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Answer: Option B. -> The author respects the determinist historian views but disagrees with the historians' reasoning
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B
The following line from the last paragraph justifies option (b).
"That may well be true, but does it entitle Carr to argue from the particular circumstances of aggrieved victims of the Bolshevik revolution to a general assertion that counter-factualism is without merit?"
The author agrees with their views but he says that determinists historians are generalizing things based on single example.
Indirectly he says that he is not happy with their reasoning methodology.
So answer is option (b).
He is not directly critical about them.
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B
The following line from the last paragraph justifies option (b).
"That may well be true, but does it entitle Carr to argue from the particular circumstances of aggrieved victims of the Bolshevik revolution to a general assertion that counter-factualism is without merit?"
The author agrees with their views but he says that determinists historians are generalizing things based on single example.
Indirectly he says that he is not happy with their reasoning methodology.
So answer is option (b).
He is not directly critical about them.
Question 22. A. This very insatiability of the photographing eye changes the terms of confinement in the cave, our world.
B. Humankind lingers unregenerately in Plato's cave, still revelling its age-old habit, in mere images of truth.
C. But being educated by photographs is not like being educated by older images drawn by hand; for one thing, there are a great many more images around, claiming our attention.
D. The inventory started in 1839 and since then just about everything has been photographed, or so it seems.
E. In teaching us a new visual code, photographs alter and enlarge our notions of what is worth looking at and what we have a right to observe.
B. Humankind lingers unregenerately in Plato's cave, still revelling its age-old habit, in mere images of truth.
C. But being educated by photographs is not like being educated by older images drawn by hand; for one thing, there are a great many more images around, claiming our attention.
D. The inventory started in 1839 and since then just about everything has been photographed, or so it seems.
E. In teaching us a new visual code, photographs alter and enlarge our notions of what is worth looking at and what we have a right to observe.
Answer: Option C. -> BCDAE
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C
We see a link between statements D and A. D talks about how just about everything has been photographed and A follows it up by mentioning "this insatiability”. Hence DA is the link. This rules out options (a) and (b). We can see that all the statements are talking about photographs of something. Only B introduces the topic of images in Plato's cave. Hence B is the introductory statement. Hence option (c) is the answer.
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C
We see a link between statements D and A. D talks about how just about everything has been photographed and A follows it up by mentioning "this insatiability”. Hence DA is the link. This rules out options (a) and (b). We can see that all the statements are talking about photographs of something. Only B introduces the topic of images in Plato's cave. Hence B is the introductory statement. Hence option (c) is the answer.
Answer: Option D. -> Communism still survives, in bits and pieces, in the minds and hearts of people.
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D
It is a close call between options (c) and (d). Option (d) is the better one as the entire paragraph talks about the renewed attack against the communists. Option (c) is mentioned in the next paragraph only. Option (a) goes outside the scope of the passage. Option (b) goes against the idea given in the passage. Hence option (d) is the correct answer.
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D
It is a close call between options (c) and (d). Option (d) is the better one as the entire paragraph talks about the renewed attack against the communists. Option (c) is mentioned in the next paragraph only. Option (a) goes outside the scope of the passage. Option (b) goes against the idea given in the passage. Hence option (d) is the correct answer.
Answer: Option C. -> Communist regimes were totalitarian and marked by brutalities and large scale violence.
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C
The first paragraph lists a number of points about which the author expressed his apprehensions against communism. However, the line, “the Council of Europe‘s parliamentary assembly voted to condemn the crimes of totalitarian communist regimes”, indirectly gives an idea about how the author feels about communism. The author thinks that the communist regime is ‘totalitarian’ and this is only given indirectly. The part about nostalgia is explicitly indicated in his list of apprehensions. Hence, option (a) cannot be the answer. Options (b) and (d) are irrelevant here. Hence, option (c) is the correct answer.
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C
The first paragraph lists a number of points about which the author expressed his apprehensions against communism. However, the line, “the Council of Europe‘s parliamentary assembly voted to condemn the crimes of totalitarian communist regimes”, indirectly gives an idea about how the author feels about communism. The author thinks that the communist regime is ‘totalitarian’ and this is only given indirectly. The part about nostalgia is explicitly indicated in his list of apprehensions. Hence, option (a) cannot be the answer. Options (b) and (d) are irrelevant here. Hence, option (c) is the correct answer.
Answer: Option B. -> it happened when the Maya population had occupied all available land suited for agriculture.
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B
Option (a) is the fifth strand according to the passage, but there is nothing to indicate that had a different impact compared to earlier droughts. Option (c) contradicts the third paragraph, “Maya warfare, already endemic, peaked just before the collapse”. Option (d) is incorrect because “the third strand consisted of increased fighting, as more and more people fought over fewer resources.” This implies that environmental degradation had nothing to do with this particular drought.
The third paragraph mentions “at the time of previous droughts, there were still uninhabited parts of the Maya landscape, and people at a site affected by drought could save themselves by moving to another site. However, by the time of the Classic collapse the landscape was now full, there was no useful unoccupied land in the vicinity on which to begin anew, and the whole population could not be accommodated in the few areas that continued to have reliable water supplies.” Hence option (b) is the correct answer.
