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Answer: Option C. -> that for the next three years forbids state and local governments to raise taxes on connections that link consumers to the Internet
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C
The original sentence contains several errors. First, the preferred idiom is "forbid X to do Y" and not "forbid X from doing Y." Second, the adverbial modifier "for the next three years" is intended to modify "forbids," but its placement next to "links" makes it modify "links."
(A) This choice is incorrect as it repeats the original sentence.
(B) This choiceincorrectly uses "forbid X from doing Y" instead of the idiomatic "forbid X to do Y."
(C) CORRECT. This choice correctly uses the idiom "forbids X to do Y." Additionally "for the next three years" is correctly placed next to the verb it modifies, "forbids
(D) This choice creates an awkward sentence by using "forbidding to X Y" (where Y is the awkward noun phrase "the raising of taxes") instead of the idiomatic "forbid X to do Y."
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C
The original sentence contains several errors. First, the preferred idiom is "forbid X to do Y" and not "forbid X from doing Y." Second, the adverbial modifier "for the next three years" is intended to modify "forbids," but its placement next to "links" makes it modify "links."
(A) This choice is incorrect as it repeats the original sentence.
(B) This choiceincorrectly uses "forbid X from doing Y" instead of the idiomatic "forbid X to do Y."
(C) CORRECT. This choice correctly uses the idiom "forbids X to do Y." Additionally "for the next three years" is correctly placed next to the verb it modifies, "forbids
(D) This choice creates an awkward sentence by using "forbidding to X Y" (where Y is the awkward noun phrase "the raising of taxes") instead of the idiomatic "forbid X to do Y."
Question 332. The complications [A] / complexities [B] of the system of voting to elect the [A] / an [B] American President is understood by few Indians. David fincher paints from a pallet [A] / palette [B] consisting of earth colours. The fall from the seventh story [A] / storey [B] of the apartment complex killed him instantaneously. The stationary [A] / stationery [B] wagon was hit from behind by a speeding engine.
Answer: Option A. -> BABBA
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A
Complexity is the state of having many different parts connected or related to each other in a complicated way, whereas a complication is a problem or difficulty that makes a situation harder to deal with.Hence B is correct.
The definite article 'the' is appropriate when referring to a particular person.Hence A.
'Pallet' is a straw mattress while 'palette' is a board on which a painter mixes colours.Hence B.
'Storey' which means a floor in a high-rise building is the apt word.Hence B.
'Stationary' is to be standstill.Stationery includes all kinds of writing materials such as pens, pencils, paper etc.Hence A.
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A
Complexity is the state of having many different parts connected or related to each other in a complicated way, whereas a complication is a problem or difficulty that makes a situation harder to deal with.Hence B is correct.
The definite article 'the' is appropriate when referring to a particular person.Hence A.
'Pallet' is a straw mattress while 'palette' is a board on which a painter mixes colours.Hence B.
'Storey' which means a floor in a high-rise building is the apt word.Hence B.
'Stationary' is to be standstill.Stationery includes all kinds of writing materials such as pens, pencils, paper etc.Hence A.
Answer: Option B. -> He seemed to be lost and found it was difficult to make out what he had been playing with his mind.
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B
Option (b) A person who is lost in his thoughts does not play with his mind. Rather, something is on his mind or playing on his mind.
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B
Option (b) A person who is lost in his thoughts does not play with his mind. Rather, something is on his mind or playing on his mind.
Answer: Option C. -> how she comes off as a speaker in psychology.
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C
This is an application question; we are asked to apply what we have learned from the passage to a hypothetical situation. The best way to analyze this question is to compare the speaker to a joke-teller. The passage paints a portrait of a woman as most concerned with the image she presents to the world. She is not concerned with the speech or joke, per se, rather with how she delivers it. "Only a man can make a good joke for its ownsake.” The answer is (C).
Don't make the mistake of choosing (B). Although men have, in the main, molded her self-image, she has gone beyond that; she now measures herself in the abstract: "how willcome off to the ultimately critical audience?” and not "how will actual audience members see me?”
