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I agree. Researchers say "mental illness prevented realising full potential"; weakener (C) says - "No, it was the other way round - pressure of realising full potential caused mental illness".

CR Questions May - 26 :

Q1. Bacteria and archaea, collectively known as prokaryotes, are present on every continent and make up around half of the global biomass -- the total weight of all organisms on Earth. Most prokaryotes perform respiration that uses energy and releases carbon dioxide, contributing to climate warming. Therefore, as global temperatures rise, prokaryotes could increase climate warming at a faster rate than current models suggest.


Which of the following would it be most useful to know in order to evaluate the argument?

A. The relationship between temperature and the prokaryote’s carbon output is inversely proportional.

B. The amount of carbon dioxide released by a prokaryote in a given period of time depends on its weight

C. The carbon output of the prokaryote during a given time period depends on its respiration rate, which is positively correlated to changes in temperature.

D. Some prokaryotes will increase their carbon output in response to higher temperatures

E. The relationship between temperature and the prokaryote’s respiration rate is inversely proportional



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Q2. Using rational argument in advertisements does not persuade people to buy the products being advertised. Therefore, advertisers who replace rational argument with nonrational appeals to emotion in advertisements will persuade people to buy the products being advertised.

Which one of the following contains flawed reasoning most similar to the flawed reasoning in the argument above?

(A) People who ask others for favors are refused. Therefore, anyone who has not had the experience of being refused has never asked for a favor.

(B) In the past, people who have tried to solve their problems by discussing them have often failed. Therefore, in the future, people who try to solve their problems by discussing them will often fail.

(C) Using a computer has not improved students’ writing skills. Thus, students should not try to improve their writing skills by using a computer.

(D) A person who does not have positive letters of reference cannot get a good job. Therefore, the better the letters of reference a person has, the better the job that person will get.

(E) People never learn to program a computer by reading poorly written directions. Therefore, if people read well-written directions, they will learn to program a computer.



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Hi, B cant be an assumption. we have no idea whether they did any other meditation outside the classes. C gives us extra info. D talks about other thing that is not link with the conclusion. E tells us that greater amount of meditation helps us to feel happier. so, greater amount of meditation can also be helpful for guided meditation classes.

The argument is stating that "yogic meditation helps people feel happier". So what if the meditation group did some extra meditation? If the answer choice had stated "the NON meditation group performed meditation", then that would be a valid assumption. Even if the yogic meditation group had some extra meditation sessions, it would not influence the argument in any way.
C however, is quite important.
Imagine if the yogic meditation group did the exact same number of meditation as before. Then, their happiness level should not have changed - because the author assumes that yogic meditation causes happiness, if I do the same level of meditation as before, then well, why did theeir happiness increase? Clearly not the yogic meditation. The argument falls apart without C assumption. So C is the better choice here.

hi, you are right. i missed the last part of the sentence. so i feel it is extra info. C must be the assumption



SC Questions May - 27 :

Q1. Charles Darwin argued that plant and animal species were evolved slowly through random mutation and natural selection instead of created instantaneously.

A) plant and animal species were evolved slowly through random mutation and natural selection instead of created instantaneously

B) plant and animal species were not created instantaneously but rather evolved slowly through random mutation and natural selection

C) plant and animal species were slowly evolved through random mutation and natural selection instead of instantaneous creation

D) species of plants and animals, rather than being created instantaneously, were slowly evolved through random mutation and natural selection

E) species of plants and animals evolved slowly through random mutation and natural selection rather than instantaneous creation



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Q2. The majority leader denied a motion to allow members of the house to go home at the end of each vote instead of to confine them to the floor.

(A) to allow members of the house to go home at the end of each vote instead of to confine them to

(B) that would have allowed members of the house to go home at the end of each vote instead of confined to

(C) under which members of the house are allowed to go home at the end of each vote instead of confining them in

(D) that would allow members of the house to go home at the end of each vote rather than confinement in

(E) to allow members of the house to go home at the end of each vote rather than be confined to



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E?

This one is subtle. But it should be B

CR Questions May - 27 :

Q1. Animals eat a wide variety of food, sometimes taking a relatively large amount of time in handling the prey, an activity that includes capturing, killing, eating and digesting the food, and sometimes a relatively short amount of time. Probably, the reason behind such behavior is that animals make feeding choices based on the goal to maximize their net energy intake per unit time, leaving them with more time and energy for other important activities such as finding a mate or caring for an offspring; for instance, __________________________

Which of the following, if true, most logically completes the above argument?

(A) some species of insects are ultimate feeding specialists, feeding only on a single plant species, whereas certain animals such as the opossum eat everything from insects and berries to garbage

(B) using their biological reaction to a certain food item as a guide, some animals sometimes make the decision to avoid a particular prey altogether.

