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Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review, 2nd EditionPractice Question
Question No.:9
Page: 119
Difficulty: In parts of South America, vitamin-A deficiency is a serious health problem, especially among children. In one region, agriculturists are attempting to improve nutrition by encouraging farmers to plant a new variety of sweet potato called SPK004 that is rich in beta-carotene, which the body converts into vitamin A. The plan has good chances of success, since sweet potato is a staple of the region’s diet and agriculture, and the varieties currently grown contain little beta-carotene.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the prediction that the plan will succeed?
A. The growing conditions required by the varieties of sweet potato currently cultivated in the region are conditions in which SPK004 can flourish.
B. The flesh of SPK004 differs from that of the currently cultivated sweet potatoes in color and texture, so traditional foods would look somewhat different when prepared from SPK004.
C. There are no other varieties of sweet potato that are significantly richer in beta-carotene than SPK004 is.
D. The varieties of sweet potato currently cultivated in the region contain some important nutrients that are lacking in SPK004.
E. There are other vegetables currently grown in the region that contain more beta-carotene than the currently cultivated varieties of sweet potato do
Conclusion:- Plan will be successful.
What is the plan:- Grow new variety of sweet potato called SPK004 that is rich in beta-carotene and improve nutrition of people around.
Possible strengtheners that the plan will be successful:-
1) The taste of new variety is same and palatable as the old variety
2) The price of new variety is equal or lower than the earlier variety, leading to more people buying it.
3) It is possible to grow new variety in the region.
4) There are no odds present to grow the new variety.
5) Most of the people will buy new variety
A. The growing conditions required by the varieties of sweet potato currently cultivated in the region are conditions in which SPK004 can flourish.
Correct answer.
B. The flesh of SPK004 differs from that of the currently cultivated sweet potatoes in color and texture, so traditional foods would look somewhat different when prepared from SPK004.
If the mentioned features are different, we are not sure that people will buy it.C. There are no other varieties of sweet potato that are significantly richer in beta-carotene than SPK004 is.
How the plan will be successful in this case?D. The varieties of sweet potato currently cultivated in the region contain some important nutrients that are lacking in SPK004.
There are chances of non-successfull plan in this case.
E. There are other vegetables currently grown in the region that contain more beta-carotene than the currently cultivated varieties of sweet potato do.
We want to know about the success of new plant.