abhimahna wrote:
Time taken : 6 mins 25 secs. All Correct. Easy Passage.
VeritasPrepKarishma ;
egmat - request your help in this.
My doubt"The author of the passage would be most likely to
agree with which of the following statements
about the documents mentioned in the first
sentence of the passage?"
Let's look at first para. Some e. documents claim cooking & weaving(mostly domestic acts) were most common prod. activities done by women. These acts were not important economically/politically for 16th century Mexico.
A> They contain
misleading information about the
kinds of productive activities Aztec women
engaged in.
But the documents just say that C & W were most common. They don't say whether these activities were purely domestic. Yes, the docs do say that these activities were not central to other structures in 16th century Mexico - claim falsified in subsequent paras. So yes, docs did contain misleading information.Keep this.
B> They
overlook certain crucial activities performed
by women in Aztec society.
No other,new activities are mentioned. The passage actually says that C & W were not domestic but went beyond domestic sphere. Eliminated.
C>They provide useful information about the way that Aztec society viewed women. - way in which society viewed women is not mentioned. Passage is concerned about importance of activities done by women. Eliminated.
D>They are of limited value because they were heavily influenced by the bias of those who recorded them.- no mention of who recorded the docs or the bias of those who recorded the docs.
E> They contain information that is likely to be misinterpreted by modern-day readers. - where are modern day readers mentioned ? not there in the passage. Eliminated.
So it's A.
Other questions I did correctlyAccording to the passage, Aztec women's cloth
production enabled Aztec society to do which of
the following?
(A) Expand women's role in agriculture
(B) Organize the flow of goods and services
(C) Develop self-contained communities
(D) Hire agricultural laborers from outside the society
(E) Establish a higher standard of living than
neighboring cultures
Explanation.: The last line of the passage clearly says that cloth was crucial as a primary means of
organizing the flow of goods & services that...
So it's clearly >B. Other options are not mentioned in the passage.
Which of the following best describes the function
of the third paragraph of the passage?
A) It attempts to reconcile conflicting views presented
in the previous paragraphs. -
no reconciliation attempt is there by the 3rd para. In-fact it gives a better picture of women's' activities. Eliminated.(B) It presents evidence intended to undermine the
argument presented in the second paragraph. -
both 2nd & 3rd para agree that women's work did have an impact. No undermining. Eliminated.(C) It provides examples that support the position
taken in the first sentence of the second
paragraph. -
yes, true.(D) It describes the contents of the documents
mentioned in the first paragraph.-
clearly no.(E) It suggests that a distinction noted in the first
paragraph is valid. -
distinction is the bracket part of the first para. (but not
entirely). This is ok, but >C is a stronger choice. The passage is primarily concerned with
(A) using modern understanding of cultural bias to
challenge ethnohistoric documents -
using modern understanding? nowhere mentioned.(B) evaluating competing descriptions of women's
roles in Aztec society -
women's role is portrayed as domestic ( but not entirely) ; then somewhat more than domestic in 2nd para & beyond domestic, powering the civilization in the 3rd para. These are portrayals, not evaluations. Evaluations got to have more detail.(C) comparing the influence of gender on women's
roles in Aztec society and in modern society -
no gender influence. it talks just about women.(D) remedying a potential misconception about the
significance of women's roles in Aztec society -
documents harbor a misleading notions that is falsified in subsequent paras. yes, this one looks ok.(E) applying new evidence in a reevaluation of
ethnohistoric documents -
no new evidence is there, it's just that the para reveals more truth about the women. Also, where is the talk of re-evaluation?So D.
Please feel free to counter my arguments.
Also, to all posters,
I have gone through the entire thread & it's disappointing to see some members just posting answers. No offence to anyone, but are we really concerned with just the correct answers ? It does good to no one.
Please provide detailed explanations for how you all arrived at your correct answers. I took 9 mins to do this & got 3/4 correct. I still am unable to understand the OA for 1 question which I marked wrong. Rest all answers I did correctly are explained.
Cheers,
AJ