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Answer: Option B. -> so transparent it has been
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B
While the standard idiom is so . . . that, so . . . as can also be used in certain situations but so . . . it is never correct. Eliminate (B). Eliminate (C) for a verb tense error: The sentence begins in the present tense (is . . . transparent) and has no reason to switch from is to the past tense was at the end. (D) is not idiomatic; transparent enough has to be followed by to be in this situation and transparent enough so as to be combines incompatible idioms. Even though the original sentence is rather clumsy, (A) is still the best option of the ones you're given.
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B
While the standard idiom is so . . . that, so . . . as can also be used in certain situations but so . . . it is never correct. Eliminate (B). Eliminate (C) for a verb tense error: The sentence begins in the present tense (is . . . transparent) and has no reason to switch from is to the past tense was at the end. (D) is not idiomatic; transparent enough has to be followed by to be in this situation and transparent enough so as to be combines incompatible idioms. Even though the original sentence is rather clumsy, (A) is still the best option of the ones you're given.
Question 62. The fundamental sea change in this decade is the opening of developed economies' markets to the commoditizing influence of developing economies like India and China. In response, companies jumped to innovation. But what you really have to do to fight commoditization is create sustainable differentiation, which means your competitors cannot or will not copy you. Innovation, which creates sustainable differentiation, is what you want. What most companies do, and why you have the feeling that they're just talking about it, is they innovate but they do not achieve sustainable differentiation.
Answer: Option A. -> Yes, they're spending a lot on research and development, but at the end of the day, they are not substantially differentiated from their competitors.
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A
Option (b) talks about innovating something core to your business model. But this is not the main issue. Hence option (b) is eliminated. Option (c) is irrelevant. It does not address the main issue. Option (d) is out of scope. Option (e) is just a general statement. It has nothing to do with the question. Option (a) addresses the main issue perfectly and says that even though the companies are spending a lot on r&d, they are not successful because they do not have substantial differentiation. Hence option (a )is the correct answer. The last sentence states that the companies do not achieve differentiation despite innovating. The correct option takes it further emphasizing the same that is, the companies spend a lot on R&D but they do not achieve differentiation.
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A
Option (b) talks about innovating something core to your business model. But this is not the main issue. Hence option (b) is eliminated. Option (c) is irrelevant. It does not address the main issue. Option (d) is out of scope. Option (e) is just a general statement. It has nothing to do with the question. Option (a) addresses the main issue perfectly and says that even though the companies are spending a lot on r&d, they are not successful because they do not have substantial differentiation. Hence option (a )is the correct answer. The last sentence states that the companies do not achieve differentiation despite innovating. The correct option takes it further emphasizing the same that is, the companies spend a lot on R&D but they do not achieve differentiation.
Answer: Option D. -> The Germans
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D
The second sentence of the second paragraph reads “After America declared war against Germany during World War I, the still infant film industry glorified the fight against “the Hun.” Thus, it must follow that the Germans are referred to by that name.
(A) There is no direct evidence in the passage that indicates this meaning for "the Hun." Furthermore, the use of quotation marks indicates that the reference is not literal.
(B) There is no direct evidence in the passage that indicates this meaning for "the Hun."
(C) There is no direct evidence in the passage that indicates this meaning for "the Hun." The fact that the Hungarians were then part of Austro-Hungary is outside knowledge which cannot be deduced from the passage.
(D) CORRECT. Since the passage states that America declared war on Germany, it must follow that the Germans were “the Hun” against whom America was fighting.
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D
The second sentence of the second paragraph reads “After America declared war against Germany during World War I, the still infant film industry glorified the fight against “the Hun.” Thus, it must follow that the Germans are referred to by that name.
(A) There is no direct evidence in the passage that indicates this meaning for "the Hun." Furthermore, the use of quotation marks indicates that the reference is not literal.
(B) There is no direct evidence in the passage that indicates this meaning for "the Hun."
(C) There is no direct evidence in the passage that indicates this meaning for "the Hun." The fact that the Hungarians were then part of Austro-Hungary is outside knowledge which cannot be deduced from the passage.
