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Which one of the following best describes what the passage is trying to do?
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26 November 2017
02
Early maps did NOT put north at the top for all the following reasons EXCEPT
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26 November 2017
03
According to the passage, early Chinese maps placed north at the top because
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26 November 2017
04
It can be inferred from the passage that European explorers like Columbus and Magellan
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26 November 2017
05
Which one of the following about the northern orientation of modern maps is asserted in the passage?
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26 November 2017
06
The role of natural phenomena in influencing map-making conventions is seen most clearly in
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26 November 2017
07
The printing press has been likened to the Internet for which one of the following reasons?
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26 November 2017
08
According to the passage, the invention of the printing press did all of the following EXCEPT
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26 November 2017
09
Steve Jobs predicted which one of the following with the introduction of the iPhone?
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26 November 2017
10
"I'm still waiting to see if the iPhone can do what the printing press did for religion and democracy." The author uses which one of the following to indicate his uncertainty?
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26 November 2017
11
The author attributes the French and American revolutions to the invention of the printing press because
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26 November 2017
12
The main conclusion of the passage is that the new technology has
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26 November 2017
13
The central idea of this passage is that:
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26 November 2017
14
Why does the author say in paragraph 2, 'the massive distribution centers Amazon has opened across the country, often not too far from malls the company helped shutter'?
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26 November 2017
15
In paragraph 1, the phrase "real estate developers once stumbled over themselves to court" suggests that they
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26 November 2017
16
The author calls the mall an ecosystem unto itself because
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26 November 2017
17
Why does the author say that the mall has been America's public square?
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26 November 2017
18
The author describes 'Perfume clouds in the department stores' in order to
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26 November 2017
19
Which of the following best sums up Ehrlich and Raven's argument in their classic 1969 paper?
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26 November 2017
20
All of the following statements are true according to the passage EXCEPT
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26 November 2017
21
The author discusses Mayr, Ehrlich and Raven to demonstrate that
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26 November 2017
22
The central point in the first paragraph is that the economic benefits of the Olympic Games
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26 November 2017
23
Sports facilities built for the Olympics are not fully utilised after the Games are over because
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26 November 2017
24
The author feels that the Games place a burden on the host city for all of the following reasons EXCEPT that
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26 November 2017
25
In the author's view, cities promote human creativity for all the following reasons EXCEPT that they
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26 November 2017
26
The author uses 'ironic' in the third paragraph to point out that
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26 November 2017
27
The central idea of this passage is that
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26 November 2017
28
Jane Jacobs believed that cities that are more creative
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26 November 2017
29
The 1968 study is used here to show that
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26 November 2017
30
The author's conclusions about the most 'creative cities' in the US (paragraph 6) are based on his assumption that
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26 November 2017
31
The purpose of this passage is to
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26 November 2017
32
All of the following statements are true EXCEPT
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26 November 2017
33
Based on this extract, the author would support which one of the following actions?
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26 November 2017
34
In paragraph 6, the author provides the examples of crowberry and alpine azalea to demonstrate that
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26 November 2017
35
Which one of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?
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26 November 2017
36
In paragraph 1, the author uses blankets as a device to
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26 November 2017
37
Which of the following statements best reflects the author's argument?
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26 November 2017
38
The author points out all of the following about electric cars EXCEPT
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26 November 2017
39
According to the author, the main reason for Tesla's remarkable sales is that
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26 November 2017
40
The author comes to the conclusion that
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26 November 2017
41
In paragraphs 5 and 6, the author provides the example of Uber to argue that
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26 November 2017
42
In paragraph 6, the author mentions electrically powered bicycles to argue that
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26 November 2017
43
Which one of the following best describes what the passage is trying to do?
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26 November 2017
44
According to the passage, some governments still use typewriters because:
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26 November 2017
45
The writer praises typewriters for all the following reasons EXCEPT
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26 November 2017
46
The primary purpose of the passage is:
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26 November 2017
47
The evidence - "Most of the artifacts also date to the 780s, but some are as old as 725" - has been used in the passage to argue that:
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26 November 2017
48
All of the following hold true for Vikings EXCEPT
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26 November 2017
49
Direction of the question: Identify the most appropriate summary for the paragraph. North American walnut sphinx moth caterpillars (Amorpha juglandis) look like easy meals for birds, but they have a trick up their sleeves—they produce whistles that sound like bird alarm calls, scaring potential predators away. At first, scientists suspected birds were simply startled by the loud noise. But a new study suggests a more sophisticated mechanism: the caterpillar's whistle appears to mimic a bird alarm call, sending avian predators scrambling for cover. When pecked by a bird, the caterpillars whistle by compressing their bodies like an accordion and forcing air out through specialized holes in their sides. The whistles are impressively loud - they have been measured at over 80 dB from 5 cm away from the caterpillar - considering they are made by a two-inch long insect.
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26 November 2017
50
Direction of the question: Identify the most appropriate summary for the paragraph. Both Socrates and Bacon were very good at asking useful questions. In fact, Socrates is largely credited with corning up with a way of asking questions, 'the Socratic method,' which itself is at the core of the 'scientific method,' popularised by Bacon. The Socratic method disproves arguments by finding exceptions to them, and can therefore lead your opponent to a point where they admit something that contradicts their original position. In common with Socrates, Bacon stressed it was as important to disprove a theory as it was to prove one - and real-world observation and experimentation were key to achieving both aims. Bacon also saw science as a collaborative affair, with scientists working together, challenging each other.
Single correct
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26 November 2017
51
Direction of the question: Identify the most appropriate summary for the paragraph. A fundamental property of language is that it is slippery and messy and more liquid than solid, a gelatinous mass that changes shape to fit. As Wittgenstein would remind us, "usage has no sharp boundary." Oftentimes, the only way to determine the meaning of a word is to examine how it is used. This insight is often described as the "meaning is use" doctrine. There are differences between the "meaning is use" doctrine and a dictionary-first theory of meaning. "The dictionary's careful fixing of words to definitions, like butterflies pinned under glass, can suggest that this is how language works. The definitions can seem to ensure and fix the meaning of words, just as the gold standard can back a country's currency." What Wittgenstein found in the circulation of ordinary language, however, was a free-floating currency of meaning. The value of each word arises out of the exchange. The lexicographer abstracts a meaning from that exchange, which is then set within the conventions of the dictionary definition.
