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Answer is B

In question it is mentioned it's the other way around.It simply means length of fingers don't influence personality instead person personality has influence on his fingers.

So persons with different personalities have different length of fingers not the other way.

Also we are not considered about other fingers. So D is wrong.

E is quite tempting but it does not address main point.

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Nice question. Will go with B.
Skywalker18, I believe option C has a typo of double usage of 'in the length'.

Why can't the answer be option D. please elaborate on the same. Thankyou

May be other then I and R, rest of the hand give some info but not the rest of the fingers. D can't be answer.

Correct ans can be B only. researchers are looking into the length of fingers and finding different personality. that can be possible only if length is different.

I am a bit confused between options B and D. Both the options seem correct. Could someone please elaborate the reason for eliminating option D.

D: I think you should read stem again. is anything given about other fingers ? answer of Question asked in D is - may be may be not , sufficient info is not given.
B: read the explanation above, if any doubt ask specific question.

true , but how you are sure that other traits are in other fingers ??? may be it is about spots on palm or depth of palm. this does not mean other fingers for sure. and neither does it is saying it can't be these fingers.

All I am aying that you don't have sufficient information to conclude this fact. when such situation arises we keep the answer false.

My friend that is what I am trying to tell you. I am not contesting that my choice is 100% correct and is undisputable. All I'm trying to say is the question asks us " most strongly supported " . If we stick to the passage and not go out of context we can spot the author's emphasis on those two fingers. My only question to you would be why would the author emphasize those 2 fingers by saying " more specifically " ? . You are absolutely right at challenging the answer choice by countering it with other possible scenarios but amongst all the 5 choices D is the MOST SUPPORTED .

Your choice B - is more of an assumption. If you can contest choice D my friend there are even more possible situations which can break choice B. Think over it.

IMO D is "most supported" . not undisputable.

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Ok Fine. How about you answer me this? What you make out of following sentence ?
"the lengths of the index and ring fingers --- gives some info of personality" ---- Difference in personality, difference in length on I and R. assumption will be when I say greater the difference better the personality. think of it this way. What if difference in length of I and R for everyone is same, now how you will correlate their different personality to this ???

I think answer will be B. yes for sure it is also an assumption. but is it a fact ??? In any kind of situation is can be wrong ???

When I am answering all these kind of question for D , I am finding that D can be wrong in many possible ways. D is not a Fact. This is an inference question . we need an answer that is absolutely true in any condition.

So you mean to say we cannot counter the option B

Let me give it a shot.

Author says- "more specifically - the lengths of index and ring finger TELLS A LOT ABOUT THE PERSONALITY AND .... "

NOWHERE has he mentioned that different lengths have different personalities. Let alone the application of real life situation which will surely break answer choice B. From where did you infer or from which statement or what part of the passage tells you about the difference my friend? Two people can have same lengths and still have different personalities or 2 people can different lengths and have same personalities. The most important part is THERE IS NO MENTION OF DIFFERENCE between personalities with respect to lengths. New information is allowed in inference questions ONLY IF THEY FIT THE GIVEN CONTEXT. Your answer is a pure assumption which does not even have a conclusion. The author says- researchers discovered that a quick reading of the hands can tell a lot about a personality. Where do you infer the difference my Friend. If realistically speaking me and my brother have completely different hands let alone the lengths, but our personalities are like the sun and the moon.

Yes option B does quality as a contender, but option D sticks to the passage and derives a true statement out of the passage. I'm still trying to tell you that the option does not say "ONLY these 2 fingers give info " , the option says " others do not give MUCH INFO " . Yes the option mentions only fingers but this option is playing within the boundaries of the context.

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My friend you have again taken it in wrong direction. I used difference just to give an example. choice B is given below.

The lengths of the ring and index fingers are expected to be different for people with different personalities.

Now remove the difference in length(forget it for a while) and give it one more shot. just consider individual length of two fingers independently. I think you are close and you will get it this time.

How do I ignore the difference. Even if I did how am I to consider the choice. Please proceed with your idea. I'll try to comprehend what you want to say

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let just say Ram has length of these fingers as x and y respectively , while Raj has the same as p and q respectively.
let just say x!=p;y!=q but x-y == p-q

now go through choice B again. and deduce the same info again. Can you say Ram and Raj have same personality ?
only x, y (in that order) is what we are looking for to be sure of same personality.

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