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B
Option (a) is the fifth strand according to the passage, but there is nothing to indicate that had a different impact compared to earlier droughts. Option (c) contradicts the third paragraph, “Maya warfare, already endemic, peaked just before the collapse”. Option (d) is incorrect because “the third strand consisted of increased fighting, as more and more people fought over fewer resources.” This implies that environmental degradation had nothing to do with this particular drought.
The third paragraph mentions “at the time of previous droughts, there were still uninhabited parts of the Maya landscape, and people at a site affected by drought could save themselves by moving to another site. However, by the time of the Classic collapse the landscape was now full, there was no useful unoccupied land in the vicinity on which to begin anew, and the whole population could not be accommodated in the few areas that continued to have reliable water supplies.” Hence option (b) is the correct answer.
Answer: Option D. -> Greater value seemingly placed on European lives.
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D
The 5th paragraph of the passage explains the atrocities committed by the European Colonialists.
Refer to the last line...,”Presumably, European lives count for more”. This explains that option (d) is the right answer choice.
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D
The 5th paragraph of the passage explains the atrocities committed by the European Colonialists.
Refer to the last line...,”Presumably, European lives count for more”. This explains that option (d) is the right answer choice.
Answer: Option B. -> historicism
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B
This is a data based question where the answer has to be got by running through the entire passage. Refer to the last but 3rd line of the passage “Shaw, who has the courage of his historicism” and you will get the correct answer (b).
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B
This is a data based question where the answer has to be got by running through the entire passage. Refer to the last but 3rd line of the passage “Shaw, who has the courage of his historicism” and you will get the correct answer (b).
Question 28. 1. Some places on earth are simply too big to photograph, the Grand Canyon, the great wall, Egypt's Valley of the Kings. 2. The monuments don't fit in any frame, they were made - by god or man - to overwhelm. 3. You can visit them, snap some shots but something is missing when you get back home. 4. Likewise, no one can capture a country with millions of independently minded and moving pieces.
Answer: Option D. -> FJJI
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D
option (d). Sentence 1 is a fact - everyone would agree that the Grand Canyon or the Great Wall of China is too big to be captured in a photograph.
Sentence 2 is a Judgment - the author's contention that they were made 'to overwhelm' is open to question.
Sentence 3 is a Judgment - that something is missing in the photo is somebody's opinion - someone else may feel that the photo captures the essence of the scene.
Sentence 4 is an Inference - so no one can capture ... is a conclusion based on what has been said earlier about the inability to capture things in a snap
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D
option (d). Sentence 1 is a fact - everyone would agree that the Grand Canyon or the Great Wall of China is too big to be captured in a photograph.
Sentence 2 is a Judgment - the author's contention that they were made 'to overwhelm' is open to question.
Sentence 3 is a Judgment - that something is missing in the photo is somebody's opinion - someone else may feel that the photo captures the essence of the scene.
Sentence 4 is an Inference - so no one can capture ... is a conclusion based on what has been said earlier about the inability to capture things in a snap
Answer: Option A. -> Although about 99 percent of the more than 50 million
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A
If we use "the," we are saying that there are only 50 million Turks in the whole world; if we don't use "the," we are saying that there are possibly more than 50 million Turks in the world.
So the answer is option (a).
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A
If we use "the," we are saying that there are only 50 million Turks in the whole world; if we don't use "the," we are saying that there are possibly more than 50 million Turks in the world.
So the answer is option (a).
Answer: Option A. -> Both colonialism and Nazism were examples of tyranny of one race over another.
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A
The answer is evident from the line “there is an intimate link between colonialism and Nazism. The terms ‘lebensraum’ and ‘konzentrationslager’ were both first used by the German colonial regime in South-West Africa (now Namibia), which committed genocide against the Herero and Nama peoples and bequeathed its ideas and personnel directly to the Nazi party.” It shows how Nazism committed atrocities against certain races. The case was similar with colonialists as can be seen from the lines “Around 10 million Congolese died as a result of Belgian forced labour and mass murder in the early twentieth century; tens of millions perished in avoidable or enforced famines in British-ruled India; up to a million Algerians died in their war for independence, while controversy now rages in France about a new law requiring teacher to put a positive spin on colonial history. Comparable atrocities were carried out by all European colonialists, but not a word of condemnation from the Council of Europe. Presumably, European lives count for more”. This shows the link between colonialism and Nazism which is best expressed by option (a).
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A
The answer is evident from the line “there is an intimate link between colonialism and Nazism. The terms ‘lebensraum’ and ‘konzentrationslager’ were both first used by the German colonial regime in South-West Africa (now Namibia), which committed genocide against the Herero and Nama peoples and bequeathed its ideas and personnel directly to the Nazi party.” It shows how Nazism committed atrocities against certain races. The case was similar with colonialists as can be seen from the lines “Around 10 million Congolese died as a result of Belgian forced labour and mass murder in the early twentieth century; tens of millions perished in avoidable or enforced famines in British-ruled India; up to a million Algerians died in their war for independence, while controversy now rages in France about a new law requiring teacher to put a positive spin on colonial history. Comparable atrocities were carried out by all European colonialists, but not a word of condemnation from the Council of Europe. Presumably, European lives count for more”. This shows the link between colonialism and Nazism which is best expressed by option (a).
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