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26 November 2017
52
In the first paragraph, Bradshaw uses the term “violence” to describe the recent change in the human-elephant relationship because, according to him:
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EASY
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25 November 2018
53
Which of the following measures is Bradshaw most likely to support to address the problem of elephant aggression?
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25 November 2018
54
Which of the following statements best expresses the overall argument of this passage?
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25 November 2018
55
The passage makes all of the following claims EXCEPT:
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25 November 2018
56
In paragraph 4, the phrase, “The fabric of elephant society . . . has[s] effectively been frayed by . . .” is:
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25 November 2018
57
Which of the following, if found to be true, would negate the main message of the passage?
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25 November 2018
58
The passage uses the metaphor of a dog walker to argue that evolutionary adaptation is most comprehensively understood as being determined by:
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25 November 2018
59
The Emory University experiment with mice points to the inheritance of:
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25 November 2018
60
Which of the following best describes the author's argument?
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25 November 2018
61
The author claims that omitting mention of Indians who served in the Second World War from the new National War Memorial is:
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25 November 2018
62
In the first paragraph, the author laments the fact that:
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25 November 2018
63
The author suggests that a major reason why India has not so far acknowledged its role in the Second World War is that it:
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25 November 2018
64
The phrase “mood music” is used in the second paragraph to indicate that the Second World War is viewed as:
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25 November 2018
65
The author lists all of the following as outcomes of the Second World War EXCEPT:
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25 November 2018
66
It can be inferred that the author considers the Keep America Beautiful organisation:
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25 November 2018
67
The author lists all of the following as negative effects of the use of plastics EXCEPT the:
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25 November 2018
68
Which of the following interventions would the author most strongly support:
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25 November 2018
69
In the first paragraph, the author uses “lie” to refer to the:
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25 November 2018
70
In the second paragraph, the phrase “what hammering a nail is to halting a falling skyscraper” means:
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25 November 2018
71
From the passage we can infer that the author would like economists to:
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25 November 2018
72
In the author’s opinion, the shift in thinking in the 1970s:
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25 November 2018
73
The author’s view would be undermined by which of the following research findings?
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25 November 2018
74
According to the author, wearable technologies and social media are contributing most to:
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25 November 2018
75
According to the author, Dubai:
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25 November 2018
76
Direction of the question: Identify the most appropriate summary for the paragraph. Artificial embryo twinning is a relatively low-tech way to make clones. As the name suggests, this technique mimics the natural process that creates identical twins. In nature, twins form very early in development when the embryo splits in two. Twinning happens in the first days after egg and sperm join, while the embryo is made of just a small number of unspecialized cells. Each half of the embryo continues dividing on its own, ultimately developing into separate, complete individuals. Since they developed from the same fertilized egg, the resulting individuals are genetically identical.
Single correct
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25 November 2018
77
Direction of the question: Identify the most appropriate summary for the paragraph. The conceptualization of landscape as a geometric object first occurred in Europe and is historically related to the European conceptualization of the organism, particularly the human body, as a geometric object with parts having a rational, three-dimensional organization and integration. The European idea of landscape appeared before the science of landscape emerged, and it is no coincidence that Renaissance artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, who studied the structure of the human body, also facilitated an understanding of the structure of landscape. Landscape which had been a subordinate background to religious or historical narratives, became an independent genre or subject of art by the end of sixteenth century or the beginning of the seventeenth century.
Single correct
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25 November 2018
78
Direction of the question: Identify the most appropriate summary for the paragraph and write the key for most appropriate option. Production and legitimation of scientific knowledge can be approached from a number of perspectives. To study knowledge production from the sociology of professions perspective would mean a focus on the institutionalization of a body of knowledge. The professions-approach informed earlier research on managerial occupation, business schools and management knowledge. It however tends to reify institutional power structures in its understanding of the links between knowledge and authority. Knowledge production is restricted in the perspective to the selected members of the professional community, most notably to the university faculties and professional colleges. Power is understood as a negative mechanism, which prevents the non-professional actors from offering their ideas and information as legitimate knowledge.
Single correct
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25 November 2018
79
Data provided by Cassini challenged the assumption that:
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25 November 2018
80
Based on information provided in the passage, we can conclude all of the following except
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25 November 2018
81
The phrase “leaving laundry hanging on a line downwind from a smokestack” is used to explain how the ringed planet's:
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25 November 2018
82
Based on information provided in the passage, we can infer that, in addition to water ice, Saturn's rings might also have small amounts of:
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25 November 2018
83
The main objective of the passage is to:
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25 November 2018
84
The main purpose of the passage is to:
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25 November 2018
85
Which of the following, IF TRUE, would undermine the passage's main argument?
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HARD
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25 November 2018
86
According to the author, service delivery in Indian education can be improved in all of the following ways EXCEPT through:
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25 November 2018
87
The author questions the use of monitoring systems in services that involve face-to face interaction between service providers and clients because such systems:
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25 November 2018
88
In the context of the passage, we can infer that the title “Band Aids on a Corpse” (in paragraph 2) suggests that:
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25 November 2018
89
Which of the following best describes the purpose of the example of neuroscience?
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25 November 2018
90
Which of the following conditions, if true, would invalidate the passage's main argument?
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HARD
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25 November 2018
91
Which of the following conditions would weaken the efficacy of a random decision forest?
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25 November 2018
92
The author critiques meritocracy for all the following reasons EXCEPT that:
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25 November 2018
93
On the basis of the passage, which of the following teams is likely to be most effective in solving the problem of rising obesity levels?
Comprehension
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25 November 2018
94
Of the following, which would have added the least depth to the author's argument?
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25 November 2018
95
Which of the following is NOT a consequence of the 'metric fixation' phenomenon mentioned in the passage?
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25 November 2018
96
All of the following can be a possible feature of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, EXCEPT:
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25 November 2018
97
What is the main idea that the author is trying to highlight in the passage?
