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someone explain question no. 1 , end up marking D , and please mention its difficulty level too
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someone explain question no. 1 , end up marking D , and please mention its difficulty level too

Hi Anshuman0902

Question #1 is very hard (750), I have posted the reason why D is wrong. Please read it in the post below in the link.

https://gmatclub.com/forum/georges-lecl ... l#p2730967

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A. is not the main idea of the passage. Although the passage says that some religious scientists played a role in shaping the Darwin's theory, it does not say that Darwin was greatly influenced by them.

B. is out of scope.

C. is the correct answer. Paragraph 1 talks about what a certain scientist once proposed. Para 2 introduces a discussion. The succeeding 2 paragraphs are all about how Darwin got a lot of his ideas about evolution from the hypotheses of different scientist before him. Even the last paragraph contributes to the ongoing discussion in the preceding to paragraphs.

D.This is a trap answer. Although this was introduced in the 2nd paragraph, the author does not further build upon this in the latter part of the passage.

E. This is an entirely wrong answer. The author claims the opposite in the passage.


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A. is the correct answer. The passage discusses a great deal about the origin of Darwin's theory and how his ideas came from the hypotheses of the scientists before him.

B. Out of scope. Details of the Darwin's theory of natural selection is not mentioned in the passage.

C, D and E are wrong answers. The author does not talk about any of these in detail.


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A. is wrong. The author makes no such claim.

B. is the correct answer. The author says that Darwin got the ideas for his theories from the hypotheses that scientists before him had proposed. He says in the last line of the 3rd paragraph, "It is only by learning about the gradual development of evolutionary theory, and the role of some religious individuals in shaping this theory, that students may come to see the logic and power behind Darwin‘s relatively simple ideas."

C. The author makes no such claim anywhere in the passage.

D. This is out of scope.

E. The author makes no such claim anywhere in the passage.


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D. is the correct answer. The author writes in the last paragraph, "Uniformitarian geologists such as Charles Lyell felt that the only reason mountains and other features of the Earth‘s terrain had been built the way they had was because of long, gradual processes that shaped these structures."
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The answer to question 1 does seem to be D, the author is even discussing the same at the beginning of second para and building on the same in the concluding para. Darwin's theory and how he arrived on that idea has just been used as an example and definitely doesn't seem to be the main idea of the passage. Please clarify. Thanks
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The answer to question 1 does seem to be D, the author is even discussing the same at the beginning of second para and building on the same in the concluding para. Darwin's theory and how he arrived on that idea has just been used as an example and definitely doesn't seem to be the main idea of the passage. Please clarify. Thanks

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(D) Faulty Use of Detail. The author makes this claim in PARAGRAPH 2, but it‘s used as a way of introducing a discussion of the ideas that preceded Darwin‘s theory. Since the bulk of the passage is devoted to explaining these theories rather than the argument that new ideas shouldn‘t be dismissed, it‘s safe to assume that the author is more concerned with the specifics of natural selection‘s precursors than with the general idea that old ideas shouldn‘t be dismissed.

Answer: C
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Is there any Official question in Line with Q1?
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