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C
This is an application question; we are asked to apply what we have learned from the passage to a hypothetical situation. The best way to analyze this question is to compare the speaker to a joke-teller. The passage paints a portrait of a woman as most concerned with the image she presents to the world. She is not concerned with the speech or joke, per se, rather with how she delivers it. "Only a man can make a good joke for its ownsake.” The answer is (C).
Don't make the mistake of choosing (B). Although men have, in the main, molded her self-image, she has gone beyond that; she now measures herself in the abstract: "how willcome off to the ultimately critical audience?” and not "how will actual audience members see me?”
Answer: Option B. -> Men are not image-conscious.
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B
This is an extension question. The passage discusses the fact that a man may fabricate his
image in the following lines in the first paragraph.
"His presence may be fabricated, in the sense that he pretends to be capable of what he is not.”
This suggests that men are conscious of their images, but the passage also states that image is not intrinsic to their personalities, as it is for women. The answer is (B).
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B
This is an extension question. The passage discusses the fact that a man may fabricate his
image in the following lines in the first paragraph.
"His presence may be fabricated, in the sense that he pretends to be capable of what he is not.”
This suggests that men are conscious of their images, but the passage also states that image is not intrinsic to their personalities, as it is for women. The answer is (B).
Question 336. With the fear of recession looming over [A] / on [B]them, people have begun to hoard [A] /horde [B]food and gasoline.
They decided to trade in their car for something smaller and more economic [A] / economical [B].An amusement park is just what children need in that locale [A] / local [B].
The nuclear deal could not be signed without the ascent [A] / assent [B] of the left parties.
They decided to trade in their car for something smaller and more economic [A] / economical [B].An amusement park is just what children need in that locale [A] / local [B].
The nuclear deal could not be signed without the ascent [A] / assent [B] of the left parties.
Answer: Option A. -> AABAB
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A
Looming 'over' is correct-Hence A.
'Horde' is a crowd while 'hoard' is to amass.Hence A.
'Economic' is concerned with the organization of money.We can refer to 'economic growth'.Economical indicates something cheaper.Hence B.
'Locale' pertains to a specific area while 'local' means belonging to a particular area.Hence A.'Ascent' is a climb while 'assent' is approval.Hence B.
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A
Looming 'over' is correct-Hence A.
'Horde' is a crowd while 'hoard' is to amass.Hence A.
'Economic' is concerned with the organization of money.We can refer to 'economic growth'.Economical indicates something cheaper.Hence B.
'Locale' pertains to a specific area while 'local' means belonging to a particular area.Hence A.'Ascent' is a climb while 'assent' is approval.Hence B.
Question 337. According to the passage, Turner makes which of the following connections in his Frontier Thesis?
I.A connection between American individualism and economic equality
II.A connection between geographical expansion and social change
III.A connection between social change and financial prosperity
I.A connection between American individualism and economic equality
II.A connection between geographical expansion and social change
III.A connection between social change and financial prosperity
Answer: Option D. -> I and II only
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D
This is a slightly tricky question.
Look at these lines in the second paragraph -
“Turner claimed that the frontier produced the individualism that is the hallmark of American culture, and that this individualism in turn promoted democratic institutions and economic equality”
So Statement I is valid.
Look at the first few lines of the 1st passage -
“The settlement of the United States has occupied traditional historians since 1893 when Frederick Jackson Turner developed his Frontier Thesis, a thesis that explained American development in terms of westward expansion.”
Westward expansion= geographical change
American development= Social change (that is what this passage is all about)
So Statement II is also true.
Statement III is not supported by any line in the passage.
So the answer is (d).
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D
This is a slightly tricky question.
Look at these lines in the second paragraph -
“Turner claimed that the frontier produced the individualism that is the hallmark of American culture, and that this individualism in turn promoted democratic institutions and economic equality”
So Statement I is valid.
Look at the first few lines of the 1st passage -
“The settlement of the United States has occupied traditional historians since 1893 when Frederick Jackson Turner developed his Frontier Thesis, a thesis that explained American development in terms of westward expansion.”
Westward expansion= geographical change
American development= Social change (that is what this passage is all about)
So Statement II is also true.
Statement III is not supported by any line in the passage.
So the answer is (d).