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25 November 2018
98
What main point does the author want to convey through the examples of the police officer and the surgeon?
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25 November 2018
99
Which one of the following makes the author eliminate convergent evolution as a probable explanation for why white-lipped grove snails are found in Ireland and the Pyrenees?
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25 November 2018
100
The passage outlines several hypotheses and evidence related to white-lipped grove snails to arrive at the most convincing explanation for:
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25 November 2018
101
All of the following evidence supports the passage's explanation of sea travel/trade EXCEPT:
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25 November 2018
102
In paragraph 4, the evidence that “humans routinely ate these types of snails before the advent of agriculture” can be used to conclude that:
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25 November 2018
103
“Netflix had begun editing old episodes of Stranger Things to retroactively improve their visual effects.” What is the purpose of this example used in the passage?
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24 November 2024
104
Which one of the following statements, if true, would best invalidate the main argument of the passage?
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24 November 2024
105
Which one of the following statements about art best captures the arguments made in the passage?
Comprehension
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24 November 2024
106
Which of the following statements is suggested by the sentence “Back then, at least, cinema was defined by its ephemerality: the sense that a film was as good as gone once it left your local cinema”?
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24 November 2024
107
The author questions the ability of crafts to create substantial employment opportunities presently because
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24 November 2024
108
We can infer from the passage that medieval crafts guilds resembled mass production in that both
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24 November 2024
109
The most recent revival in interest in the crafts is a result of the emergence of all of the following EXCEPT:
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24 November 2024
110
Which one of the following statements is NOT inconsistent with the views stated in the passage?
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24 November 2024
111
According to the text, the western barred bandicoots now have a flattering name because they have
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24 November 2024
112
The text uses the word ‘exclosures’ because Wild Deserts has adopted a measure of
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24 November 2024
113
Which one of the following options does NOT represent the characteristics of the western barred bandicoot?
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24 November 2024
114
Which one of the following statements provides a gist of this passage?
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24 November 2024
115
In the first paragraph the author is making the point that economists like Becker
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24 November 2024
116
“Times have changed for the once almighty discipline.” We can infer from this statement and the associated paragraph that the author is being
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24 November 2024
117
The author critiques Schiller's approach to behavioural economics for
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24 November 2024
118
We can infer from the passage that the term “homo economic us” refers to someone
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24 November 2024
119
If a trader brought white peppercorns from India to medieval Europe, all of the following are unlikely to happen, EXCEPT:
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24 November 2024
120
It can be inferred that all of the following contributed to a decline in the allure of spices, EXCEPT:
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24 November 2024
121
In the context of the passage, the people who heard the story of pepper trees being guarded by snakes would be least likely to arrive at the conclusion that
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24 November 2024
122
In the context of the passage, which one of the following conclusions CANNOT be reached?
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24 November 2024
123
All of the following are listed as reasons why academics choose to review other scholars' work EXCEPT:
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24 November 2024
124
Based on the passage we can infer that the author would most probably support
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24 November 2024
125
According to the passage, which of the following is the only reason NOT given in favour of making peer review data public?
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24 November 2024
126
According to the passage, some are opposed to making peer reviews public for all the following reasons EXCEPT that it
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24 November 2024
127
We can assume that the author would support all of the following views EXCEPT:
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24 November 2024
128
Which of the following best conveys the main point of the first paragraph?
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24 November 2024
129
The author lists all of the following examples as "externalities" of major technical advances EXCEPT:
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24 November 2024
130
Carrier, Babbage, and Edison are mentioned in the passage to illustrate the author's point that
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24 November 2024
131
According to the passage, which of the following scenarios would MOST likely exacerbate the frequency of carnivore-human conflicts?
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24 November 2024
132
Which of the following statements, if false, would be inconsistent with the concerns raised in the passage regarding the drivers of carnivore-human conflicts?
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24 November 2024
133
Given the insights provided by Penteriani's research and Wilkinson's statement, which of the following conclusions can be drawn about the relationship between landscape heterogeneity and human-carnivore conflicts?
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24 November 2024
134
According to the passage, what is a significant factor that contributes to the habituation of carnivores to human presence?
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24 November 2024
135
The author identifies all of the following as dire outcomes of the capture of language by AI EXCEPT that it could
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24 November 2024
136
We can infer that the author is most likely to agree with which of the following statements?
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24 November 2024
137
The author terms language “the operating system of our civilization” for all the following reasons EXCEPT that it
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24 November 2024
138
The tone of the passage could best be described as
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24 November 2024
139
Which one of the following is both a reason for Moutai's success as well as a possible threat to that success?
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24 November 2024
140
In the context of the passage, it is most likely that the author refers to Moutai's marketing strategy as “the unholy trinity” because
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24 November 2024
141
The phrase “would make it an invention to rival gunpowder” has been used in the passage in a sense that is
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24 November 2024
142
In the context of the passage we can infer that to succeed in the liquor industry in China, a marketing firm must consider all of the following factors affecting the Chinese liquor market EXCEPT that
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24 November 2024
143
The author mentions all of the following reasons to dismiss concerns about contaminating Mars EXCEPT:
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24 November 2024
144
The author's overall tone in the first paragraph can be described as
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24 November 2024
145
The contrasting reactions to the Chinese and Israeli “contaminations” of lunar space
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24 November 2024
146
The author is unlikely to disagree with any of the following EXCEPT:
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24 November 2024
147
It can be inferred from the passage that it is likely South America had a slightly better language survival rate than North America for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
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24 November 2024
148
Which one of the following hypothetical scenarios, if true, would most strongly undermine the central ideas of the passage?
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24 November 2024
149
In the context of the passage, which one of the following hypothetical scenarios, if true, is NOT an example of the kind of loss that occurs when a language becomes extinct?
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24 November 2024
150
The author believes that a liberal arts education combined with participation in language preservation empower students in all of the following ways EXCEPT that they will
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24 November 2024
151
The last paragraph of the passage refers to “middle-class, white, professional men”. Which one of the following qualities best describes the connection among them?
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30 November 2025
152
Study the following sets of concepts and identify the set that is conceptually closest to the concerns and arguments of the passage.
