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Question 341. "I've heard many reasons why our nation should reduce its reliance on petroleum vehicle fuels. One is that relying on imported oil makes our economy dependent on the political whims of foreign rulers. Another is that other energy sources, like the possibility of hydrogen based fuels, are less harmful to the environment. And a third is that petroleum is not a renewable resource so when we've used it all up, it will be gone! But I don't think we're likely to use it all up for at least another fifty years. And by then we'll have invented new and better fuels and more fuel-efficient vehicles too. So that argument doesn't worry me. And I don't really believe the stuff about how foreign leaders can force our nation to change its policies simply by decreasing their oil production. Oil companies like Exxon have made record profits precisely in those times when the supply of foreign oil was reduced. I don't see the big oil companies being very interested in policy change when the money is rolling in. And for another, our nation has demonstrated that it is willing to wage war rather than to permit foreign leaders to push us around. So this whole thing about how we have to reduce our reliance on petroleum based gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel is bogus."
The speaker's reasoning is best evaluated as
The speaker's reasoning is best evaluated as
Answer: Option D. -> Weak. The speaker ignored the environmental argument entirely.
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D
Solution Strategy:- The reasoning task here is to evaluate how well the speaker makes the case for not reducing reliance on petroleum vehicle fuels. That evaluation requires determining how fair -minded the speaker was in presenting and critiquing the major arguments for the opposite point of view, and determining how strong the reasons are which the speaker presented of the view he is defending. To address these questions well one must momentarily set aside one's own opinions on the issue at hand so as not to be distracted from evaluating the speaker.
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D
Solution Strategy:- The reasoning task here is to evaluate how well the speaker makes the case for not reducing reliance on petroleum vehicle fuels. That evaluation requires determining how fair -minded the speaker was in presenting and critiquing the major arguments for the opposite point of view, and determining how strong the reasons are which the speaker presented of the view he is defending. To address these questions well one must momentarily set aside one's own opinions on the issue at hand so as not to be distracted from evaluating the speaker.
Answer: Option C. -> actresses
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C
This description question is a bit tricky because the second-best choice is rather good. Women are concerned with the image they present, so they cannot be themselves--theymust act their part. Hence the answer is (C). You may have been tempted by (A). According to the passage, women are thrown into the role of an actress, "into the keeping of men.” So, like victims, they are not responsible for their social position. However, nothing in the passage directly suggests that it is wrong for women to be in this position or that women attempt to refuse this role. According to the passage, therefore, women are not, strictly speaking, victims. (Victim means "someone not in control of something injurious happening to him or her.”)
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C
This description question is a bit tricky because the second-best choice is rather good. Women are concerned with the image they present, so they cannot be themselves--theymust act their part. Hence the answer is (C). You may have been tempted by (A). According to the passage, women are thrown into the role of an actress, "into the keeping of men.” So, like victims, they are not responsible for their social position. However, nothing in the passage directly suggests that it is wrong for women to be in this position or that women attempt to refuse this role. According to the passage, therefore, women are not, strictly speaking, victims. (Victim means "someone not in control of something injurious happening to him or her.”)
Answer: Option C. -> that it is as harmful as or worse than butter
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C
The original sentence incorrectly omits "that" following the verb "suggest." Moreover, it contains the incomplete construction "as . . . or worse than" (missing the second "as").
(A)This choiceis incorrect as it repeats the original sentence.
(B) This choice incorrectly omits "that" following the verb "suggest" and it contains the unnecessary word "just." Moreover, it contains the incomplete construction "as . . . or even worse than" (missing the second "as").
(C) CORRECT.This choicecorrectly uses the word "that" to introduce a clause that follows the verb "suggest." Also, it contains the completeconstruction "as . . .as or worse than."
(D)This choiceincorrectly omits "that" following the verb "suggest."
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C
The original sentence incorrectly omits "that" following the verb "suggest." Moreover, it contains the incomplete construction "as . . . or worse than" (missing the second "as").
(A)This choiceis incorrect as it repeats the original sentence.
(B) This choice incorrectly omits "that" following the verb "suggest" and it contains the unnecessary word "just." Moreover, it contains the incomplete construction "as . . . or even worse than" (missing the second "as").
(C) CORRECT.This choicecorrectly uses the word "that" to introduce a clause that follows the verb "suggest." Also, it contains the completeconstruction "as . . .as or worse than."
(D)This choiceincorrectly omits "that" following the verb "suggest."
Question 344. This generation of young people are far less likely to be able to learn how to make decisions when on their own, how to act responsibly and how to assess the motives of those they do not know. They are less likely to be able to have adventures, extend personal frontiers, be mischievous, learn directly the consequences of being careless, gain self-esteem and self-confidence from acting sensibly, and contribute to family and community life by shopping, visiting or running errands for old people. These are all essential components of becoming responsible citizens.