(C) animals spend more time on handling food items that provide more kilocalories, and less on food that provides relatively fewer kilocalories.

(D) under the risk of predation, animals sometimes select such preys that may not be their first choice but that are safer to consume as these preys lie in relatively predator free regions.

(E) the foraging behavior of animals is determined by the phenomenon of natural selection in which certain biological traits become either more or less common as a species goes through the process of evolution.

Q2. Loneliness is commonly reported in elderly populations. A study of elderly people found that those who owned dogs reported feeling less lonely than those who did not own dogs. Clearly, an elderly person who adopts a pet will be less likely to suffer feelings of loneliness than an elderly person without a pet.

Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the argument above?


(A) Owning a pet has been linked to several health benefits, including lower blood pressure.

(B) Some people feel that cats do not engage socially with their owners as much as dogs do.

(C) The number of elderly people who own pets is projected to rise in the coming years.

(D) A large percentage of elderly dog owners report taking their dogs for walks and to dog parks.

(E) Pets other than dogs provide the same benefits of companionship as do dogs.



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"added in human evolution" is not correct. correct form is "added during human evolution"



SC Questions May - 28 :

Q1. Even though surrounded by wild southern winds, local fishermen said that conditions on the sea at the time of the shrimp hunting was acceptable.

A) local fishermen said that conditions on the sea at the time of the shrimp hunting was acceptable.

B) the sea conditions during the shrimp hunting were acceptable according to local fishermen.

C) according to local fishermen, the sea was in acceptable condition during the time of the shrimp hunting.

D) the sea was in acceptable condition during the shrimp hunting, according to local fishermen.

E) local fishermen said that condition on the sea at the time of the shrimp hunting were acceptable.



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Q2. A group of students in an Indian village has been selected for testing a new low-cost electronic notepad being built around a new class of green, power-stingy microchips that use a fraction of the electricity of current computer chips

A. has been selected for testing a new low-cost electronic notepad being built around a new class of green, power-stingy microchips that use a fraction of the electricity of current computer chips

B. have been selected to test a new low-cost electronic notepad being built around a new class of green, power-stingy microchips that use a fraction of the electricity used by current computer chips

C. has been selected to test a new low-cost electronic notepad to be built on a new class of green microchips, which are also power-stingy and which use a fraction of the electricity used by current computer chips

D. have been selected for testing a new low-cost electronic notepad being built around a new class of green, power-stingy microchips that use a fraction of the electricity of current computer chips

E. has been selected to test a new low-cost electronic notepad being built around a new class of green, power-stingy microchips that use a fraction of the electricity used by current computer chips



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Okay, which would be the answer then?

That has added in human evolution, which is incorrect right?

Whats the correct answer for this?

yes, solve your self. it’s easy

Is it C? to maintain parallelism - was added, was lost?

How "that’ in C correct?

SC Questions May - 28 :

Q1. On this issue, this state’s elected officials ignored the wishes of their electorate, which cannot reasonably be disputed in light of the legislative record.

(A) On this issue, this state’s elected officials ignored the wishes of their electorate, which

(B) This state’s elected officials, ignoring on this issue the wishes of their electorate,

(C) That this state’s elected officials ignored the wishes of their electorate

(D) On this issue, the wishes of the electorate were ignored by this state’s elected officials, and

(E) That the wishes of the electorate on this issue were ignored by this state’s elected officials

Q2. Closely interrelated concepts, a change in macroeconomic policy tends to affect numerous microeconomic transactions, and the accumulation of microeconomic decisions typically influences the focus of macroeconomic studies, so any economics curriculum requires considerable study of both macroeconomic and microeconomic concepts.


A) Closely interrelated concepts, a change in macroeconomic policy tends to affect numerous microeconomic transactions, and the accumulation of microeconomic decisions typically influences the focus of macroeconomic studies, so

B) A change in macroeconomic policy tends to affect microeconomic transactions numerously, and the accumulation of microeconomic decisions influences the focus of macroeconomics studies typically; since the concepts of macroeconomics and microeconomics are related closely,

C) A change in macroeconomic policy tends to affect numerous microeconomic transactions, and the accumulation of microeconomic decisions typically influences the focus of macroeconomic studies as a closely related concept, so

D) A change in macroeconomic policy tends to affect numerous microeconomic transactions, and the accumulation of microeconomic decisions typically influences the focus of macroeconomics studies; given these closely related concepts,

E) A change in macroeconomic policy tends to affect numerous microeconomic transactions, and the accumulation of microeconomic decisions typically influences the focus of macroeconomics studies; since the concepts of macroeconomics and microeconomics are closely related,