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30 November 2025
153
According to the passage, who or what was an “alienist”?
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30 November 2025
154
“Conversely, when a defendant struck officials as unlike themselves, whether by dint of disease, gender, confession, or race, the precariousness of judgments about mental state was exposed.” Which one of the following best describes the use of the word “confession” in this sentence?
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30 November 2025
155
According to the incentive or moral hazard argument, which one of the designs below is most consistent with the claim that some inequality can raise growth?
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30 November 2025
156
Which one of the options below best summarises the passage?
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30 November 2025
157
The primary function of the three-part case for a positive income inequality–economic growth link in the first half of the passage is to show that:
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30 November 2025
158
The passage refers to "democratization". Choose the one option below that comes closest to the opposite of this process.
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30 November 2025
159
What relation does the “communication problem” mentioned in paragraph 2 have to the questions that the author recounts at the beginning of the passage?
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30 November 2025
160
From the context in which it is placed, the phrase “sui generis” in paragraph 3 suggests which one of the following?
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30 November 2025
161
The goal of the author over the course of this passage is to:
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30 November 2025
162
The mention of Stravinsky's description of music in the first paragraph does all the following EXCEPT:
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30 November 2025
163
All of the following inferences are supported by the passage EXCEPT that:
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30 November 2025
164
Which one of the following observations would most strengthen the passage's claim that a first-order tail event raises the probability of further tail events in complex systems?
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30 November 2025
165
Which one of the options below best summarises the passage?
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30 November 2025
166
The passage suggests that contact tracing apps could inadvertently raise risky interactions by altering local behaviour. Which one of the assumptions below is most necessary for that suggestion to hold?
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30 November 2025
167
Which one of the following results for the cross between surface fish (with eyes) and cavefish (without eyes) would invalidate Riddle's inference from the experiment?
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30 November 2025
168
Which one of the following best explains why the “apparent inefficiency” is “unavoidable”?
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30 November 2025
169
On the basis of the information in the passage, what is the most likely function of carotenoids in Mexican tetra cavefish?
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30 November 2025
170
All of the following statements from the passage describe adaptation in Mexican tetra cavefish EXCEPT:
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30 November 2025
171
All of the following statements may be rejected as valid inferences from the passage EXCEPT:
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30 November 2025
172
Which one of the following observations is a valid conclusion to draw from the statement that “the sciences involved are today highly instrumentalised and could not progress successfully without constant improvements upon the respective instrumental trajectories”?
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30 November 2025
173
To which one of the following instruments would the characterisations of instruments in the passage be least applicable?
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30 November 2025
174
None of the following statements, if true, contradicts the arguments in the passage EXCEPT:
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30 November 2025
175
Which one of the following is a valid conclusion to draw from the author’s statement that, “The pursuit of such a topic speaks to the valuable knowledge produced from bridging disciplines and combining material from both the arts and the sciences to better understand the human condition.”?
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30 November 2025
176
Which one of the following is not true of the argument in the second paragraph?
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30 November 2025
177
The author uses the example of the literary description of place to illustrate that:
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30 November 2025
178
All of the following statements, if false, would contradict the arguments in the passage, EXCEPT that:
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30 November 2025
179
The author compares AI-generated texts with “a beige office building” for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
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30 November 2025
180
On the basis of the purpose of the examples in the passage, pick the odd one out from the following AI-generated responses mentioned in the passage:
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30 November 2025
181
All of the following statements from the passage affirm the disjunct between the claims about AI made by tech companies and what AI actually does EXCEPT:
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30 November 2025
182
The author of the passage is least likely to agree with which one of the following claims?
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30 November 2025
183
All of the following, if true, would weaken the passage’s claims about the hallucinatory tribal imagination EXCEPT that:
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30 November 2025
184
On the basis of the passage, which one of the following explains the main difference between imagination and memory?
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30 November 2025
185
Non-human living forms exhibit human emotions in tribal narratives because tribal narratives:
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30 November 2025
186
Which one of the following best explains why tribals in India worship their dead ancestors?
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30 November 2025
187
Which one of the options below best summarises the passage?
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30 November 2025
188
All of the following can reasonably be inferred from the passage EXCEPT:
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30 November 2025
189
The passage compares ethics to physics, where different theories apply to different aspects of a domain and says AI can reason from fixed starting points in complex cases. Which one of the assumptions below must hold for that comparison to guide practice?
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30 November 2025
190
Choose the one option below that comes closest to being the opposite of "utilitarianism".
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30 November 2025
191
What does the author wish to communicate by referring to the Hoover and Aswan dams in the first paragraph?
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30 November 2025
192
The word “instantiation” is used in the first paragraph. Which one of the following pairs of terms would be the best substitute for it in the context of its usage in the paragraph?
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30 November 2025
193
All of the following statements may be considered valid inferences from the passage EXCEPT that:
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30 November 2025
194
Which one of the following sets of terms is closest to mapping the key arguments of the passage?
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30 November 2025
195
Which one of the following best encapsulates the reason for the “raging controversy” developing into a “larger controversy”?
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30 November 2025
196
All of the following, if true, would weaken the narrative presented in the passage EXCEPT that:
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30 November 2025
197
According to the passage, which one of the following is not common to the 1878 Forest Act and the 1982 draft forest act?
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30 November 2025
198
According to the passage, which one of the following reforms is yet to happen in India’s forest policies?
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30 November 2025
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Which one of the following best describes what the passage is trying to do?
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26 November 2017
02
Early maps did NOT put north at the top for all the following reasons EXCEPT
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26 November 2017
03
According to the passage, early Chinese maps placed north at the top because
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26 November 2017
04
It can be inferred from the passage that European explorers like Columbus and Magellan
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MEDIUM
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26 November 2017
05
Which one of the following about the northern orientation of modern maps is asserted in the passage?
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26 November 2017
06
The role of natural phenomena in influencing map-making conventions is seen most clearly in
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26 November 2017
07
The printing press has been likened to the Internet for which one of the following reasons?
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26 November 2017
08
According to the passage, the invention of the printing press did all of the following EXCEPT
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26 November 2017
09
Steve Jobs predicted which one of the following with the introduction of the iPhone?