(D) CORRECT. Since the passage states that America declared war on Germany, it must follow that the Germans were “the Hun” against whom America was fighting.
Answer: Option D. -> Guadalcanal Diary
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D
The theme of the passage is that the glory of war was emphasized in films made during the conflict but questioned in those made years afterward. In the second paragraph, All Quiet on the Western Front is cited as an example from the latter category. Therefore, its portrayal of combat would have the least in common with a film made during a conflict.
(A) In the third paragraph, Apocalypse Now is listed as a film that was made years after the conflict it portrayed and had an ambivalent attitude to its topic. Thus, it can be inferred that it would resemble All Quiet on the Western Front.
(B) In the second paragraph, The Bridge on the River Kwai is described as a film that was made years after the conflict it portrayed and showed the moral confusion of war. Thus, it can be inferred that it would resemble All Quiet on the Western Front.
(C) In the third paragraph, Platoon is described as a film that was made years after the conflict it portrayed and had an ambivalent attitude to its topic. Thus, it can be inferred that it would resemble All Quiet on the Western Front.
(D) CORRECT. In both the second and third paragraphs, Guadalcanal Diary is mentioned as a film made in wartime. In the second paragraph, it is listed as an example of a film that portrayed the “’the ultimate sacrifice’ as a noble and undoubted good.” In contrast, the first paragraph states that “All Quiet on the Western Front put forth an anti-war message by displaying the horrors of combat.”
Thus, Guadalcanal Diary must be the portrayal of combat that least resembles that in All Quiet on the Western Front.
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D
The theme of the passage is that the glory of war was emphasized in films made during the conflict but questioned in those made years afterward. In the second paragraph, All Quiet on the Western Front is cited as an example from the latter category. Therefore, its portrayal of combat would have the least in common with a film made during a conflict.
(A) In the third paragraph, Apocalypse Now is listed as a film that was made years after the conflict it portrayed and had an ambivalent attitude to its topic. Thus, it can be inferred that it would resemble All Quiet on the Western Front.
(B) In the second paragraph, The Bridge on the River Kwai is described as a film that was made years after the conflict it portrayed and showed the moral confusion of war. Thus, it can be inferred that it would resemble All Quiet on the Western Front.
(C) In the third paragraph, Platoon is described as a film that was made years after the conflict it portrayed and had an ambivalent attitude to its topic. Thus, it can be inferred that it would resemble All Quiet on the Western Front.
(D) CORRECT. In both the second and third paragraphs, Guadalcanal Diary is mentioned as a film made in wartime. In the second paragraph, it is listed as an example of a film that portrayed the “’the ultimate sacrifice’ as a noble and undoubted good.” In contrast, the first paragraph states that “All Quiet on the Western Front put forth an anti-war message by displaying the horrors of combat.”
Thus, Guadalcanal Diary must be the portrayal of combat that least resembles that in All Quiet on the Western Front.
Question 65. And you know what? Life will go on. More people may be drawn to malls nowadays. Bangaloreans lament the loss of the historic names that defined South Parade shopping for 100 years--but not enough of them have been going there. They've been going to Spencer's or Reliance or any of the other specialty and big-box retailers that don't have famous addresses and landmark status, but have been chipping away at department store sales for years. If you've lived in Bangalore for any period of time, especially if you grew up here, chances are you have a favorite memory of shopping on South Parade. You're probably thinking of homes at Diwali right now
Answer: Option B. -> But times and tastes and habits change.
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B
Option (a) talks about losing jobs in Nature Fresh which is not mentioned in the para, so there is no logical flow. Option (c) mentions South Parade as a fun place to hang out again but the para is talking about the loss of South Parade. Options (d) an (e) are very vague and will not end the para coherently.
Hence option (b) is the correct answer. It is in keeping with the flow of the para that describes how people's taste has changed over the years from South Parade to Reliance and the like.
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B
Option (a) talks about losing jobs in Nature Fresh which is not mentioned in the para, so there is no logical flow. Option (c) mentions South Parade as a fun place to hang out again but the para is talking about the loss of South Parade. Options (d) an (e) are very vague and will not end the para coherently.
