Practice Question and answers set 4 - verbal reasoning Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
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Q-1) Choose the option that best captures the essence of the text given below : Try before you buy We use this memorable saying to urge you to experience the consequences of an alternative before you choose it, whenever this is feasible . If you are considering buying a van after having always owned sedans, rent one for a week or borrow a friend's. By experiencing the consequences first hand, they become more meaningful. In addition, you are likely to identify consequences you had not even thought of before. May be you will discover that it is difficult to park the van in your small parking space at work, but that, on the other hand , your elderly father has a much easier time getting in and out of it A. If you are planning to buy a van after being used to sedans, borrow a van or rent it and try it before deciding to buy it. Then you may realize that parking a van is difficult while it is easier for your elderly father to get in and out of it. B. Before choosing an alternative, experience its consequences if feasible. If, for example, you want to change from sedans to a van, try one before buying it. You will discover aspects you may never have thought of. C. Always try before you buy anything. You are bound to discover many consequences. One of the consequences of going in for a van is that it is more difficult to park than sedans at the office car park. D. We urge you to try products such as vans before buying them. Then you can experience consequences you have not thought of such as parking problems. But your father may find vans more comfortable than cars.
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(c) is the only option as the passage clearly means to say that one should experience the consequences before choosing an alternative as then they become more meaningful. Also one can discover aspects one may not have ever thought of. Other options are more specifically about the van, whereas the point of the passage is to make a general statement about trying alternatives with van as an example.
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Q-2) The cost of housing in many urban parts of India has become so excessive that many young couples, with above–average salaries, can only afford small apartments. EMI and rent commitments are so huge that they cannot consider the possibility of starting a family since a new baby would probably mean either the mother or father giving up a well– paid position – something they can ill afford. The lack of or great cost of child-care facilities further precludes the return of both parents to work. Which of the following adjustments could practically be made to the situation described above which would allow young couples to improve their housing prospects?
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(b)
(c)
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None of the options (a), (b) and (c) can improve the housing prospects of young couples. (a) is not correct as even bearing one child could lead the mother or father giving up her/his job. Further it might be difficult to get back the similar job. (c) is not correct as it offers no solution but puts an end to their family plans. (b) is not correct as shifting to cheaper areas for living will lead to poor standard of living which they would not like to maintain.
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Q-3) "Cases of food-poisoning have been reported from village X. After a dinner party arranged for 100 people, 68 were admitted to the hospital, and 36 were reported to be out of danger. The food, which was cooked and stored in an open space for almost 12 hours, was served after reheating. Investigation is going on." A news report. Which of the following can be hypothesised from the above information?
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(b)
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It is mentioned that food was stored in open for almost twelve hours hence stale food could have been the reason behind the disaster.
Q-4) The purpose of the proposed law requiring a doctor's prescription for obtaining hypodermic needles is to lower the incidence of drug-related deaths, both accidental and intentional, involving hypodermic needles. But even knitting needles can be lethal if they fall into the wrong hands; yet everyone would agree that imposing legal restrictions on obtaining knitting needles would be preposterous. Hence the proposed law involving hypodermic makes no sense and should not be enacted. Which of the following, it true, would provide most support for the argument above?
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(b)
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The argument is essentially that the proposed law makes no sense because knitting needles are dangerous as well. The argument relies explicitly on an analogy between hypodermic and knitting needles. Thus, the two must be similar in all respects relevant to the argument.
Otherwise, the argument is unconvincing. (a) affirms that knitting needles are in fact dangerous, thereby affirming the analogy between the two types of needles.
(b) and (c) each in its own way supports the bare assertion that the proposed law might not be effective. However, none of these answer choices affirms the argument's essential reasoning.
(d) actually weakens the argument, by providing a reason why hypodermic needles and knitting needles are not relevantly similar.
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Q-5) The purpose of the proposed law requiring a doctor's prescription for obtaining hypodermic needles is to lower the incidence of drug-related deaths, both accidental and intentional, involving hypodermic needles. But even knitting needles can be lethal if they fall into the wrong hands; yet everyone would agree that imposing legal restrictions on obtaining knitting needles would be preposterous. Hence the proposed law involving hypodermic makes no sense and should not be enacted. Which of the following, it true, would provide most support for the argument above?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
The argument is essentially that the proposed law makes no sense because knitting needles are dangerous as well. The argument relies explicitly on an analogy between hypodermic and knitting needles. Thus, the two must be similar in all respects relevant to the argument.