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26 November 2017
10
"I'm still waiting to see if the iPhone can do what the printing press did for religion and democracy." The author uses which one of the following to indicate his uncertainty?
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26 November 2017
11
The author attributes the French and American revolutions to the invention of the printing press because
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26 November 2017
12
The main conclusion of the passage is that the new technology has
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26 November 2017
13
The central idea of this passage is that:
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26 November 2017
14
Why does the author say in paragraph 2, 'the massive distribution centers Amazon has opened across the country, often not too far from malls the company helped shutter'?
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26 November 2017
15
In paragraph 1, the phrase "real estate developers once stumbled over themselves to court" suggests that they
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26 November 2017
16
The author calls the mall an ecosystem unto itself because
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26 November 2017
17
Why does the author say that the mall has been America's public square?
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26 November 2017
18
The author describes 'Perfume clouds in the department stores' in order to
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26 November 2017
19
Which of the following best sums up Ehrlich and Raven's argument in their classic 1969 paper?
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26 November 2017
20
All of the following statements are true according to the passage EXCEPT
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MEDIUM
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26 November 2017
21
The author discusses Mayr, Ehrlich and Raven to demonstrate that
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26 November 2017
22
The central point in the first paragraph is that the economic benefits of the Olympic Games
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26 November 2017
23
Sports facilities built for the Olympics are not fully utilised after the Games are over because
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26 November 2017
24
The author feels that the Games place a burden on the host city for all of the following reasons EXCEPT that
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26 November 2017
25
In the author's view, cities promote human creativity for all the following reasons EXCEPT that they
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26 November 2017
26
The author uses 'ironic' in the third paragraph to point out that
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26 November 2017
27
The central idea of this passage is that
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26 November 2017
28
Jane Jacobs believed that cities that are more creative
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26 November 2017
29
The 1968 study is used here to show that
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26 November 2017
30
The author's conclusions about the most 'creative cities' in the US (paragraph 6) are based on his assumption that
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HARD
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26 November 2017
31
The purpose of this passage is to
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MEDIUM
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26 November 2017
32
All of the following statements are true EXCEPT
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26 November 2017
33
Based on this extract, the author would support which one of the following actions?
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HARD
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26 November 2017
34
In paragraph 6, the author provides the examples of crowberry and alpine azalea to demonstrate that
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MEDIUM
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26 November 2017
35
Which one of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?
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26 November 2017
36
In paragraph 1, the author uses blankets as a device to
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EASY
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26 November 2017
37
Which of the following statements best reflects the author's argument?
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MEDIUM
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26 November 2017
38
The author points out all of the following about electric cars EXCEPT
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MEDIUM
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26 November 2017
39
According to the author, the main reason for Tesla's remarkable sales is that
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26 November 2017
40
The author comes to the conclusion that
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26 November 2017
41
In paragraphs 5 and 6, the author provides the example of Uber to argue that
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26 November 2017
42
In paragraph 6, the author mentions electrically powered bicycles to argue that
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26 November 2017
43
Which one of the following best describes what the passage is trying to do?
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MEDIUM
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26 November 2017
44
According to the passage, some governments still use typewriters because:
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EASY
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26 November 2017
45
The writer praises typewriters for all the following reasons EXCEPT
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MEDIUM
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26 November 2017
46
The primary purpose of the passage is:
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26 November 2017
47
The evidence - "Most of the artifacts also date to the 780s, but some are as old as 725" - has been used in the passage to argue that:
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26 November 2017
48
All of the following hold true for Vikings EXCEPT
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26 November 2017
49
Direction of the question: Identify the most appropriate summary for the paragraph. North American walnut sphinx moth caterpillars (Amorpha juglandis) look like easy meals for birds, but they have a trick up their sleeves—they produce whistles that sound like bird alarm calls, scaring potential predators away. At first, scientists suspected birds were simply startled by the loud noise. But a new study suggests a more sophisticated mechanism: the caterpillar's whistle appears to mimic a bird alarm call, sending avian predators scrambling for cover. When pecked by a bird, the caterpillars whistle by compressing their bodies like an accordion and forcing air out through specialized holes in their sides. The whistles are impressively loud - they have been measured at over 80 dB from 5 cm away from the caterpillar - considering they are made by a two-inch long insect.
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26 November 2017
50
Direction of the question: Identify the most appropriate summary for the paragraph. Both Socrates and Bacon were very good at asking useful questions. In fact, Socrates is largely credited with corning up with a way of asking questions, 'the Socratic method,' which itself is at the core of the 'scientific method,' popularised by Bacon. The Socratic method disproves arguments by finding exceptions to them, and can therefore lead your opponent to a point where they admit something that contradicts their original position. In common with Socrates, Bacon stressed it was as important to disprove a theory as it was to prove one - and real-world observation and experimentation were key to achieving both aims. Bacon also saw science as a collaborative affair, with scientists working together, challenging each other.
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26 November 2017
51
Direction of the question: Identify the most appropriate summary for the paragraph. A fundamental property of language is that it is slippery and messy and more liquid than solid, a gelatinous mass that changes shape to fit. As Wittgenstein would remind us, "usage has no sharp boundary." Oftentimes, the only way to determine the meaning of a word is to examine how it is used. This insight is often described as the "meaning is use" doctrine. There are differences between the "meaning is use" doctrine and a dictionary-first theory of meaning. "The dictionary's careful fixing of words to definitions, like butterflies pinned under glass, can suggest that this is how language works. The definitions can seem to ensure and fix the meaning of words, just as the gold standard can back a country's currency." What Wittgenstein found in the circulation of ordinary language, however, was a free-floating currency of meaning. The value of each word arises out of the exchange. The lexicographer abstracts a meaning from that exchange, which is then set within the conventions of the dictionary definition.
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HARD
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26 November 2017
52
In the first paragraph, Bradshaw uses the term “violence” to describe the recent change in the human-elephant relationship because, according to him:
Comprehension
EASY
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25 November 2018
53
Which of the following measures is Bradshaw most likely to support to address the problem of elephant aggression?
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MEDIUM
3 marks
25 November 2018
54
Which of the following statements best expresses the overall argument of this passage?