Answer: Option C. -> An important theory and its effects are discussed and then ways in which it has been revised are described.
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C
The passage talks about the following things -
Frontier thesis, a thesis, then effects of this theory and then about Reactionist writers’ views (which was opposite to the views of frontier thesis) and then about Stasist school approach (a neutral approach) and then finally about how the Stasist school approach was also revised.
Option (a) is wrong because it talks about phenomenon and not about thesis or theory. Moreover it also does not talk about the new theories.
Option (b) is wrong because the final hypothesis is not described.
Option (d) does not mention the effects of the frontier theory (second paragraph).
Option (c) is the best answer option.
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C
The passage talks about the following things -
Frontier thesis, a thesis, then effects of this theory and then about Reactionist writers’ views (which was opposite to the views of frontier thesis) and then about Stasist school approach (a neutral approach) and then finally about how the Stasist school approach was also revised.
Option (a) is wrong because it talks about phenomenon and not about thesis or theory. Moreover it also does not talk about the new theories.
Option (b) is wrong because the final hypothesis is not described.
Option (d) does not mention the effects of the frontier theory (second paragraph).
Option (c) is the best answer option.
Answer: Option A. -> Polyarchies are limited in the extent to which they can embody the idea of democracy.
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A
Look at these lines from the last paragraph -
“Although he regrets that some Western intellectuals demand more democracy from polyarchies than is possible, and is cautious about the possibility of further democratization”
Dahl states that polyarchy can provide democracy to a certain extent only.
Option (a) is true.
Since Option (a) is true option (d) has to be false.
Look at these lines from the second paragraph -
“As a representative system in which elected officials both determine government policy and are accountable to a broad-based electorate, polyarchy reinforces a diffusion of power away from any single center and towards a variety of individuals, groups, and organizations.”
Dahl states that power has moved from a single centre to a variety of individuals, groups and organization. It does not mean that hierarchy is not there. Instead of a single center of power we have multiple centers of power.
So option (b) is not true.
Option (c) is negated by this passage in these lines of the third paragraph -
“They argued that the distribution of power resources other than the vote was so uneven that the political order systematically gave added weight to those who were already richer or organizationally more powerful”.
Option (a) is the correct answer.
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A
Look at these lines from the last paragraph -
“Although he regrets that some Western intellectuals demand more democracy from polyarchies than is possible, and is cautious about the possibility of further democratization”
Dahl states that polyarchy can provide democracy to a certain extent only.
Option (a) is true.
Since Option (a) is true option (d) has to be false.
Look at these lines from the second paragraph -
“As a representative system in which elected officials both determine government policy and are accountable to a broad-based electorate, polyarchy reinforces a diffusion of power away from any single center and towards a variety of individuals, groups, and organizations.”
Dahl states that power has moved from a single centre to a variety of individuals, groups and organization. It does not mean that hierarchy is not there. Instead of a single center of power we have multiple centers of power.
So option (b) is not true.
Option (c) is negated by this passage in these lines of the third paragraph -
“They argued that the distribution of power resources other than the vote was so uneven that the political order systematically gave added weight to those who were already richer or organizationally more powerful”.
Option (a) is the correct answer.
Question 340. Lenin was the initiator of the central drama - the tragedy - of our era, the rise of totalitarian states. A hhixcd man with a scholar's habits and a general's tactical instincts, Lenin introduced to the 20th century the practice of taking an all-embracing ideology and imposing it on an entire society rapidly and mercilessly.
Answer: Option D. -> bookish
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D
Hawkish: Disposed to warfare or hard-line policies.
Boorish: Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance.
Rakish: Having or displaying a dashing, jaunty, or slightly disreputable quality or appearance.
Bookish: Devoted to reading and studying rather than worldly interests.
Option (d) is most appropriate as 'bookish' goes with 'scholar's habits'.
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D
Hawkish: Disposed to warfare or hard-line policies.
Boorish: Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance.
Rakish: Having or displaying a dashing, jaunty, or slightly disreputable quality or appearance.
Bookish: Devoted to reading and studying rather than worldly interests.
Option (d) is most appropriate as 'bookish' goes with 'scholar's habits'.
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