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Answer: Option A. -> An anthropologist studies the implements currently used by an isolated culture, but does not investigate how the people of that culture designed and used those implements
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A
From the passage, we can understand that before 1970s, folklorists used to concentrate only on the lore-songs, tales etc and the people involved were usually ignored. The study described in option (a) is analogous to this- the anthropologist studies the objects, but does not study how people designed and used the objects.
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A
From the passage, we can understand that before 1970s, folklorists used to concentrate only on the lore-songs, tales etc and the people involved were usually ignored. The study described in option (a) is analogous to this- the anthropologist studies the objects, but does not study how people designed and used the objects.
Answer: Option B. -> was interested in the effect of a person's social milieu on his or her character and actions
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B
The author states that Scalp’s novels presented social settings realistically. The question asks why Scalp did so. Option (b) is the best answer. In the first paragraph, the author states that:“In her novels, Scalp is deeply engaged by the questions of how individuals are shaped (or deformed) by their social environments, how historical forces impinge on people’s lives, how class, wealth and gender help to determine people’s fates.” This shows that Scalp was interested in the effect of social environment on the individual.
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B
The author states that Scalp’s novels presented social settings realistically. The question asks why Scalp did so. Option (b) is the best answer. In the first paragraph, the author states that:“In her novels, Scalp is deeply engaged by the questions of how individuals are shaped (or deformed) by their social environments, how historical forces impinge on people’s lives, how class, wealth and gender help to determine people’s fates.” This shows that Scalp was interested in the effect of social environment on the individual.
Answer: Option A. -> shrinks from a totalitarian approach
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A
Look at these lines -
“Postmodernism belies all grand narratives like those of positivism and even Habermas’s theory of rationality that try to force people into the mold of a specific way of thinking and acting”.
“Positivism and even Habermas’ theory of rationality, which under the guise of universality attempted to force people into a certain way of thinking and acting, as history has so adequately demonstrated, do not shrink from a totalitarian approach.”
From the above two lines we can infer that (a) could be right.
“As is evident from the above quotation, postmodernism believes all great narratives on the levels of both epistemology and social philosophy”.
We find that answer option is (c) is wrong.
Option (b) is out of scope. It is not mentioned anywhere in the passage that post modernism gives equal weightage to incommensurability and homogeneity.
So (a) is the correct answer.
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A
Look at these lines -
“Postmodernism belies all grand narratives like those of positivism and even Habermas’s theory of rationality that try to force people into the mold of a specific way of thinking and acting”.
“Positivism and even Habermas’ theory of rationality, which under the guise of universality attempted to force people into a certain way of thinking and acting, as history has so adequately demonstrated, do not shrink from a totalitarian approach.”
From the above two lines we can infer that (a) could be right.
“As is evident from the above quotation, postmodernism believes all great narratives on the levels of both epistemology and social philosophy”.
We find that answer option is (c) is wrong.
Option (b) is out of scope. It is not mentioned anywhere in the passage that post modernism gives equal weightage to incommensurability and homogeneity.
So (a) is the correct answer.
Answer: Option A. -> disparaging
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A
The literary critics discussed in the first paragraph ignored Scalp’s intention to criticize society and saw her as a ‘poetic’ novelist unconcerned with the real world. This question asks you to identify the tone of the remarks made by the author of the passage concerning this assessment of Scalp’s work. Option (a) is the correct choice. The author’s characterization of the critics’ assessment as ‘cavalier’ can be described as ‘disparaging’. In this context, both ‘cavalier’ and ‘disparaging’ refer to casually and disrespectfully dismissing an important matter.
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A
The literary critics discussed in the first paragraph ignored Scalp’s intention to criticize society and saw her as a ‘poetic’ novelist unconcerned with the real world. This question asks you to identify the tone of the remarks made by the author of the passage concerning this assessment of Scalp’s work. Option (a) is the correct choice. The author’s characterization of the critics’ assessment as ‘cavalier’ can be described as ‘disparaging’. In this context, both ‘cavalier’ and ‘disparaging’ refer to casually and disrespectfully dismissing an important matter.