Hence option (b) is the correct answer. It is in keeping with the flow of the para that describes how people's taste has changed over the years from South Parade to Reliance and the like.
Question 66. A. Ethnography has long been used in the academic world, and was first employed in commercial research in the 70s.
B. "I spent time with different consumers while they were shopping, cooking and eating in their own home”.
C. "Perhaps the difference now is that a great deal of market research is not conducted solely at a single point in time.”
D. Anne-Marie McDermott, managing director of Quaestor Research, points to a project 13 years ago, which looked at a new chicken-burger product.
E. "This method of conducting research was revolutionary at the time”.
F. "Researchers spend a lot of time with respondents, living in their environment - even to the point of moving in with them and sharing the experience being researched”, she says.
B. "I spent time with different consumers while they were shopping, cooking and eating in their own home”.
C. "Perhaps the difference now is that a great deal of market research is not conducted solely at a single point in time.”
D. Anne-Marie McDermott, managing director of Quaestor Research, points to a project 13 years ago, which looked at a new chicken-burger product.
E. "This method of conducting research was revolutionary at the time”.
F. "Researchers spend a lot of time with respondents, living in their environment - even to the point of moving in with them and sharing the experience being researched”, she says.
Answer: Option D. -> ADBECF
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D
Mainstream research. Sentence D then takes it a step forward and mentions a research person who talks about how she first used it 13 years ago. The rest of the sentences are quotes made by her and are easier to understand in terms of the sequence. Sentence B then talks about her approach and sentence E is a comment on how this was perceived at the time. Sentence C is a reflective comment on how the times have changed with the last sentence F describing specific instances of the same. This makes choice (d) correct.
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D
Mainstream research. Sentence D then takes it a step forward and mentions a research person who talks about how she first used it 13 years ago. The rest of the sentences are quotes made by her and are easier to understand in terms of the sequence. Sentence B then talks about her approach and sentence E is a comment on how this was perceived at the time. Sentence C is a reflective comment on how the times have changed with the last sentence F describing specific instances of the same. This makes choice (d) correct.
Answer: Option B. -> citing specific illustrations drawn from Johnson's work
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B
The author develops her points by citing specific illustrations drawn from Johnson’s work.
Look at these lines Second Paragraph: “That this is a practice contrary to the rules of criticism,” Johnson wrote, “will be readily allowed; but there is always an appeal from criticism to nature.”
Third Paragraph: “is damned with faint praise by Johnson: “Cato affords a splendid exhibition of artificial and fictitious manners, and delivers just and noble sentiments, in diction easy, elevated, and harmonious, but its hopes and fears communicate no vibration to the heart.”
Fourth Paragraph: “In his Life of Dryden, he defends the use of a special diction in poetry, it is true; but his reasons are all-important. For Johnson, poetic diction should serve the ends of direct emotional impact and ease of comprehension, not those of false profundity or grandiosity. “Words too familiar,” he wrote, “or too remote, defeat the purpose of a poet. From those sounds which we hear on small or on coarse occasions, we do not easily receive strong impressions, or delightful images; and words to which we are nearly strangers, whenever they occur, draw that attention on themselves which they should transmit to things.”
We have lines in all the paragraphs to support option (b).
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B
The author develops her points by citing specific illustrations drawn from Johnson’s work.
Look at these lines Second Paragraph: “That this is a practice contrary to the rules of criticism,” Johnson wrote, “will be readily allowed; but there is always an appeal from criticism to nature.”
Third Paragraph: “is damned with faint praise by Johnson: “Cato affords a splendid exhibition of artificial and fictitious manners, and delivers just and noble sentiments, in diction easy, elevated, and harmonious, but its hopes and fears communicate no vibration to the heart.”
Fourth Paragraph: “In his Life of Dryden, he defends the use of a special diction in poetry, it is true; but his reasons are all-important. For Johnson, poetic diction should serve the ends of direct emotional impact and ease of comprehension, not those of false profundity or grandiosity. “Words too familiar,” he wrote, “or too remote, defeat the purpose of a poet. From those sounds which we hear on small or on coarse occasions, we do not easily receive strong impressions, or delightful images; and words to which we are nearly strangers, whenever they occur, draw that attention on themselves which they should transmit to things.”
