Exams > Cat > Verbal
VERBAL CLUBBED MCQs
Total Questions : 504
| Page 30 of 51 pages
Answer: Option D. -> It has been heavily dependent on exports for growth and has created more wealth for certain sections of the society than the others.
:
D
While exports are not mentioned specifically in the passage, it can be inferred that in the absence of domestic spending, investments will spur an industrial infrastructure that willchurn out goods for exports. The author also says that China needs reforms to spread purchasing power. This means that the purchasing power is unevenly spread at present with a few people doing most of the spending and the others not being able to do so. Option B is just the opposite of what the author says.
:
D
While exports are not mentioned specifically in the passage, it can be inferred that in the absence of domestic spending, investments will spur an industrial infrastructure that willchurn out goods for exports. The author also says that China needs reforms to spread purchasing power. This means that the purchasing power is unevenly spread at present with a few people doing most of the spending and the others not being able to do so. Option B is just the opposite of what the author says.
Answer: Option D. -> An effect that may limit the potential of such analgesics for relieving
:
D
Option: (D)
In option A, which is modifying patients in place of psychological disturbances.
In option B, which is modifying patients in place of psychological disturbances.
We have to choose between Option C and D.
In option D, "thier" is ambiguous and could refer back to patients or anlalgesics thus making it an incorrect option.
:
D
Option: (D)
In option A, which is modifying patients in place of psychological disturbances.
In option B, which is modifying patients in place of psychological disturbances.
We have to choose between Option C and D.
In option D, "thier" is ambiguous and could refer back to patients or anlalgesics thus making it an incorrect option.
Question 293. Library shelves groan under an insupportable mass of volumes about the dreadful flea-borne pestilence that spread across Europe in the middle of the 14th century -- the number of books being equaled only by the scores that deal with the very similar plague that killed thousands in London three centuries later. The Black Death, the Awful Malady, the Vast Pestilence, the Great Mortality, the plague has been called by many names, and is in many senses a perfect topic for the lazy historian -- the subject matter is adequately horrifying, the known descriptions are vividly readable, the social implications are sufficiently varied to allow for the kind of wild speculations that make for a book publicist's dream.
Answer: Option E. -> No wonder that centuries after it happened, the Black Death is still a bestseller.
:
E
:
E
Question 294. Of course, you might also encounter resistance to any notion of "principles," "rules," or other hard and fast strictures that imply, "This is how you do it."_____________________________.
I've encountered that attitude throughout my careers in advertising, radio, and most recently television, where I wrote for the network sitcoms "Dinosaurs" (ABC) and "The Nanny"(CBS). In my tenure as a story editor and producer, I learned that all the creativity in the world wouldn't help you if you didn't understand the essential structure of the 22-minute sitcom. The best writers I worked with bent and broke the rules from time to time, but they did so knowingly. As T.S. Eliot once advised, "It is not wise to violate the rules until you know how to observe them."
I've encountered that attitude throughout my careers in advertising, radio, and most recently television, where I wrote for the network sitcoms "Dinosaurs" (ABC) and "The Nanny"(CBS). In my tenure as a story editor and producer, I learned that all the creativity in the world wouldn't help you if you didn't understand the essential structure of the 22-minute sitcom. The best writers I worked with bent and broke the rules from time to time, but they did so knowingly. As T.S. Eliot once advised, "It is not wise to violate the rules until you know how to observe them."
Answer: Option A. -> That comes with the territory wherever creativity is a major part of the job.
:
A
The word creativity in the line "I learned that all the creativity in the world wouldn't help you if you didn't understand the essential structure of the 22-minute sitcom” gives us a clue about what to look for in the options. The speaker's view is that everyone will encounter resistance in the form of rules or hard and fast strictures. He must understand the structure of the sitcom before he could do anything about it. This is expressed in option (a). Option (b) is irrelevant and is easily eliminated. Option (c) though representing the idea given does not really fit into the blank. Option (d) goes out of the scope of the passage. Hence option (a) is the correct answer.
:
A
The word creativity in the line "I learned that all the creativity in the world wouldn't help you if you didn't understand the essential structure of the 22-minute sitcom” gives us a clue about what to look for in the options. The speaker's view is that everyone will encounter resistance in the form of rules or hard and fast strictures. He must understand the structure of the sitcom before he could do anything about it. This is expressed in option (a). Option (b) is irrelevant and is easily eliminated. Option (c) though representing the idea given does not really fit into the blank. Option (d) goes out of the scope of the passage. Hence option (a) is the correct answer.
Answer: Option C. -> The gap in the GDP created by the lowering of investment.
:
C
The author says that the GDP of China consists of two parts: Investments and Consumer spending. The investment part has been the major part of the GDP but may now decline as the returns on investments start falling. So the decrease in investments will create a gap in the GDP.
