AdityaHongunti wrote:
Hey dude ...great passage
I just have one small doubt ...is the 3rd paragrapagh located correctly because in the question of function of 3rd para the OA says "some methods" plral...but in last para only 1 such method is given...
I think some part of the 2nd para is of the 3rd para ...to be precise the ". Crustal movements—tilting, rising, and expansion or contraction of the ground’s surface—can be read through triangulation and leveling surveys taken over the course of decades....."
The tilting isthen continued in the supossedly last para...could you please check....I could be wrong...but please check
Hi
AdityaHongunti I have checked, there is no such issue.
Official Explanation
1. According to the passage, a major difference between coastal regions and inland regions is that in coastal regions
Difficulty Level: 700
Explanation:
Paragraph 1 contrasts coastal regions, where crustal strains build rapidly, with inland regions, where strains build more slowly. (C) paraphrases that distinction. (A) flatly contradicts the passage—the first paragraph states that crustal strain is great in coastal regions. (B) contradicts the passage—quakes are less numerous in inland areas. (D) also contradicts the passage—you can infer that in coastal areas, which experience frequent quakes, precursory phenomena must be common. (E) contradicts the passage—paragraph 1 indicates that coastal regions confront thrusting sea floor plates.
Answer: C
2. The primary purpose of the passage is to
Difficulty Level: 550
Explanation:
Choice (E) encompasses the passage’s topic and scope plus the content of all four paragraphs—the importance of precursors. (A) is too narrow—the passage says little about earthquakes in inland areas. (B) mentions introductory information in paragraph 1, but it neglects the passage’s topic—methods of earthquake prediction. (C) has the same problem as (A)—it’s too narrow. Coastal regions are only part of the picture in this passage. (D) is also too narrow, and it’s inconsistent with the passage. Precursory phenomena are key to earthquake prediction.
Answer: E
3. The primary function of the third paragraph is to
Difficulty Level: 550
Explanation:
Paragraph 3 lists a lot of details that are useful for predicting when an earthquake will strike. That fits very nicely with (D). (A) and (B) are the sorts of answers you can fall for if your reading becomes too detail oriented. They both represent details in paragraph 3 but not the main function of the paragraph. (C)addresses details in paragraphs 1 and 2. The paragraph never suggests “that critical strain is not spread evenly along most major fault lines,” (E).
Answer: D
4. According to the passage, knowledge of an area’s critical strain can help seismologists
Difficulty Level: 600
Explanation:
“Strain” is mentioned in paragraph 1, but the question asks about “critical strain,” which is discussed only at the end of paragraph 3. There, you read “critical strain will indicate a time frame for an impending quake.” That fits perfectly with (A). There is nothing anywhere about calculating “the severity of an initial rupture,” (B). It’s unclear what the term seismic force means, so (C) is no good. (D) refers to an unrelated detail from the beginning of the paragraph. (E) is tempting because “crustal movement” is discussed in the context, but it is ultimately wrong because it leaves out the idea of predicting a time frame for the next earthquake.
Answer: A
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