We have lines in all the paragraphs to support option (b).
Question 68. Sharks have a higher ratio of cartilage mass to body mass than any other organism. They also have a greater resistance to cancer than any other organism. Shark cartilage contains a substance that inhibits tumor growth by stopping the development of a new blood network. In the past 20 years, none of the responses among terminal cancer patients to various therapeutic measures has been more positive than the response among those who consumed shark cartilage.
If the claims made above are true, then each of the following could be true EXCEPT:
If the claims made above are true, then each of the following could be true EXCEPT:
Answer: Option A. -> No organism resists cancer better than sharks do, but some resist cancer as well as sharks.
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A
The opening line of the argument states that
"They also have a greater resistance to cancer than any other organism.”
Sharks have greater resistance to cancer than any other organism. So we cannot have any organism having equal or greater resistance to cancer than sharks
SO definitely Option (a) is false. So (a) is the answer.
The other options could be true but (a) is definitely false.
This passage has only information about sharks, shark cartilage and the substance in shark cartilage which inhibits tumour growth.
There is no evidence to show that higher ratio of cartilage mass is responsible for inhibition of cancer.
So (b) could be correct.
(c ) is also possible.
The argument states that
"In the past 20 years, none of the responses among terminal cancer patients to various therapeutic measures has been more positive than the response among those who consumed shark cartilage.”
Shark cartilage has given the most positive response among all measures. That does not mean that other measures have not given any positive response.
So (d) is also possible
(a)is also possible as we have no information available in the passage to negate it.
Option (a) s the only option which the passage negates. SO (a) is the answer.
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A
The opening line of the argument states that
"They also have a greater resistance to cancer than any other organism.”
Sharks have greater resistance to cancer than any other organism. So we cannot have any organism having equal or greater resistance to cancer than sharks
SO definitely Option (a) is false. So (a) is the answer.
The other options could be true but (a) is definitely false.
This passage has only information about sharks, shark cartilage and the substance in shark cartilage which inhibits tumour growth.
There is no evidence to show that higher ratio of cartilage mass is responsible for inhibition of cancer.
So (b) could be correct.
(c ) is also possible.
The argument states that
"In the past 20 years, none of the responses among terminal cancer patients to various therapeutic measures has been more positive than the response among those who consumed shark cartilage.”
Shark cartilage has given the most positive response among all measures. That does not mean that other measures have not given any positive response.
So (d) is also possible
(a)is also possible as we have no information available in the passage to negate it.
Option (a) s the only option which the passage negates. SO (a) is the answer.
Answer: Option A. -> It was difficult to believe that the two had never met -- without knowing each other they looked so matching.
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A
Option A: People can look similar or alike but not matching.
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A
Option A: People can look similar or alike but not matching.
Question 70. The city was a [A] / the [B] maze of dimly lit alleys. His teacher's words proved to be a great morale [A] / moral [B] booster for the young adolescent. The Met office has predicted changeable [A] / changing [B] weather for Monday. Implicit [A] / Explicit [B] understanding between the two parties resulted in smooth governance.
Answer: Option D. -> ABAAA
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D
The indefinite article 'a' is suitable. Hence A.
Mace' is an ornamental stick or a weapon.'Maze is a complex system of passages or pathways.
Hence B.
'Moral' is what is right according to ethical conduct 'Morale' booster is something that enlivens the spirits of someone who is feeling down and out.Hence A.
Changing' is not used with weather.'Changeable' is more apt to describe something that is likely to change.Hence A.
Implicit' is tacit or unspoken.'Explicit' is something that is clearly said or spelt out.ANS:option D
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D
The indefinite article 'a' is suitable. Hence A.
Mace' is an ornamental stick or a weapon.'Maze is a complex system of passages or pathways.
Hence B.
'Moral' is what is right according to ethical conduct 'Morale' booster is something that enlivens the spirits of someone who is feeling down and out.Hence A.
Changing' is not used with weather.'Changeable' is more apt to describe something that is likely to change.Hence A.
Implicit' is tacit or unspoken.'Explicit' is something that is clearly said or spelt out.ANS:option D
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