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GMATNinja carcass daagh can you please explain question 7?
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GMATNinja carcass daagh can you please explain question 7?



Above AndrewN already did under the spoiler sir
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1. What does the passage mean when it says "citing Winters, the later decisions....."? What is citing winters? Isn't Winters the one oppossing this whole Reservation of water for American Indians and the United States the defendent- so how come those 3 points in favour of reservation a citing of Winters? (I have taken the meaning of 'citing Winters' as 'quoting Winters'). What else does citing mean?

Or does 'citing' mean in response (citing) to Winters, the Supreme court made those 3 points? But then why is it called Winters doctrine in that case if it is actually Supreme court's response to winters?

2. How is the fact that pueblos can be considered a reservation because of practice still come under the application of winters doctrine. Which of the 3 criteria of winters doctrine applies to it?

3. What does this mean: "in any event, no treaty, statute, or executive order has ever designated or withdrawn the pueblos from public lands as American Indian reservations" and what is its significance in the meaning of the passage and sentence?
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Q4- Why not A

Q5:
C- Why is Arizona v. not an exception to the criteria? It clearly is
E- The fact that it applies to pueblo indicates that Arizona v california was used for lands other than American Indian reservations. WHat is this choice trying ti say and why is it wrong? Also how is Arizona vs california even applying to pueblo- it is just a separate example stated.

Passage: What does it mean?
"i.e., withdrawn from the stock of federal lands available for private use under federal land use laws"-- what does this mean? What does 'availabe' modify? How can the definition of federal public lands be 'lands available for private use'

Q8- Pls explain this whole question. Also as per choice E, how is it 'explicitly'

Originally posted by ag153 on 16 Apr 2022, 09:39.
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Thanks for your reply

I did actually but for these specific ones, I’m still not clear and I’m not able to get all the explanations. So would probably need a different explanation AndrewN

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Well, ag153, you are welcome to check out my full analysis of every question in an earlier post. I put a lot of time and effort into that one. Perhaps it will help you to some extent.

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Thanks AndrewN again for sharing those- I have actually gone through the whole discussion around this and need to still get specific answers to these. In the video for example, only the correct answers have been adressed, not the wrong ones. In most explanations, the choice I am talking about are not explaianed and for some where it is covered are either not by experts or not giving complete clarity. I hope you can understand.
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2. The passage suggests that, if the criteria discussed in lines 10–20 [Later decisions, citing Winters, established that courts can find federal rights to reserve water for particular purposes if (1) the land in question lies within an enclave under exclusive federal jurisdiction, (2) the land has been formally withdrawn from federal public lands—i.e., withdrawn from the stock of federal lands available for private use under federal land use laws—and set aside or reserved, and (3) the circumstances reveal the government intended to reserve water as well as land when establishing the reservation.] were the only criteria for establishing a reservation’s water rights, which of the following would be true?

Not an lawyer or an expert here.
I feel that this question is more of a logical thinking and knowing some US history rather than knowing the meaning of the 3 criterial (like many others, I don't get the meaning behind this).
US founding fathers came to US and declared independent.
But the lands was previously used and owned by the natives.
When the lands were declared statehood, so all the previous rights to use, and whatever rights were passed to the federal government.
Perhaps this explains C.
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Q4- Why not A

Q5:
C- Why is Arizona v. not an exception to the criteria? It clearly is
E- The fact that it applies to pueblo indicates that Arizona v california was used for lands other than American Indian reservations. WHat is this choice trying ti say and why is it wrong? Also how is Arizona vs california even applying to pueblo- it is just a separate example stated.

Passage: What does it mean?
"i.e., withdrawn from the stock of federal lands available for private use under federal land use laws"-- what does this mean? What does 'availabe' modify? How can the definition of federal public lands be 'lands available for private use'

Q8- Pls explain this whole question. Also as per choice E, how is it 'explicitly'
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KarishmaB Pls look into it and clarify

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KarishmaB GMATNinja

1. What does the passage mean when it says "citing Winters, the later decisions....."? What is citing winters? Isn't Winters the one oppossing this whole Reservation of water for American Indians and the United States the defendent- so how come those 3 points in favour of reservation a citing of Winters? (I have taken the meaning of 'citing Winters' as 'quoting Winters'). What else does citing mean?

Or does 'citing' mean in response (citing) to Winters, the Supreme court made those 3 points? But then why is it called Winters doctrine in that case if it is actually Supreme court's response to winters?

2. How is the fact that pueblos can be considered a reservation because of practice still come under the application of winters doctrine. Which of the 3 criteria of winters doctrine applies to it?

3. What does this mean: "in any event, no treaty, statute, or executive order has ever designated or withdrawn the pueblos from public lands as American Indian reservations" and what is its significance in the meaning of the passage and sentence?
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hello experts,
I took 45 minutes to solve these 8 question and only got 3 correct!
the language is so tough in this passage that it becomes so hard to comprehend!
and it gets harder to retain most of the information
furthermore, the choices itself are so tough to understand and eliminate ?
How can anyone solve this under 10 minutes??

Its been a while and I am still underconfident in RCs!
what is the probability of getting such kind of RC?
Is it ok to skip this one?
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Q4- Why not A

Let's start by nailing down the author's purpose in each paragraph.