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MEDIUM
3 marks
25 November 2018
55
The passage makes all of the following claims EXCEPT:
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MEDIUM
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25 November 2018
56
In paragraph 4, the phrase, “The fabric of elephant society . . . has[s] effectively been frayed by . . .” is:
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25 November 2018
57
Which of the following, if found to be true, would negate the main message of the passage?
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HARD
3 marks
25 November 2018
58
The passage uses the metaphor of a dog walker to argue that evolutionary adaptation is most comprehensively understood as being determined by:
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MEDIUM
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25 November 2018
59
The Emory University experiment with mice points to the inheritance of:
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EASY
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25 November 2018
60
Which of the following best describes the author's argument?
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MEDIUM
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25 November 2018
61
The author claims that omitting mention of Indians who served in the Second World War from the new National War Memorial is:
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MEDIUM
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25 November 2018
62
In the first paragraph, the author laments the fact that:
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25 November 2018
63
The author suggests that a major reason why India has not so far acknowledged its role in the Second World War is that it:
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25 November 2018
64
The phrase “mood music” is used in the second paragraph to indicate that the Second World War is viewed as:
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25 November 2018
65
The author lists all of the following as outcomes of the Second World War EXCEPT:
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25 November 2018
66
It can be inferred that the author considers the Keep America Beautiful organisation:
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25 November 2018
67
The author lists all of the following as negative effects of the use of plastics EXCEPT the:
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25 November 2018
68
Which of the following interventions would the author most strongly support:
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25 November 2018
69
In the first paragraph, the author uses “lie” to refer to the:
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25 November 2018
70
In the second paragraph, the phrase “what hammering a nail is to halting a falling skyscraper” means:
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25 November 2018
71
From the passage we can infer that the author would like economists to:
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25 November 2018
72
In the author’s opinion, the shift in thinking in the 1970s:
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25 November 2018
73
The author’s view would be undermined by which of the following research findings?
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25 November 2018
74
According to the author, wearable technologies and social media are contributing most to:
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25 November 2018
75
According to the author, Dubai:
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25 November 2018
76
Direction of the question: Identify the most appropriate summary for the paragraph. Artificial embryo twinning is a relatively low-tech way to make clones. As the name suggests, this technique mimics the natural process that creates identical twins. In nature, twins form very early in development when the embryo splits in two. Twinning happens in the first days after egg and sperm join, while the embryo is made of just a small number of unspecialized cells. Each half of the embryo continues dividing on its own, ultimately developing into separate, complete individuals. Since they developed from the same fertilized egg, the resulting individuals are genetically identical.
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MEDIUM
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25 November 2018
77
Direction of the question: Identify the most appropriate summary for the paragraph. The conceptualization of landscape as a geometric object first occurred in Europe and is historically related to the European conceptualization of the organism, particularly the human body, as a geometric object with parts having a rational, three-dimensional organization and integration. The European idea of landscape appeared before the science of landscape emerged, and it is no coincidence that Renaissance artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, who studied the structure of the human body, also facilitated an understanding of the structure of landscape. Landscape which had been a subordinate background to religious or historical narratives, became an independent genre or subject of art by the end of sixteenth century or the beginning of the seventeenth century.
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MEDIUM
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25 November 2018
78
Direction of the question: Identify the most appropriate summary for the paragraph and write the key for most appropriate option. Production and legitimation of scientific knowledge can be approached from a number of perspectives. To study knowledge production from the sociology of professions perspective would mean a focus on the institutionalization of a body of knowledge. The professions-approach informed earlier research on managerial occupation, business schools and management knowledge. It however tends to reify institutional power structures in its understanding of the links between knowledge and authority. Knowledge production is restricted in the perspective to the selected members of the professional community, most notably to the university faculties and professional colleges. Power is understood as a negative mechanism, which prevents the non-professional actors from offering their ideas and information as legitimate knowledge.
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MEDIUM
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25 November 2018
79
Data provided by Cassini challenged the assumption that:
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25 November 2018
80
Based on information provided in the passage, we can conclude all of the following except
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25 November 2018
81
The phrase “leaving laundry hanging on a line downwind from a smokestack” is used to explain how the ringed planet's:
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EASY
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25 November 2018
82
Based on information provided in the passage, we can infer that, in addition to water ice, Saturn's rings might also have small amounts of:
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MEDIUM
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25 November 2018
83
The main objective of the passage is to:
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25 November 2018
84
The main purpose of the passage is to:
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25 November 2018
85
Which of the following, IF TRUE, would undermine the passage's main argument?
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HARD
3 marks
25 November 2018
86
According to the author, service delivery in Indian education can be improved in all of the following ways EXCEPT through:
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MEDIUM
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25 November 2018
87
The author questions the use of monitoring systems in services that involve face-to face interaction between service providers and clients because such systems:
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25 November 2018
88
In the context of the passage, we can infer that the title “Band Aids on a Corpse” (in paragraph 2) suggests that:
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MEDIUM
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25 November 2018
89
Which of the following best describes the purpose of the example of neuroscience?
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MEDIUM
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25 November 2018
90
Which of the following conditions, if true, would invalidate the passage's main argument?
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25 November 2018
91
Which of the following conditions would weaken the efficacy of a random decision forest?
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25 November 2018
92
The author critiques meritocracy for all the following reasons EXCEPT that:
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25 November 2018
93
On the basis of the passage, which of the following teams is likely to be most effective in solving the problem of rising obesity levels?
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25 November 2018
94
Of the following, which would have added the least depth to the author's argument?
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25 November 2018
95
Which of the following is NOT a consequence of the 'metric fixation' phenomenon mentioned in the passage?
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25 November 2018
96
All of the following can be a possible feature of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, EXCEPT:
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25 November 2018
97
What is the main idea that the author is trying to highlight in the passage?
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25 November 2018
98
What main point does the author want to convey through the examples of the police officer and the surgeon?
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25 November 2018
99
Which one of the following makes the author eliminate convergent evolution as a probable explanation for why white-lipped grove snails are found in Ireland and the Pyrenees?