Answer: Option C. -> One's experiences at the micro level get manifested at the macro.
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C
(c) is correct. The underlying message of the paragraph is the process by which character is shaped through one's experiences/interactions in the formative stages of life. (b) is not being very specific with respect to the paragraph. (d) is not explicitly stated in the paragraph. It is not the central idea either. The cause of depravity is also not stated in the paragraph.
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C
(c) is correct. The underlying message of the paragraph is the process by which character is shaped through one's experiences/interactions in the formative stages of life. (b) is not being very specific with respect to the paragraph. (d) is not explicitly stated in the paragraph. It is not the central idea either. The cause of depravity is also not stated in the paragraph.
Question 345. Car owners aged 50 to 60 are more likely to purchase ice cream and are more likely to purchase it in larger amounts than are members of any other demographic group. The popular belief that teenagers eat more ice cream than adults must, therefore, be false. The argument is flawed primarily because the author
A. Fails to distinguish between purchasing and consuming
B. Does not supply information about carowners in age groups other than 50to 60
C. Depends on popular belief rather than on documented research findings
D. Does not specify the precise amount of ice cream purchased by any demographic group
E. Discusses ice cream rather than more nutritious and healthful foods
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A. Fails to distinguish between purchasing and consuming
B. Does not supply information about carowners in age groups other than 50to 60
C. Depends on popular belief rather than on documented research findings
D. Does not specify the precise amount of ice cream purchased by any demographic group
E. Discusses ice cream rather than more nutritious and healthful foods
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Situation Adults aged 50 to 60 buy more ice cream than does any other demographic group (for example, teenagers). Does this mean that adults consume more ice cream than teenagers do?
Reasoning A flawed assumption underlies the reasoning: the assumption that the buyers of the ice cream are also the eaters of the ice cream. Although the demographic group carowners aged 50 to 60 purchases more ice cream than does any other demographic group, it is quite likely that much of the ice cream purchased by those homeowners is for consumption by family members rather than for exclusive consumption by the purchaser. This leaves open the possibility that teenagers may indeed be the largest consumers of ice cream.
A. Correct. The failure to make this distinction led to the making of the flawed assumption.
B. This is false: The argument tells us (indirectly) that carowners aged 50 to 60 buy more ice cream than does any other group-which allows us to infer that they buy more than do carowners aged 30 to 40, for example. But even if the argument had stated such information explicitly, it would not have offered any better support for its conclusion.
C. There is nothing in the argument to suggest that the information given is based on popular belief.
D. Providing precise information about the quality of ice cream purchased by carowners aged 50 to 60 would not improve the arguments at all.
E.The subject is ice cream, not nutrition, so this point is irrelevant.
The correct answer is A.
Question 346. A. A network of sanctuaries also exist to shelter vulnerable species.
B. The crush of population makes the forest's edge a battle ground between man and animal.
C. The problem is the implementation.
D. Amid such adversity there is need for citizens with crusading spirit to serve as guardians of our natural heritage by supplementing or even replacing an ineffectual official forest force.
E. India boasts of a corpus of stringent wildlife protection laws to conserve wildlife.
B. The crush of population makes the forest's edge a battle ground between man and animal.
C. The problem is the implementation.
D. Amid such adversity there is need for citizens with crusading spirit to serve as guardians of our natural heritage by supplementing or even replacing an ineffectual official forest force.
E. India boasts of a corpus of stringent wildlife protection laws to conserve wildlife.
Answer: Option B. -> EACBD
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B
D cannot be the first sentence as it refers to 'such adversity'. Rules out choice (c). There isno link, betweenAandD, so choice (a) can be ruled out. It is clear thatBDgo togetherandEACgo together and we have to decide which precedes or which follows. Dis suitableas the concluding line; furtherEACfollowingDdoesn't lend coherence.
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B
D cannot be the first sentence as it refers to 'such adversity'. Rules out choice (c). There isno link, betweenAandD, so choice (a) can be ruled out. It is clear thatBDgo togetherandEACgo together and we have to decide which precedes or which follows. Dis suitableas the concluding line; furtherEACfollowingDdoesn't lend coherence.
Answer: Option C. -> Pocock's linguistic approach, though not applicable to all eighteenth-century political texts, provides a useful model for historians of political theory
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C
Again apply the concepts thought in my class.
Look at the last line of the last paragraph
"It is sufficient to recognize that any interesting text is probably a mixture of several of these vocabularies, and to applaud the historian who, though guilty of some exaggeration, has done the most to make us aware of their importance”
These lines clearly point to option (c ) as the correct answer.
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C
Again apply the concepts thought in my class.