:
C
The author says that the GDP of China consists of two parts: Investments and Consumer spending. The investment part has been the major part of the GDP but may now decline as the returns on investments start falling. So the decrease in investments will create a gap in the GDP.
Question 296. A. This applies to material goods generally and therefore to the greater part of the present economic life of the world.
B. We may distinguish two sorts of goods, and two corresponding sorts of impulses.
C. The food and clothing of one man is not the food and clothing of another; if the supply is insufficient, what one man has is obtained at the expense of another man.
D. On the other hand, mental and spiritual goods do not belong to one man to the exclusion of another.
E. There are goods in regard to which individual possession is possible, and there are goods in which all can share alike.
B. We may distinguish two sorts of goods, and two corresponding sorts of impulses.
C. The food and clothing of one man is not the food and clothing of another; if the supply is insufficient, what one man has is obtained at the expense of another man.
D. On the other hand, mental and spiritual goods do not belong to one man to the exclusion of another.
E. There are goods in regard to which individual possession is possible, and there are goods in which all can share alike.
Answer: Option A. -> BECAD
:
A
Sentence B is the best option for the first sentence as it initiates a theory. Sentence E then builds on it and tells us what are these types of goods. Sentence C then starts by citing example of one type among these two and sentence A generalizes this to apply to material goods. Sentence D then talks about the second type of goods. This makes choice (a) correct.
:
A
Sentence B is the best option for the first sentence as it initiates a theory. Sentence E then builds on it and tells us what are these types of goods. Sentence C then starts by citing example of one type among these two and sentence A generalizes this to apply to material goods. Sentence D then talks about the second type of goods. This makes choice (a) correct.
Answer: Option D. -> I am not alive and still the external world exists.
:
D
Fifth paragraph last line gives the clue to this question.
"Thus, Kant's refutation works so long as I am alive and am able to think about the existence of an external world, yet becomes difficult if I speculate on the consequences of my own non-existence."
Also these lines -
"No doubt I would cease to exist as a human consciousness, but would it also follow that the external world would also not exist. It is difficult to see how Kant could avoid this conclusion." also show that answer is option (d).
:
D
Fifth paragraph last line gives the clue to this question.
"Thus, Kant's refutation works so long as I am alive and am able to think about the existence of an external world, yet becomes difficult if I speculate on the consequences of my own non-existence."
Also these lines -
"No doubt I would cease to exist as a human consciousness, but would it also follow that the external world would also not exist. It is difficult to see how Kant could avoid this conclusion." also show that answer is option (d).
Question 298. According to some sports historians, professional tennis players develop unique playing styles that result from a combination of the peculiarities of each player's physical attributes and the influence of coaches during their early adaptation to the game. But when the increase in strength and endurance of modern players is discounted, it becomes readily apparent that the playing styles of the current crop of professional tennis players are no different from the styles of players from previous generations. Clearly, there is a universally efficient tennis style to which all professional tennis players conform.
The argument above is most weakened by which of the following statements?
The argument above is most weakened by which of the following statements?
Answer: Option D. -> All of the early coaches of today's professional tennis players were professional tennis players themselves earlier in their lives.
:
D
The author begins by describing the view of some sports historians, who subscribe to a basic formula: physical attributes + a coach's influence = a player's "unique” tennis style. After dismissing the relevance of modern payers' greater strength and endurance, however, the author argues that current styles are really no different from previous styles, implying that the historians' claim of the existence of "unique” tennis style is bogus. And this implication is stated outright in the last sentence, where the author posits the existence of a universally successful tennis style shared by all professionals. In other words, the author uses the fact that tennis styles haven't changed over the years to argue that there's simply one best way to play tennis: in contrast to that historians' theory of "unique”, the author proposes the theory of "universality”. But the author ignores a possible alternative explanation: namely, the role of the tennis coach. If as (D) has it, the early coaches of today's players were the professionals of yesteryear, then it's reasonable to believe that the style the author considers "universal” may simply be the style (one possible one among many) that was handed down from one generation to the next. Perhaps if the current crop of tennis stars doesn't go on to teach the next generation, whole new styles will develop. If the current style is learned, then it may not be universally inherent to the game. If (D) is true, the author's claim of "universality” is weakened. That makes (D) the best answer choice.
(A) emphasizes the truth of the first part of the sports historians' view regarding the individuality of physical attributes. Since the author doesn't explicitly disagree that players vary in terms of some attributes, this choice doesn't weaken the argument.
(B) If anything, strengthens the argument: if most current players don't know of the players of previous generations, yet their styles are for the most part similar to that of those players, then we'd be more likely to believe that the author is on to something with the claim that a universally efficient style exists in the world of professional tennis.
(C) makes an irrelevant distinction between strength and endurance. Saying that one has a greater impact than the other has no effect on the argument, which never can begin to rank those two factors.
