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Q1. Heavy weight lifting was for long considered the most effective muscle-building exercise. However, through recent studies conducted in hundred gymnasiums across the state where most amateur bodybuilders workout, it was found that well above eighty percent of heavy weight lifters suffered from serious damage to their muscles during their workouts. Citing these statistics, some bodybuilding experts argue that heavy weight lifting should not be taken up by amateur bodybuilders.
Which one of the following, if true, most weakens the criticism against heavy weight lifting by amateur bodybuilders?
A. The number of injuries during amateur heavy weight lifting workouts has gone up by thirty percent in the past two years.
B. Many of the amateurs who suffered muscle damage during heavy weight lifting workouts were first-time heavy weight lifters.
C. Heavy weight lifting workouts, when carried under expert guidance, are more effective and safer than when undertaken without guidance by amateurs.
D. Among the amateurs who engaged in heavy weight lifting, only those with a history of injuries suffered muscle damage.
E. Heavy weight lifting can be fatal to those with heart troubles.
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Q2. As a Christmas bounty, the city council of Granara decided to provide all Granara residents free intercom service in order to reduce their expenses on telephone bills. Every person in the town applauded the announcement because it was evident that every household would be benefited from this move. However, when the plan came to implementation, people were found hesitant in paying the required $100 one-time fee for the same. “The telephone bill every household would save in three months was enough to justify $100, yet it is not clear why people are not signing up”, the Mayor said in a review meeting on the project.
Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain the residents’ hesitation to sign up while simultaneously believing in the benefits of the scheme?
A. Cheap mobile phone connection plans for long distance calls were round the corner and everyone was waiting for them.
B. The intercom would benefit people only when everyone in the town had a connection, and people were skeptical about everyone signing up.
C. The same telecom companies that provided private telephone connections to residents would build the intercom network.
D. The intercom network did not include the offices outside town where some of the residents worked.
E. People believe that $100 was worth their savings in telephone bills of six months, and not three months as the Mayor believed.
CR Questions December - 1 :Q1. The Victorian era hats are back in fashion! At the World Fashion Fair held in Milan last week, no less than twenty-two designers introduced their new hat collections which featured the long-forgotten design. The hats sold like hotcakes. In another fair coming up in Paris next month, designers are contemplating introducing the long skirts of the Victorian era. It cannot be doubted that those too will be widely appreciated by the public.
Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the conclusion drawn above?
A. The hats are less expensive than the skirts.
B. The long skirts of the Victorian era are truly compatible with contemporary fashion.
C. For the last three years, the fashion fairs in Milan and Paris have failed to indicate the latest trends in global fashion.
D. Victorian era long skirts have been regularly experimented with in the fashion world.
E. Fashion icons such as Liz Taylor are attending the Paris fair and are not likely to foster a trend of long skirts.
Q2. Ever since a major government scam was exposed to the public by the media three months ago, government irregularities, however small, have kept surfacing at regular intervals. The government officials assert that the attention given by the media to government affairs has gone up and hence, the media is reporting irregularities that have legitimate explanations and would have gone unnoticed otherwise. Thus, it is the media’s over attention to government affairs that is resulting in high irregularity reports, and these are certainly no inexplicable irregularities, the officials maintain.
Which one of the following, if true, would seriously weaken the assertions of the government officials?
A. The media has been scrutinizing the government not only for irregularities and scams but also for its administrative performance.
B. The media is not qualified enough to comment on many of the irregularities because the media lacks comprehensive knowledge of the government records.
C. The government officials have been nonetheless critical of the media attacks on all irregularities pointed out including the recent government scam.
D. The media often tries to project small issues in a big way in order to obtain high viewership.
E. The latest media report indicates that the number of irregularities has actually gone down over the past three months.
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Ever since a major government scam was exposed to the public by the media three months ago, government irregularities, however small, have kept surfacing at regular intervals. The government officials assert that the attention given by the media to government affairs has gone up and hence, the media is reporting irregularities that have legitimate explanations and would have gone unnoticed otherwise. Thus, it is the media’s over attention to government affairs that is resulting in high irregularity reports, and these are certainly no inexplicable irregularities, the officials maintain.
Which one of the following, if true, would seriously weaken the assertions of the government officials?
A. The media has been scrutinizing the government not only for irregularities and scams but also for its administrative performance.
B. The media is not qualified enough to comment on many of the irregularities because the media lacks comprehensive knowledge of the government records.
C. The government officials have been nonetheless critical of the media attacks on all irregularities pointed out including the recent government scam.
D. The media often tries to project small issues in a big way in order to obtain high viewership.
E. The latest media report indicates that the number of irregularities has actually gone down over the past three months.
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