Look at the last line of the last paragraph
"It is sufficient to recognize that any interesting text is probably a mixture of several of these vocabularies, and to applaud the historian who, though guilty of some exaggeration, has done the most to make us aware of their importance”
These lines clearly point to option (c ) as the correct answer.
Question 348. A. But he is also thought to be indecisive and too much of a micro-manager.
B. He is intellectually curious, more comfortable in the spotlight than Miss Megawati, and widely viewed as a man of integrity who would be strong in times of crisis.
C. This is amply reflected in the understanding that he won the election on character, not ideology.
D. Though Indonesia's voters have now signaled that they want change at the top too, it is not clear that Mr. Yudhoyono can deliver on this mandate.
E. Besides these personality traits, his party worries that there is not much to separate him from Miss Megawati on policy.
B. He is intellectually curious, more comfortable in the spotlight than Miss Megawati, and widely viewed as a man of integrity who would be strong in times of crisis.
C. This is amply reflected in the understanding that he won the election on character, not ideology.
D. Though Indonesia's voters have now signaled that they want change at the top too, it is not clear that Mr. Yudhoyono can deliver on this mandate.
E. Besides these personality traits, his party worries that there is not much to separate him from Miss Megawati on policy.
Answer: Option A. -> DBAEC
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A
The "he” in all the other statements refers to Mr. Yudhoyono who is first introduced in statement D. Hence this is the introductory statement. E cannot immediately follow D as it starts off with "Besides these personality traits” which means that some personality traits have to have been discussed before. Hence B follows D as it describes his character. A continues to describe his traits and is followed by E which provides a view of the other side of the coin.
Hence, option (a) is the correct answer.
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A
The "he” in all the other statements refers to Mr. Yudhoyono who is first introduced in statement D. Hence this is the introductory statement. E cannot immediately follow D as it starts off with "Besides these personality traits” which means that some personality traits have to have been discussed before. Hence B follows D as it describes his character. A continues to describe his traits and is followed by E which provides a view of the other side of the coin.
Hence, option (a) is the correct answer.
Answer: Option B. -> a performance of a musical score whose range of tonality cannot be completely captured by any actual instruments
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B
Let us look at the lines -
“if no society can guarantee perfect equality in the resources that may give rise to political influence, the democratic principle of political equality is incapable of full realization. So, actual systems can be deemed democratic only as approximations to the ideal.”
The democratic principle of equality is incapable of realization in any pluralist democracy.
So the best answer is Option (b).
The key word is “cannot be completely captured”.
The author states ‘incapable of realization’. This is not equal to saying “it is approximate”. We have to match each element of the reasoning with the analogy. Though option (a) is very close, option (b) is the best as the elements of this option match better with the reasoning in the passage.
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B
Let us look at the lines -
“if no society can guarantee perfect equality in the resources that may give rise to political influence, the democratic principle of political equality is incapable of full realization. So, actual systems can be deemed democratic only as approximations to the ideal.”
The democratic principle of equality is incapable of realization in any pluralist democracy.
So the best answer is Option (b).
The key word is “cannot be completely captured”.
The author states ‘incapable of realization’. This is not equal to saying “it is approximate”. We have to match each element of the reasoning with the analogy. Though option (a) is very close, option (b) is the best as the elements of this option match better with the reasoning in the passage.
Question 350. A. A Booker prize won by Salman Rushdie for his writing 'Midnight's Children', turned Indian writing in English for the better.
B. Although International recognition came to Rabindranath Tagore much earlier, it was Rushdie's book that affected Indian literature in a way that nothing else in this century has done.
C. It was 'Midnight Children's success which gave a whole generation of Indians who had literary inclinations the confidence to embark on literary careers.
D. Rushdie's influence lies in the fact that he made India - rather Indian themes, locales and characters - written about in English popular, even trendy.
E. Rushdie's 'Midnight Children' convinced publishers, both in India and in the west that there was a market for books in English written by Indians.
B. Although International recognition came to Rabindranath Tagore much earlier, it was Rushdie's book that affected Indian literature in a way that nothing else in this century has done.
C. It was 'Midnight Children's success which gave a whole generation of Indians who had literary inclinations the confidence to embark on literary careers.
D. Rushdie's influence lies in the fact that he made India - rather Indian themes, locales and characters - written about in English popular, even trendy.
E. Rushdie's 'Midnight Children' convinced publishers, both in India and in the west that there was a market for books in English written by Indians.
Answer: Option A. -> ABCED
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A
The best starting sentence is A, as Salman Rushdie's full name is used only here. In none of the other sentences, does this happen.
Hence, the answer is option (a).
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A
The best starting sentence is A, as Salman Rushdie's full name is used only here. In none of the other sentences, does this happen.
Hence, the answer is option (a).
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