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25 November 2018
100
The passage outlines several hypotheses and evidence related to white-lipped grove snails to arrive at the most convincing explanation for:
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25 November 2018
101
All of the following evidence supports the passage's explanation of sea travel/trade EXCEPT:
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25 November 2018
102
In paragraph 4, the evidence that “humans routinely ate these types of snails before the advent of agriculture” can be used to conclude that:
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25 November 2018
103
“Netflix had begun editing old episodes of Stranger Things to retroactively improve their visual effects.” What is the purpose of this example used in the passage?
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24 November 2024
104
Which one of the following statements, if true, would best invalidate the main argument of the passage?
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24 November 2024
105
Which one of the following statements about art best captures the arguments made in the passage?
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24 November 2024
106
Which of the following statements is suggested by the sentence “Back then, at least, cinema was defined by its ephemerality: the sense that a film was as good as gone once it left your local cinema”?
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24 November 2024
107
The author questions the ability of crafts to create substantial employment opportunities presently because
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24 November 2024
108
We can infer from the passage that medieval crafts guilds resembled mass production in that both
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24 November 2024
109
The most recent revival in interest in the crafts is a result of the emergence of all of the following EXCEPT:
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24 November 2024
110
Which one of the following statements is NOT inconsistent with the views stated in the passage?
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24 November 2024
111
According to the text, the western barred bandicoots now have a flattering name because they have
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24 November 2024
112
The text uses the word ‘exclosures’ because Wild Deserts has adopted a measure of
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24 November 2024
113
Which one of the following options does NOT represent the characteristics of the western barred bandicoot?
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24 November 2024
114
Which one of the following statements provides a gist of this passage?
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24 November 2024
115
In the first paragraph the author is making the point that economists like Becker
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24 November 2024
116
“Times have changed for the once almighty discipline.” We can infer from this statement and the associated paragraph that the author is being
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24 November 2024
117
The author critiques Schiller's approach to behavioural economics for
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24 November 2024
118
We can infer from the passage that the term “homo economic us” refers to someone
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24 November 2024
119
If a trader brought white peppercorns from India to medieval Europe, all of the following are unlikely to happen, EXCEPT:
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24 November 2024
120
It can be inferred that all of the following contributed to a decline in the allure of spices, EXCEPT:
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24 November 2024
121
In the context of the passage, the people who heard the story of pepper trees being guarded by snakes would be least likely to arrive at the conclusion that
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24 November 2024
122
In the context of the passage, which one of the following conclusions CANNOT be reached?
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24 November 2024
123
All of the following are listed as reasons why academics choose to review other scholars' work EXCEPT:
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24 November 2024
124
Based on the passage we can infer that the author would most probably support
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24 November 2024
125
According to the passage, which of the following is the only reason NOT given in favour of making peer review data public?
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24 November 2024
126
According to the passage, some are opposed to making peer reviews public for all the following reasons EXCEPT that it
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24 November 2024
127
We can assume that the author would support all of the following views EXCEPT:
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24 November 2024
128
Which of the following best conveys the main point of the first paragraph?
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24 November 2024
129
The author lists all of the following examples as "externalities" of major technical advances EXCEPT:
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24 November 2024
130
Carrier, Babbage, and Edison are mentioned in the passage to illustrate the author's point that
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24 November 2024
131
According to the passage, which of the following scenarios would MOST likely exacerbate the frequency of carnivore-human conflicts?
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24 November 2024
132
Which of the following statements, if false, would be inconsistent with the concerns raised in the passage regarding the drivers of carnivore-human conflicts?
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24 November 2024
133
Given the insights provided by Penteriani's research and Wilkinson's statement, which of the following conclusions can be drawn about the relationship between landscape heterogeneity and human-carnivore conflicts?
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
24 November 2024
134
According to the passage, what is a significant factor that contributes to the habituation of carnivores to human presence?
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
24 November 2024
135
The author identifies all of the following as dire outcomes of the capture of language by AI EXCEPT that it could
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
24 November 2024
136
We can infer that the author is most likely to agree with which of the following statements?
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
24 November 2024
137
The author terms language “the operating system of our civilization” for all the following reasons EXCEPT that it
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
24 November 2024
138
The tone of the passage could best be described as
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
24 November 2024
139
Which one of the following is both a reason for Moutai's success as well as a possible threat to that success?
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
24 November 2024
140
In the context of the passage, it is most likely that the author refers to Moutai's marketing strategy as “the unholy trinity” because
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
24 November 2024
141
The phrase “would make it an invention to rival gunpowder” has been used in the passage in a sense that is
Comprehension
EASY
3 marks
24 November 2024
142
In the context of the passage we can infer that to succeed in the liquor industry in China, a marketing firm must consider all of the following factors affecting the Chinese liquor market EXCEPT that
Comprehension
HARD
3 marks
24 November 2024
143
The author mentions all of the following reasons to dismiss concerns about contaminating Mars EXCEPT:
Comprehension
HARD
3 marks
24 November 2024
144
The author's overall tone in the first paragraph can be described as
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
24 November 2024
145
The contrasting reactions to the Chinese and Israeli “contaminations” of lunar space
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
24 November 2024
146
The author is unlikely to disagree with any of the following EXCEPT:
Comprehension
HARD
3 marks
24 November 2024
147
It can be inferred from the passage that it is likely South America had a slightly better language survival rate than North America for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
24 November 2024
148
Which one of the following hypothetical scenarios, if true, would most strongly undermine the central ideas of the passage?
Comprehension
HARD
3 marks
24 November 2024
149
In the context of the passage, which one of the following hypothetical scenarios, if true, is NOT an example of the kind of loss that occurs when a language becomes extinct?
Comprehension
HARD
3 marks
24 November 2024
150
The author believes that a liberal arts education combined with participation in language preservation empower students in all of the following ways EXCEPT that they will
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
24 November 2024
151
The last paragraph of the passage refers to “middle-class, white, professional men”. Which one of the following qualities best describes the connection among them?
Comprehension
HARD
3 marks
30 November 2025
152
Study the following sets of concepts and identify the set that is conceptually closest to the concerns and arguments of the passage.
Comprehension
HARD
3 marks
30 November 2025
153
According to the passage, who or what was an “alienist”?
