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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 of 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 of 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).
Answer: Option D. -> The use of a research method is described and the limitations of the results obtained are discussed.
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D
In the passage, the author hasn’t really talked about two different research methods. So answer options (a) and (b) can be eliminated. Nor has the author proposed any new method. Hence, answer option (c) can also be eliminated. However, if we look at answer option (d), it very precisely conveys the organization of the passage by stating that a research method is described and the limitations of the results obtained are discussed. This is in perfect tandem with the actual organization of the passage. Therefore, answer option (d) clearly stands out as the right answer choice.
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D
In the passage, the author hasn’t really talked about two different research methods. So answer options (a) and (b) can be eliminated. Nor has the author proposed any new method. Hence, answer option (c) can also be eliminated. However, if we look at answer option (d), it very precisely conveys the organization of the passage by stating that a research method is described and the limitations of the results obtained are discussed. This is in perfect tandem with the actual organization of the passage. Therefore, answer option (d) clearly stands out as the right answer choice.
Question 493. Choose the grammatically correct option of the underlined part given below.
If the claims of coastal nations to 200-mile territorial seas were accepted on a worldwide basis, more than thirty per cent of the world's ocean area would come under the jurisdiction of one or other national states.
If the claims of coastal nations to 200-mile territorial seas were accepted on a worldwide basis, more than thirty per cent of the world's ocean area would come under the jurisdiction of one or other national states.
Answer: Option B. -> One or another national state
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B
One or other - means between first or second that is out of two choices.
One or another - means between multiple choices not restricted to two.
Here we need one or another. So the answer is (b)
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B
One or other - means between first or second that is out of two choices.
One or another - means between multiple choices not restricted to two.
Here we need one or another. So the answer is (b)
Question 494. For years, Mt. Desert Island, particularly its major settlement, Bar Harbor, afforded summer homes for the wealthy. Recently though, Bar Harbor has become a burgeoning arts community as well. But, the best part of the island is the unspoiled forest land known as Acadia National Park ._____________________
Answer: Option D. -> Because the island sits on the boundary line between the temperate and sub-Arctic zones, the island supports the flora and fauna of both zones as well as beach, inland, and alpine plants
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D
The given passage talks about Bar Harbor and how it has become an arts community. The paragraph ends by talking about the unspoiled forest land of Acadia National Park. Hence the last line must essentially contain an explanation as to why the national park is unspoiled. This is best expressed only in option (d). Option (a) talks about bird migration which does not end the para effectively. Option (b) talks about the availability of the park to different people which is irrelevant here. Option (c) also goes outside the scope of the passage. There is no talk about how visitors can get instructions in the passage. Hence option (d) is the correct answer.
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D
The given passage talks about Bar Harbor and how it has become an arts community. The paragraph ends by talking about the unspoiled forest land of Acadia National Park. Hence the last line must essentially contain an explanation as to why the national park is unspoiled. This is best expressed only in option (d). Option (a) talks about bird migration which does not end the para effectively. Option (b) talks about the availability of the park to different people which is irrelevant here. Option (c) also goes outside the scope of the passage. There is no talk about how visitors can get instructions in the passage. Hence option (d) is the correct answer.
Answer: Option D. -> A product suitable for men aged 60 and above is advertised in a magazine read by adults of all ages.
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D
In the last two lines of the passage, the author has mentioned that “Unfortunately, there are few media that allow the marketer (one that deals in a market; specifically: one that promotes or sells a product or service) to direct a marketing program exclusively to the program target. Inevitably, people get exposed to a great deal of marketing for products in which they have no interest and so they become annoyed.” We can deduce from the aforesaid that marketing is being targeted at the entire program audience irrespective of their interests. Option (d) also mentions a similar situation wherein a product suitable for men aged 60 and above is advertised in a magazine read by adults of all ages. Therefore, it is evident that answer option (d) is the correct answer choice.
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D
In the last two lines of the passage, the author has mentioned that “Unfortunately, there are few media that allow the marketer (one that deals in a market; specifically: one that promotes or sells a product or service) to direct a marketing program exclusively to the program target. Inevitably, people get exposed to a great deal of marketing for products in which they have no interest and so they become annoyed.” We can deduce from the aforesaid that marketing is being targeted at the entire program audience irrespective of their interests. Option (d) also mentions a similar situation wherein a product suitable for men aged 60 and above is advertised in a magazine read by adults of all ages. Therefore, it is evident that answer option (d) is the correct answer choice.
Question 496. 1. A large segment of white middle-aged Americans has suffered a startling rise in its death rate since 1999, according to a review of statistics that shows a sharp reversal in decades of progress toward longer lives.
