Verbal Question of the Day Chat Group

CR Questions May - 13 :

Q1. Recently developed tourism infrastructure, including ten-story hotels and neon-lit discos, is obscuring the moonlight, disorienting the female turtles as they seek out beaches to lay their eggs. Often the confusion leads them to assume that the hotel pools are the sea and they end up laying their eggs in the pool flowerbeds. Once the eggs hatch, the hatchlings are unable to find their way to the sea and die. The stringent building regulations that protected the turtles in the past are being flouted openly by organized criminals who either bribe or terrorize officials into turning a blind eye.

Which of the following can be inferred from the above passage?

A Scarcity of turtles results in ecological imbalance of sea.

B Chemicals in pool water are not safe for turtles.

C Moonlight is the only source of light for turtles.

D Turtles are guided by moonlight.

E Organized gangs are ignoring building restrictions.

Q2. Dentist: Your products contain high quantities of sugar, which causes cavities. Since there are other sweeteners that you could use which do not cause cavities, it is clear that you intend to destroy children’s teeth.

Candy Manufacturer: But sugar is natural, whereas the other sweeteners are artificial.

The candy manufacturer’s response is flawed because it ____________.

(A) assumes without warrant that intent is in some way related to artificiality

(B) does not disprove the dentist’s contention that sugar causes cavities

(C) does not question the dentist’s description of the quantity of sugar as “high”

(D) fails to indicate the link between artificiality and cavities

(E) contradicts the premise of the dentist’s argument rather than the conclusion



Difficulty - Hard

SC Questions May - 14 :

Q1. John Mercer Brooke created a sounding apparatus that is essentially a rod, connected to a string, that strikes the sea floor, causing the tension on the string to slack and a ball to fall to the ground; the rod, released from its weight, is easily drawn up, bringing with it a cup-like apparatus, in which was remaining all specimens able to adhere, for an extended period of time, to a special glue lining the cup.

(A) with it a cup-like apparatus, in which was remaining the specimens

(B) a cup-like apparatus with it, and in which remaining specimens

(C) with it a cup-like apparatus, in which remain the specimens

(D) with it a cup-like apparatus in which remains specimens

(E) with it a cup-like apparatus and remaining in it all the




Difficulty - Hard

Q2. A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered as a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.


(A) A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered as a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

(B) Considered to be a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, genmai-cha is a special green tea that contains brown rice, virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

(C) A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered a gourmet delicacy by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

(D) Most Japanese consider genmai-cha, a special green tea which contains brown rice, as a delicacy virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

(E) Though virtually unavailable outside Yokohama, most Japanese consider genmai-cha, a special green tea that contains brown rice, a gourmet delicacy.




Difficulty - Hard

CR Questions May - 14 :

Q1. Economics professor: Marty’s Pizza and Checkers Pizza are the two major pizza parlors in our town. Marty’s sold coupon books including coupons good for one large plain pizza at any local pizza parlor, at Marty’s expense. But Checkers refused to accept these coupons, even though they were redeemed by all other local pizza parlors. Accepting them would have cost Checkers nothing and would have satisfied those of its potential customers who had purchased the coupon books. This shows that Checkers’s motive in refusing to accept the coupons was simply to hurt Marty’s Pizza.

Which one of the following, if assumed, enables the economics professor’s conclusion to be properly drawn?

(A) Any company that refuses to accept coupons issued by a competitor when doing so would satisfy some of the company’s potential customers is motivated solely by the desire to hurt that competitor.

(B) Any company that wishes to hurt a competitor by refusing to accept coupons issued by that competitor will refuse to accept them even when accepting them would cost nothing and would satisfy its potential customers.

(C) At least one company has refused to accept coupons issued by its major local competitor simply in order to hurt that competitor, even though those coupons were accepted by all other local competitors.

(D) Any company that accepts its major competitor’s coupons helps its competitor by doing so, even if it also satisfies its own actual or potential customers.

(E) If accepting coupons issued by a competitor would not enable a company to satisfy its actual or potential customers, then that company’s refusal to accept the coupons is motivated by the desire to satisfy customers.



