Cromwell, as the military leader of the Commonwealth Boers, is, at

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1: Each of the following can be concluded about Cromwell from the passage EXCEPT:

(A) Cromwell was a partisan commander. - incorrect, namely his genius as a cavalry and partisan commander
(B) Cromwell became a soldier at a very young age. - Correct, Yet there is no evidence that he ever studied the military art, and he did not become a soldier until he had reached his fourth decade.
(C) Cromwell’s military exploits have not been adequately acknowledged. - incorrect, Cromwell, as the military leader of the Commonwealth Boers, is, at least in England where the military art has not been scientifically studied, one of the suppressed characters of history.
(D) Cromwell’s methods have been studied by other groups. - incorrect, His methods are studied on the Continent,
(E) Cromwell did not formally study military art.- incorrect, Yet there is no evidence that he ever studied the military art

2: According to the passage, each of the following was a factor in Cromwell’s success EXCEPT:

(A) Self control
(B) Energy
(C) Endurance
(D) Unconventional methods - Correct
(E) Common sense

Yet Cromwell with his “Eastern Association,” his Ironsides, his yeomen and raw levies, beat the Royalist Army, officered from the same class which is still believed to possess the monopoly of the aptitude for leading men in war, by exercising the homely qualities of energy, self-control, endurance, and practical common sense applied instantly to the occasion of the moment.


3: Which of the following can be inferred about the community mentioned in the third line of the passage?
(C) It gave more importance to the voter than to the soldier. - Correct - His political achievements, as is perhaps natural in a community which courts the voter and despises the soldier, have put out of sight the means by which he mainly won them