Comprehension
EASY
3 marks
30 November 2025
154
“Conversely, when a defendant struck officials as unlike themselves, whether by dint of disease, gender, confession, or race, the precariousness of judgments about mental state was exposed.” Which one of the following best describes the use of the word “confession” in this sentence?
Comprehension
HARD
3 marks
30 November 2025
155
According to the incentive or moral hazard argument, which one of the designs below is most consistent with the claim that some inequality can raise growth?
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
30 November 2025
156
Which one of the options below best summarises the passage?
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
30 November 2025
157
The primary function of the three-part case for a positive income inequality–economic growth link in the first half of the passage is to show that:
Comprehension
HARD
3 marks
30 November 2025
158
The passage refers to "democratization". Choose the one option below that comes closest to the opposite of this process.
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
30 November 2025
159
What relation does the “communication problem” mentioned in paragraph 2 have to the questions that the author recounts at the beginning of the passage?
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
30 November 2025
160
From the context in which it is placed, the phrase “sui generis” in paragraph 3 suggests which one of the following?
Comprehension
EASY
3 marks
30 November 2025
161
The goal of the author over the course of this passage is to:
Comprehension
EASY
3 marks
30 November 2025
162
The mention of Stravinsky's description of music in the first paragraph does all the following EXCEPT:
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
30 November 2025
163
All of the following inferences are supported by the passage EXCEPT that:
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
30 November 2025
164
Which one of the following observations would most strengthen the passage's claim that a first-order tail event raises the probability of further tail events in complex systems?
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
30 November 2025
165
Which one of the options below best summarises the passage?
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
30 November 2025
166
The passage suggests that contact tracing apps could inadvertently raise risky interactions by altering local behaviour. Which one of the assumptions below is most necessary for that suggestion to hold?
Comprehension
HARD
3 marks
30 November 2025
167
Which one of the following results for the cross between surface fish (with eyes) and cavefish (without eyes) would invalidate Riddle's inference from the experiment?
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
30 November 2025
168
Which one of the following best explains why the “apparent inefficiency” is “unavoidable”?
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
30 November 2025
169
On the basis of the information in the passage, what is the most likely function of carotenoids in Mexican tetra cavefish?
Comprehension
EASY
3 marks
30 November 2025
170
All of the following statements from the passage describe adaptation in Mexican tetra cavefish EXCEPT:
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
30 November 2025
171
All of the following statements may be rejected as valid inferences from the passage EXCEPT:
Comprehension
HARD
3 marks
30 November 2025
172
Which one of the following observations is a valid conclusion to draw from the statement that “the sciences involved are today highly instrumentalised and could not progress successfully without constant improvements upon the respective instrumental trajectories”?
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
30 November 2025
173
To which one of the following instruments would the characterisations of instruments in the passage be least applicable?
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
30 November 2025
174
None of the following statements, if true, contradicts the arguments in the passage EXCEPT:
Comprehension
HARD
3 marks
30 November 2025
175
Which one of the following is a valid conclusion to draw from the author’s statement that, “The pursuit of such a topic speaks to the valuable knowledge produced from bridging disciplines and combining material from both the arts and the sciences to better understand the human condition.”?
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
30 November 2025
176
Which one of the following is not true of the argument in the second paragraph?
Comprehension
EASY
3 marks
30 November 2025
177
The author uses the example of the literary description of place to illustrate that:
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
30 November 2025
178
All of the following statements, if false, would contradict the arguments in the passage, EXCEPT that:
Comprehension
HARD
3 marks
30 November 2025
179
The author compares AI-generated texts with “a beige office building” for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
30 November 2025
180
On the basis of the purpose of the examples in the passage, pick the odd one out from the following AI-generated responses mentioned in the passage:
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
30 November 2025
181
All of the following statements from the passage affirm the disjunct between the claims about AI made by tech companies and what AI actually does EXCEPT:
Comprehension
HARD
3 marks
30 November 2025
182
The author of the passage is least likely to agree with which one of the following claims?
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
30 November 2025
183
All of the following, if true, would weaken the passage’s claims about the hallucinatory tribal imagination EXCEPT that:
Comprehension
HARD
3 marks
30 November 2025
184
On the basis of the passage, which one of the following explains the main difference between imagination and memory?
Comprehension
EASY
3 marks
30 November 2025
185
Non-human living forms exhibit human emotions in tribal narratives because tribal narratives:
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
30 November 2025
186
Which one of the following best explains why tribals in India worship their dead ancestors?
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
30 November 2025
187
Which one of the options below best summarises the passage?
Comprehension
HARD
3 marks
30 November 2025
188
All of the following can reasonably be inferred from the passage EXCEPT:
Comprehension
HARD
3 marks
30 November 2025
189
The passage compares ethics to physics, where different theories apply to different aspects of a domain and says AI can reason from fixed starting points in complex cases. Which one of the assumptions below must hold for that comparison to guide practice?
Comprehension
VERY_HARD
3 marks
30 November 2025
190
Choose the one option below that comes closest to being the opposite of "utilitarianism".
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
30 November 2025
191
What does the author wish to communicate by referring to the Hoover and Aswan dams in the first paragraph?
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
30 November 2025
192
The word “instantiation” is used in the first paragraph. Which one of the following pairs of terms would be the best substitute for it in the context of its usage in the paragraph?
Comprehension
EASY
3 marks
30 November 2025
193
All of the following statements may be considered valid inferences from the passage EXCEPT that:
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
30 November 2025
194
Which one of the following sets of terms is closest to mapping the key arguments of the passage?
Comprehension
HARD
3 marks
30 November 2025
195
Which one of the following best encapsulates the reason for the “raging controversy” developing into a “larger controversy”?
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
30 November 2025
196
All of the following, if true, would weaken the narrative presented in the passage EXCEPT that:
Comprehension
HARD
3 marks
30 November 2025
197
According to the passage, which one of the following is not common to the 1878 Forest Act and the 1982 draft forest act?
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
30 November 2025
198
According to the passage, which one of the following reforms is yet to happen in India’s forest policies?
Comprehension
MEDIUM
3 marks
30 November 2025
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