Difficulty - Hard

Q2. While most scholarship on women’s employment in the United States recognizes that the Second World War (1939—1945) dramatically changed the role of women in the workforce, these studies also acknowledge that few women remained in manufacturing jobs once men returned from the war. But in agriculture, unlike other industries where women were viewed as temporary workers, women’s employment did not end with the war. Instead, the expansion of agriculture and a steady decrease in the number of male farm workers combined to cause the industry to hire more women in the postwar years. Consequently, the 1950s saw a growing number of women engaged in farm labor, even though rhetoric in the popular media called for the return of women to domestic life.

Which of the following statements about women’s employment in the United States during and after the Second World War is most clearly supported by the passage?

A. Most women who joined the workforce during the Second World War wanted to return to domestic life when the war ended.

B. The great majority of women who joined the workforce during the Second World War were employed in manufacturing jobs.

C. The end of the Second World War was followed by a large-scale transfer of women workers from manufacturing to agriculture.

D. The increase in women’s employment that accompanied the Second World War was longer lasting in agriculture than it was in manufacturing.

E. The popular media were more forceful in calling for women to join the workforce during the Second World War than in calling for women to return to domestic life after the war.

SC Questions May - 15 :

Q1. After escaping from slavery, Harriet Tubman, who would go on to free other slaves, become the first woman to lead an armed assault in the Civil War, serve as a nurse and spy for the Union Army, and work with Susan B. Anthony to promote women’s suffrage.

A. Tubman, who would go on to free other slaves, become the first woman to lead an armed assault in the Civil War, serve

B. Tubman, going on to free other slaves, become the first woman to lead an armed assault in the Civil War, serve

C. Tubman, going on to free other slaves, would also go on to become the first woman to lead an armed assault in the Civil War, plus serving

D. Tubman would go on to free other slaves, become the first woman to lead an armed assault in the Civil War, serve

E. Tubman would go on to free other slaves, becoming the first woman to lead an armed assault in the Civil War, plus serving



Difficulty - Hard

Q2. Sculptor Alexander Calder, who often made use of old pieces of junk in his art and also believed in recycling at home; he once turned a broken goblet into a dinner bell and a cake mold into a lamp.

(A) Sculptor Alexander Calder, who often made use of old pieces of junk in his art and also believed in recycling at home; he

(B) Alexander Calder, for whom old pieces of junk was often made into sculpture, believed in recycling at home and

(C) A believer in recycling at home, sculptor Alexander Calder often made use for old pieces of junk in his art; he

(D) Alexander Calder, for whom sculpture was often made from old pieces of junk, also believed in recycling at home, for example, he

(E) Sculptor Alexander Calder, who often made use of old pieces of junk in his art, also believed in recycling at home; he



Difficulty - Hard

Sculptor Alexander Calder, who often made use of old pieces of junk in his art and also believed in recycling at home; he once turned a broken goblet into a dinner bell and a cake mold into a lamp.

(A) Sculptor Alexander Calder, who often made use of old pieces of junk in his art and also believed in recycling at home; he

(B) Alexander Calder, for whom old pieces of junk was often made into sculpture, believed in recycling at home and

(C) A believer in recycling at home, sculptor Alexander Calder often made use for old pieces of junk in his art; he

(D) Alexander Calder, for whom sculpture was often made from old pieces of junk, also believed in recycling at home, for example, he

(E) Sculptor Alexander Calder, who often made use of old pieces of junk in his art, also believed in recycling at home; he



Difficulty - Hard

Hi guys I got an weird question and answer explanation

IR00848
The question narrative says:
Suppose that the professors’ statements express their genuine opinions. Select statements (1) and (2) as follows: Professor A would likely disagree with (1) and Professor B would take (2) to present logical support for (1). Select only two statements, one per column.  Require us to select one item that Professor B would ”support” for (1)

But in the answer explanation says:
The wording of the question suggests that the correctness of an answer for one of the response opportunities will depend on the correctness of the answer to the other. We are to find a statement in the table such that the information indicates Professor A would likely disagree with the first statement and “Professor B would take the second statement to present evidence “against” the first.”

