answers to modest questions. This is pertaining to the ‘80s economists and hence tackling modest questions cannot be attributed to old day economists. All the other options are in the context of old day economists. This can be seen from the lines “For more than a generation after the Second World War, the economists who dealt with real world data were mostly earnest, stubborn men. They tackled the era’s thorniest questions. Zvi Griliches of Harvard devoted decades to the problem of productivity growth, the chief determinant of rising living standards. His colleague Simon Kuznets spent half his career devising the measure of economic growth we still use today.” Hence option (d) is the correct answer.
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