:
D
The author begins by describing the view of some sports historians, who subscribe to a basic formula: physical attributes + a coach's influence = a player's "unique” tennis style. After dismissing the relevance of modern payers' greater strength and endurance, however, the author argues that current styles are really no different from previous styles, implying that the historians' claim of the existence of "unique” tennis style is bogus. And this implication is stated outright in the last sentence, where the author posits the existence of a universally successful tennis style shared by all professionals. In other words, the author uses the fact that tennis styles haven't changed over the years to argue that there's simply one best way to play tennis: in contrast to that historians' theory of "unique”, the author proposes the theory of "universality”. But the author ignores a possible alternative explanation: namely, the role of the tennis coach. If as (D) has it, the early coaches of today's players were the professionals of yesteryear, then it's reasonable to believe that the style the author considers "universal” may simply be the style (one possible one among many) that was handed down from one generation to the next. Perhaps if the current crop of tennis stars doesn't go on to teach the next generation, whole new styles will develop. If the current style is learned, then it may not be universally inherent to the game. If (D) is true, the author's claim of "universality” is weakened. That makes (D) the best answer choice.
(A) emphasizes the truth of the first part of the sports historians' view regarding the individuality of physical attributes. Since the author doesn't explicitly disagree that players vary in terms of some attributes, this choice doesn't weaken the argument.
(B) If anything, strengthens the argument: if most current players don't know of the players of previous generations, yet their styles are for the most part similar to that of those players, then we'd be more likely to believe that the author is on to something with the claim that a universally efficient style exists in the world of professional tennis.
(C) makes an irrelevant distinction between strength and endurance. Saying that one has a greater impact than the other has no effect on the argument, which never can begin to rank those two factors.
Question 299. A. According to the agreement, the people living on the island were shifted to Mauritius' main island, and the British paid some compensation for their rehabilitation.
B. Diego Garcia, a small island in the Indian Ocean was a part of the Group of Islands of Mauritius.
C. Today, it is a base of high strategic significance.
D. When Mauritius' independence was negotiated with the British in 1965 the colonial power insisted on the condition that Diego Garcia would continue to remain a British possession.
E. The British leased out the island to U.S.A. which set up a nuclear military base.
B. Diego Garcia, a small island in the Indian Ocean was a part of the Group of Islands of Mauritius.
C. Today, it is a base of high strategic significance.
D. When Mauritius' independence was negotiated with the British in 1965 the colonial power insisted on the condition that Diego Garcia would continue to remain a British possession.
E. The British leased out the island to U.S.A. which set up a nuclear military base.
Answer: Option B. -> BDAEC
:
B
Solution:
Statement E cannot start the paragraph because of the word 'the island', which indicates that it has already been mentioned in a previous statement. Among B and D only statement B appears to be the right choice because in statement D there is no explanation for Diego Garcia. Hence D is a continuation of a previous statement. Among B and D, choice D cannot be the answer because there is no time agreements between statementsC and A and E and D. Hence B is the obvious choice.
:
B
Solution:
Statement E cannot start the paragraph because of the word 'the island', which indicates that it has already been mentioned in a previous statement. Among B and D only statement B appears to be the right choice because in statement D there is no explanation for Diego Garcia. Hence D is a continuation of a previous statement. Among B and D, choice D cannot be the answer because there is no time agreements between statementsC and A and E and D. Hence B is the obvious choice.
Question 300. 1. The ethnic Chinese Community in the city number a few thousand.
A. They stayed on as their home country was wrecked by rebellion, famine and pestilence.
B. Some set up cottage industries in the swampy outer edges of the city to set up scores of tanneries.
C. Their main occupation was in the laundry, food, beauty salon and shoe making trades.
D. They drifted into the city in the last century on the coat-tails of the silk and opium trade.
6. Today there exist 567 registered tanneries, producing over Rs. 1200 crore worth of leather with 400 crore of exports.
A. They stayed on as their home country was wrecked by rebellion, famine and pestilence.
B. Some set up cottage industries in the swampy outer edges of the city to set up scores of tanneries.
C. Their main occupation was in the laundry, food, beauty salon and shoe making trades.
D. They drifted into the city in the last century on the coat-tails of the silk and opium trade.
6. Today there exist 567 registered tanneries, producing over Rs. 1200 crore worth of leather with 400 crore of exports.
Answer: Option A. -> DACB
:
A
Only sentence D can follow 1 because 'They' in D refers to the Chinese in 1. A follows D since 'stayed on' should come after 'drifted in'. The best sentence before the concluding one is B, because the note on the tanneries is continued in sentence 6.
:
A
Only sentence D can follow 1 because 'They' in D refers to the Chinese in 1. A follows D since 'stayed on' should come after 'drifted in'. The best sentence before the concluding one is B, because the note on the tanneries is continued in sentence 6.
Latest Videos
Latest Test Papers
Login With Google
Old way of Login
Login With Email