  • Paragraph 1: To explain how American Indians gained water rights based on land treaties, even if those treaties didn't actually mention water rights. This practice was established by Winters v. United States, and is later referred to as the "Winters doctrine."
  • Paragraph 2: To point out later situations where American Indians gained water rights under the "Winters doctrine" even without a formal land treaty.

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4. The primary purpose of the passage is to

(A) trace the development of laws establishing American Indian reservations

While the passage does "trace the development of laws," these laws are specifically concerned with the water rights of American Indians. They are not concerned with the establishment of "American Indian reservations" themselves.

Since the passage is primarily concerned with the water rights of American Indians, we can eliminate (A).

I hope that helps!
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Q5:
C- Why is Arizona v. not an exception to the criteria? It clearly is
E- The fact that it applies to pueblo indicates that Arizona v california was used for lands other than American Indian reservations. WHat is this choice trying ti say and why is it wrong? Also how is Arizona vs california even applying to pueblo- it is just a separate example stated.

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5. Which of the following most accurately summarizes the relationship between Arizona v. California in lines 38–42 [This pragmatic approach is buttressed by Arizona v. California (1963), wherein the Supreme Court indicated that the manner in which any type of federal reservation is created does not affect the application to it of the Winters doctrine.], and the criteria citing the Winters doctrine in lines 10–20 [Later decisions, citing Winters, established that courts can find federal rights to reserve water for particular purposes]?

Before we look at the answer choices, let's consider the lines cited in the question:

  • Lines 10-20 describe the Winters doctrine. More specifically, they describe the situations where water rights are given when land has been formally "set aside or reserved."
  • Lines 38-42 explain how Arizona v. California allows the Winters doctrine to be applied even in cases where land hasn't been "formally set aside or reserved." In other words, even if land was never formally reserved through a treaty, the Winters doctrine can still be applied, if the land was "treated as a reservation by the United States."

Here's (C) again:

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(C) Arizona v. California represents the sole example of an exception to the criteria as they were set forth in the Winters doctrine.

It's true that Arizona v. California alters when the Winters doctrine can be applied. But that doesn't mean that it's an exception to the Winters doctrine.

The passage states that even if lands were not formally withdrawn "as American Indian reservations," this didn't bar "application of the Winters doctrine." As long as the lands were "treated as reservations," the Winters doctrine could be applied and the American Indian tribes in question could receive water rights.

So basically, Arizona v. California expanded the situations where the Winters doctrine can be applied, which is different than being an exception.

But there's another problem with (C). It states that Arizona v. California is the "sole" exception. And the passage doesn't give us any reason to think this was the ONLY time the Winters doctrine was modified. In fact, the first sentence of the second paragraph suggests that this happened multiple times: "Some American Indian tribes have also established water rights through the courts based on their traditional diversion and use of certain waters prior to the United States’ acquisition of sovereignty."

So because Arizona v. California isn't a "sole exception" to the Winters doctrine, we can eliminate it.
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Q8- Pls explain this whole question. Also as per choice E, how is it 'explicitly'

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8. It can be inferred from the passage that the Winters doctrine has been used to establish which of the following?

The Winters doctrine explains when water rights can be given. Originally, it applied to land that was given formally in a treaty, but Arizona v. California established that the Winters doctrine can be applied even without a formal treaty, as long as the land has been "treated like a reservation."

Let's move on to the answers.

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(A) A rule that the government may reserve water only by explicit treaty or agreement

Thanks to Arizona v. California, the Winters doctrine was used to reserve water rights even without a formal or "explicit" treaty, so (A) is out.

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(B) A legal distinction between federal lands reserved for American Indians and federal lands reserved for other purposes

The Winters doctrine is concerned with water rights, not how land should be reserved. (B) is wrong.

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(C) Criteria governing when the federal government may set land aside for a particular purpose

The Winters doctrine is about water rights, not setting aside land. Eliminate (C).

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(D) The special status of American Indian tribes' rights to reserved land

The Winters doctrine doesn't give American Indian tribes "special status." The passage discusses American Indian tribes as examples of when water rights were given, but it never indicates that the Winters doctrine gave them "special" treatment. They are simply mentioned as examples of water rights cases. (D) is wrong.

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(E) The federal right to reserve water implicitly as well as explicitly under certain conditions

In the first paragraph, we see how the Winters doctrine allowed the federal government to reserve water when a treaty was made "explicitly." In the second paragraph, we see how the Winters doctrine was used to reserve water even without a formal treaty -- in other words, they could reserve water "implicitly."

Since (E) captures this, it's correct.
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This one has to be one of the toughest RC lol
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Is a 50% accuracy, that is 4/8 correct question bad for this paragraph? I want to score 700+ and apart from this paragraph, my general accuracy with 650-700 level questions is around 80%
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Tough one, got 7/8 in about 19 minutes (along with initial reading) so approximately 2 and a half minute on each question.

The best way to approach the reading part is to not delve too much on the details and the language, but to understand it holistically. Whether you like it or not, read through it completely.

The next big part is understanding the question and the answer choices. Instead of just looking through it once and framing the right possible answer in your head, read it slowly and entirely. I could do most questions by eliminating the wrong answers and thinking about the implications of an answer choice and tied it back to the question.

Hope this helps, explanations are there in the forum but approach is the essential thing here. :)

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