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GMATNinja can you please explain why the answer to question 8 is D and not-A. D is mentioned in the passage and through POE I was able to eliminate all the answer choices expect A.

And another issue I face in RC is timings. In this passage, it took me 19 min to solve all the questions and got only 5/8 correct. It took me 5 min to read and comprehend the passage. I want to take the GMAT exam in the next 45 days. How can I improve my RC timing along with good accuracy?

Hi AnushkaPatel961,

I also agree that Question 8 is a bit contradictory but I wouldn't read too much into it, as the source of the passage is not known and it's not similar to an official GMAT passage.

You can refer this reply: https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-word-dem ... l#p2138925

For the timing issue, 19 min for a 700 level long passage with 8 questions is fine , but you need to focus on accuracy first.

For improvement, you can follow these links, they may help you.

https://gmatclub.com/forum/improving-rc ... s#p2614898

https://gmatclub.com/forum/topic315998.html

https://gmatclub.com/forum/topic302904.html

https://gmatclub.com/forum/topic301219.html

https://gmatclub.com/forum/topic300886.html

Hope This Helps.
Thanks.

Can someone please explain Q4 Q5 AND Q8
Thanks in advance

8. Which one of the following statements, if true, would contradict the author’s notion of the characteristics of social democracy?

(A) Organized governmental systems tend to arise spontaneously, rather than in response to specific problem situations.
(B) The presence of an organized system of government stifles the expression of human equality and brotherhood.
(C) Social democracy represents a more primitive form of communal organization than political democracy.
(D) Prolonged and formal leadership may become necessary in a social democracy when problems arise that cannot be resolved by recourse to the general competence of the people.
(E) Although political democracy and social democracy are radically different forms of communal organization, it is possible for both to contain elements of monarchy.

(D) Prolonged and formal leadership may become necessary in a social democracy when problems arise that cannot be resolved by recourse to the general competence of the people.

Hey AndrewN AjiteshArun could you help me with question no. 8






But when pressure of circumstances, danger, or inward strife makes recognized and prolonged guidance necessary to a social democracy, the form its government takes is that of a rudimentary monarchy established by election or general consent. A natural leader emerges and is instinctively obeyed. That leader may indeed be freely criticized and will not be screened by any pomp or traditional mystery; he or she will be easy to replace and every citizen will feel essentially his or her equal. Yet such a state is at the beginnings of monarchy and aristocracy.


I vaguely understand why "D" is correct, maybe because the passage states - he or she will be easy to replace and every citizen will feel essentially his or her equal and D talks about formal leadership. I know, I making too many assumptions here or maybe that I truly do not understand the idea of Formal Leadership vs the one that can be easy to replace.

Would appreciate your inputs, also I do not understand how "A" is wrong. Thank You.