Answer: Option C. -> Manage incompatibility, heterogeneity and internal differences of various interests or practices or preferences
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C
Look at these lines -
“It is for this reason that in practice it is not enough to minimalize the differences between alternative perspectives (which could lead to a kind of pluralistic indifference); neither would it do to resolve the conflicts between them in a forcible manner (this would lead only to dogmatism). Managing differences will therefore be a challenge for knowledge management to find which leading element would be helpful in steering the ship of organization past the rocks of totalitarian rule and then around the cliffs of indifference.”
So we find that only answer option (a) or only answer option (b) is not enough for knowledge management to be successful.
Option (d) is junk. Look at these lines from the first paragraph -
“Functionalism has a marked preference for unity above diversity”.
So functionalism manages unity over diversity and the author is against functionalism in knowledge management.
So the best answer option is (c).
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C
Look at these lines -
“It is for this reason that in practice it is not enough to minimalize the differences between alternative perspectives (which could lead to a kind of pluralistic indifference); neither would it do to resolve the conflicts between them in a forcible manner (this would lead only to dogmatism). Managing differences will therefore be a challenge for knowledge management to find which leading element would be helpful in steering the ship of organization past the rocks of totalitarian rule and then around the cliffs of indifference.”
So we find that only answer option (a) or only answer option (b) is not enough for knowledge management to be successful.
Option (d) is junk. Look at these lines from the first paragraph -
“Functionalism has a marked preference for unity above diversity”.
So functionalism manages unity over diversity and the author is against functionalism in knowledge management.
So the best answer option is (c).
Answer: Option A. -> Neutral...antipathy
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A
Option: (A) The sentence clearly highlights a contrast by using "either...or”. This means the first sentence would use a word that indicates 'everyone has opinions about Antony'. Options (a) and (d) provide the firstwords that might fit in. The second blank would be the deciding factor. Since the first word displays a positive emotion, the second blank would give it a contrast in the form of a negative emotion. 'Consternation', which means a state of paralyzing dismayed, would not fit in here. 'Antipathy', which clearly conveys a negative emotion, would be the best fit.
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A
Option: (A) The sentence clearly highlights a contrast by using "either...or”. This means the first sentence would use a word that indicates 'everyone has opinions about Antony'. Options (a) and (d) provide the firstwords that might fit in. The second blank would be the deciding factor. Since the first word displays a positive emotion, the second blank would give it a contrast in the form of a negative emotion. 'Consternation', which means a state of paralyzing dismayed, would not fit in here. 'Antipathy', which clearly conveys a negative emotion, would be the best fit.
Answer: Option C. -> Illuminate, consequences
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C
Option: (C) It is evident that the only suitable word for the second blank is "consequences”. This is because,the experimental results can never be foundations/conditions/adjuncts of anything.
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C
Option: (C) It is evident that the only suitable word for the second blank is "consequences”. This is because,the experimental results can never be foundations/conditions/adjuncts of anything.
Question 418. Given the economic inequalities in the country, you will get a tremendously unequal delivery of medical attention. There is no way of escaping it. There are a lot of rich people in the country and there is no way you can prevent them from having state-of-the-art medical attention within India if they can pay for it.
Answer: Option C. -> There is no way you can say it's all right to buy a yacht or a villa but not medical treatment.
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C
The last line has to follow logically for the passage. The passage talks about how the rich will get superior treatment if they can pay for it due to the economic inequalities in the country. Option (a) just states a fact but cannot be the last line as there is no logical flow. Option (b) talks about foreign countries but it is irrelevant here as we are talking about the economic inequalities within the country. Option (c) is the best answer that continues in line with the rich getting unequal medical treatment and there is no way the poor can call it unfair. Option (d) does not have enough to be an effective last line.
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C
The last line has to follow logically for the passage. The passage talks about how the rich will get superior treatment if they can pay for it due to the economic inequalities in the country. Option (a) just states a fact but cannot be the last line as there is no logical flow. Option (b) talks about foreign countries but it is irrelevant here as we are talking about the economic inequalities within the country. Option (c) is the best answer that continues in line with the rich getting unequal medical treatment and there is no way the poor can call it unfair. Option (d) does not have enough to be an effective last line.