2. An increase in the mortality rate for any large demographic group in an advanced nation has been virtually unheard of in recent decades, with the exception of Russian men after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
3. The rising death rate was accompanied by an increase in the rate of illness, the authors wrote in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
4. The mortality rate for white men and women ages 45-54 with less than a college education increased markedly between 1999 and 2013, most likely because of problems with legal and illegal drugs, alcohol and suicide, the researchers concluded. Before then, death rates for that group dropped steadily, and at a faster pace.
5. Drug addiction experts have warned that increased addiction to drugs by such a large segment of the population can pose a huge social burden on the next generation of Americans.
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2. An increase in the mortality rate for any large demographic group in an advanced nation has been virtually unheard of in recent decades, with the exception of Russian men after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
3. The rising death rate was accompanied by an increase in the rate of illness, the authors wrote in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
4. The mortality rate for white men and women ages 45-54 with less than a college education increased markedly between 1999 and 2013, most likely because of problems with legal and illegal drugs, alcohol and suicide, the researchers concluded. Before then, death rates for that group dropped steadily, and at a faster pace.
5. Drug addiction experts have warned that increased addiction to drugs by such a large segment of the population can pose a huge social burden on the next generation of Americans.
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Sentence 1 states the issue (a startling rise in the death rate of a segment of population) and sentence 4 provides the reasons behind the phenomenon. Sentences 2 and 3 again deal with mortality rates. Sentence 5 is related to drug addiction and is not a part of this particular paragraph.
(It may be a part of the larger text but is out of place for this paragraph).
Question 497. It is mistaken to attribute Novi's failure to the publicity about the supposedly inhuman working conditions in the foreign factories that furnish Novi with many of its parts. Novis failure has more to do with defects in its products than with any boycott on moral grounds. After all, plenty of other companies are supplied by factories with working conditions just as bad as those in Novi's suppliers, and the public does not hesitate to buy their products.
The argument in the passage is based on which of the following assumptions?
The argument in the passage is based on which of the following assumptions?
Answer: Option B. -> People who patronize companies supplied by factories where working conditions are as bad as those of Novi's suppliers are aware of those conditions
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B
What is the argument in the passage?
"..plenty of other companies are supplied by factories with working conditions just as bad as those in Novi's suppliers, and the public does not hesitate to buy their products”
The assumption here, is an unstated sentence, which leads to the argument in the passage. Look at option (b)
"People who patronize companies supplied by factories where working conditions are as bad as those of Novi's suppliers are aware of those conditions”
Only if the people know of the bad conditions, can a statement be made about the public not being hesitant about buying the products in spite of the bad working conditions. Hence, answer is option (b)
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B
What is the argument in the passage?
"..plenty of other companies are supplied by factories with working conditions just as bad as those in Novi's suppliers, and the public does not hesitate to buy their products”
The assumption here, is an unstated sentence, which leads to the argument in the passage. Look at option (b)
"People who patronize companies supplied by factories where working conditions are as bad as those of Novi's suppliers are aware of those conditions”
Only if the people know of the bad conditions, can a statement be made about the public not being hesitant about buying the products in spite of the bad working conditions. Hence, answer is option (b)
Answer: Option A. -> 1
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A
Option: (A) The word 'distinct' has been wrongly used in the statement "He is distinct about what is right and what is wrong”. Instead, the correct word that should have been used in place of the word 'distinct' is 'clear'.
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A
Option: (A) The word 'distinct' has been wrongly used in the statement "He is distinct about what is right and what is wrong”. Instead, the correct word that should have been used in place of the word 'distinct' is 'clear'.
Answer: Option D. -> rather than at
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D
Option: (D) The corrected sentence must contrast an effect of spot-welding with an effect of adhesive-bonding. To do so logically and grammatically, it must describe the effects in parallel terms. When inserted into the sentence, D produces the parallel construction over a broad surface rather than at a series. Having no word such as over or at indicate location, choices A, B, and C fail to complete the parallel and so illogically draw a contrast between surface and series.
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D
Option: (D) The corrected sentence must contrast an effect of spot-welding with an effect of adhesive-bonding. To do so logically and grammatically, it must describe the effects in parallel terms. When inserted into the sentence, D produces the parallel construction over a broad surface rather than at a series. Having no word such as over or at indicate location, choices A, B, and C fail to complete the parallel and so illogically draw a contrast between surface and series.
Answer: Option B. -> an adult man.
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B
Stanza 3 contains the phrase when a boy implying the speaker was a boy in the past and is now, therefore, an adult man.
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B
Stanza 3 contains the phrase when a boy implying the speaker was a boy in the past and is now, therefore, an adult man.
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