Otherwise, the argument is unconvincing.
(a) affirms that knitting needles are in fact dangerous, thereby affirming the analogy between the two types of needles.
(b) and (c) each in its own way supports the bare assertion that the proposed law might not be effective.
However, none of these answer choices affirms the argument's essential reasoning.
(d) actually weakens the argument, by providing a reason why hypodermic needles and knitting needles are not relevantly similar.
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Q-6) "If you want a hassle-free holiday package for city M, then join only our tour. Hurry up; only a few seats available" – An advertisement of XYZ Tourist Company. If the above statement is true then which of the following has been assumed while making the statement?
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(b)
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The use of word 'hassle-free' suggests that the company assumed that people seek convenience and comfort.
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Q-7) In a famous experiment at the IISC campus, when a cat smelled milk, it salivated. In the experiment, a bell was rung whenever food was placed near the cat. After a number of trials, only the bell was rung, whereupon the cat would salivate even though no food was present. Such behaviour has been observed in other animals such as dogs, monkeys, etc. and is a vital input for training domesticated animals. Which of the following conclusions may be drawn from the above experiment?
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This passage is a typical example of Response to Stimuli. Clearly the cat starts salivating when the bell rungs because she has related the ringing of bell with food in the back of her mind.
Q-8) A drug that is very effective in treating some forms of cancer can, at present, be obtained only from the bark of the Raynhu, a tree that is quite rare in the wild. It takes the bark of approximately 5,000 trees to make one pound of the drug. It follows, then, that continued production of the drug must inevitably lead to the raynhu's extinction. Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the above conclusion?
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(b)
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Provides an alternate source of the Raynhu bark. Even though the tree is rare in the wild, the argument is silent on the availability of cultivated trees. The author of the argument must be assuming that there are no Raynhu trees other than those in the wild, in order to make the leap from the stated evidence to the conclusion that the Raynhu is headed for extinction.
The option (d) weakens the assupmtion - 'there are limited raynhu trees' - by saying that there are other ways as well for the propogation of Raynhu.
The other answer choices all contain information that is irrelevant. Note that the correct choice does not make the conclusion of the argument impossible.
In fact, it is possible that there may be domesticated Raynhu trees and the species could still become extinct. Answer choice (d) is correct because it makes the conclusion about extinction less likely to be true.
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Q-9) Our school district should not spend its money on the new Verbal Advantage reading program. After all, our students get all the reading practice they need by studying history and science. The argument above depends on which the following assumptions?
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(b)
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The argument boils down to the following, including the unstated assumption provided by (b):
Premise: Students get enough reading practice already.
Unstated assumption (b): The reading program provides only reading practice.
Conclusion: The reading program is unnecessary.
(a) is not a necessary assumption. The argument is not concerned with whether improved reading skills would help the students learn history and science. Rather, the argument involves whether the new program would help improve reading skills.
(c) is not a necessary assumption. The argument is that no additional reading practice is needed, regardless of which program provides that practice.
(d) is not a necessary assumption. The argument does not aim to compare the importance of one discipline over another.
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Q-10) Szymanski suggests that the problem of racism in football may be present even today. He begins by verifying an earlier hypothesis tha clubs' wage bills explain 90% of their performance. Thus, if players' salaries were to be only based on their abilities, clubs that spend more should finish higher. If there is pay discrimination against some group of playersfewer teams bidding for black players thus lowering the salaries for blacks with the same ability as whites-that neat relation may no longer hold. He concludes that certain clubs seem to have achieved much less than what they could have, by not recruiting black players. Which one of the following findings would best support Szymanski's conclusion?
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(b)
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Infering from the passage (c) supports Szymanski's conclusion because the passage suggests that clubs that had spend more on hiring white players should have finished higher. However, there is pay discrimination. So high pay may not mean good performance.