Question 419. If everything you knew about office life came from NBC's serial mockumentary "The Office," you would be forgiven for thinking romance is the main spice of workplace life. Yet the hit show confirms with satire what recent studies have demonstrated with numbers: Romances shape office life, and human resource departments don't have much to say about it. _____________________________________ As one HR professional puts it: "There is a feeling of resignation among HR people. Mostly they close their eyes and hope for the best.”
Answer: Option B. -> But given the potential fallout from workplace relationships, companies retreat on this issue at their own risk
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B
According to the passage, romances shape office life and the HR department of the company cannot say much about it. Option (a) says that there are no rules and regulations that the HR department can use against office romances. This is in line with the idea presented in the passage as the line following the blank says that the HR department has a feeling of resignation as they cannot really quote rules to reprimand those involved in office relationships. Option (b) says that the company chooses to ignore the presence of romance but it can lead to a potential fallout between the people involved in the romance. Option (d) goes against the idea as it is clearly given that the HR department is ignoring the presence of office romances. Option (c) goes outside the scope of the passage.
Hence option (a) is the correct answer.
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B
According to the passage, romances shape office life and the HR department of the company cannot say much about it. Option (a) says that there are no rules and regulations that the HR department can use against office romances. This is in line with the idea presented in the passage as the line following the blank says that the HR department has a feeling of resignation as they cannot really quote rules to reprimand those involved in office relationships. Option (b) says that the company chooses to ignore the presence of romance but it can lead to a potential fallout between the people involved in the romance. Option (d) goes against the idea as it is clearly given that the HR department is ignoring the presence of office romances. Option (c) goes outside the scope of the passage.
Hence option (a) is the correct answer.
Question 420. Four alternative summaries are given below the text. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the text.
Making up our own minds about our identity and choosing our own beliefs is surely a crucial step on the road to strength and independence as an individual. At the same time, there is a genuine and legitimate need in all of us to be linked to others by emotional ties and by ties of shared beliefs.
A. We can be strong and independent, in making up our mind and choose our own beliefs. However, there is a need for emotional ties and ties of shared beliefs.
B. In order to be strong and independent, a person should make up his mind and choose his own identity and beliefs and curb the desire to be linked to others by emotional ties and ties of shared beliefs.
C. An important step towards becoming strong and independent is choosing one's own beliefs. This, however, is curbed by the desire to be linked to others by emotional and cultural ties.
D. One should suppress one's desire to be linked to others by emotional ties and walk on the path of strength and independence by choosing our own beliefs.
Making up our own minds about our identity and choosing our own beliefs is surely a crucial step on the road to strength and independence as an individual. At the same time, there is a genuine and legitimate need in all of us to be linked to others by emotional ties and by ties of shared beliefs.
A. We can be strong and independent, in making up our mind and choose our own beliefs. However, there is a need for emotional ties and ties of shared beliefs.
B. In order to be strong and independent, a person should make up his mind and choose his own identity and beliefs and curb the desire to be linked to others by emotional ties and ties of shared beliefs.
C. An important step towards becoming strong and independent is choosing one's own beliefs. This, however, is curbed by the desire to be linked to others by emotional and cultural ties.
D. One should suppress one's desire to be linked to others by emotional ties and walk on the path of strength and independence by choosing our own beliefs.
Answer: Option A. -> A
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A
On the one hand we should be independent in making up our minds, on the other we should link
to others emotionally and through shared beliefs. Statement B is wrong as it says 'curb the desire
to be linked to others', C says independence is curbed by the desire to be 'linked and D says we
must suppress the desire to link - all of which are wrong. Only A states the idea correctly
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A
On the one hand we should be independent in making up our minds, on the other we should link
to others emotionally and through shared beliefs. Statement B is wrong as it says 'curb the desire
to be linked to others', C says independence is curbed by the desire to be 'linked and D says we
must suppress the desire to link - all of which are wrong. Only A states the idea correctly
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