Also, the explanation is really vague : Does’t show whether the statement (2) support or refute statement (1)…
B. Infer
Given the answer for A, the question requires identification of the statement within the table that Professor B would take to be evidence for the statement that the aid industry should focus its spending less on primary education than it now does. The claims attributed to Professor B, in the context of the dialogue with Professor A, strongly suggest that she would take such evidence to be provided by F.
The correct answer is F, Projects in education are more likely to be successful if they are paid for by local people.

Is this the question? professor-a-the-aid-industry-should-begin-to-limit-its-efforts-to-318305.html#p2473385

Got it. What is your question specifically? 😇

But my question mark is between the statement "Professor B would take (2) to present logical support for (1)" and "Professor B would take the second statement to present evidence against the first."

Professor B would take (2) to present logical support for (1) --- stated from the question
Professor B would take the second statement to present evidence against the first. --- stated from the answer

It is a weird question by the way, seems a harder one because it does not fit a typical pattern.

I see your confusion. I don’t see the official explanation but it is confusing and contradictory

Do all IR quesiton use redundant sentences? I am so confused, how could these sentences used in reality...

IR00848
Professor A: The aid industry should begin to limit its efforts to spending on primary schools in the poorest areas, providing medicines and other basic supplies for health such as mosquito nets, and to a few key agricultural initiatives.

Professor B: Much education work has been ineffective. A village or town with poor schooling may be better off getting a road than a teacher. Once local farmers can transport produce to market they will be willing to pay for schools—and to make sure the schools succeed.

Suppose that the professors’ statements express their genuine opinions. Select statements (1) and (2) as follows: Professor A would likely disagree with (1) and Professor B would take (2) to present logical support for (1). Select only two statements, one per column.

Correct
(1) (2)
A The aid industry should focus less on the areas of health and agriculture than it now does.
B The aid industry should focus more on primary education than it now does.
C The aid industry should focus its spending less on primary education than it now does.
D Projects in health and agriculture are more likely to be successful if they are not paid for by the aid industry.
E Projects in education are more likely to be successful if they are paid for by the aid industry.
F Projects in education are more likely to be successful if they are paid for by local people.

This Answer is Correct
The wording of the question suggests that the correctness of an answer for one of the response opportunities will depend on the correctness of the answer to the other. We are to find a statement in the table such that the information indicates Professor A would likely disagree with the first statement and Professor B would take the second statement to present evidence against the first.

A. Infer

The only statement in the table that the dialogue strongly suggests Professor A would disagree with is C. For example, if the relative distribution of spending by the aid industry between primary schools in the poorest areas, medicines and other basic supplies for health such as mosquito nets, and the few key agricultural initiatives is maintained, while spending in other areas is drastically reduced, then the aid industry will thereby focus its spending more on primary education than it now does.

The correct answer is C, The aid industry should focus its spending less on primary education than it now does.

B. Infer

Given the answer for A, the question requires identification of the statement within the table that Professor B would take to be evidence for the statement that the aid industry should focus its spending less on primary education than it now does. The claims attributed to Professor B, in the context of the dialogue with Professor A, strongly suggest that she would take such evidence to be provided by F.

The correct answer is F, Projects in education are more likely to be successful if they are paid for by local people.

Here it is the whole page

Thanks. Bottom line is that there is a typo in the question. It was reversed but the explanation was not adjusted or vice versa. Typos happen sometimes and in all books, so this one did not get corrected still it seems. The question stem asks for to present logical support for (1). while the explanation says to present evidence against the first.

However, it seems the answers are actually correctly attribute the sequence as it was indicated in the original question (just the explanation is fumbled)

Ok, so the logic is that aid industry limits its money to agritual key items -> rural peasants can be rich in order to pay tuition -> schooling successful, right?

Hi. Yes. You can see the question discussion as well with a few people taking a shot at it.

OMG, why a truly simply quesiton can be transformed into such complex format ... It really kills me.

Thank you bb, is your name "bb" ?

Any way, so if it’s really a typo, then I feel better, I really struggle with it for some time..

I know - not the most flattering name but it stuck now

That’s a nickname/username, not my real name thankfully.

I use Official Guide books, somehow I haven’t, if I my recalling correct, find any typo in quesiton or answers actually. How on earth Wiley give me a typo ><

I am pretty sure this platform if a good place to do a #NameReveal bb