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Though many insects die soon after reproducing for the first time, some may live for years after the survival of the next generation has been secured. Among the latter are some insects that work for the benefit of the ecosystem—for example, bees.

Which one of the following can be properly inferred from the information above?


(A) Survival of the species, rather than of the individual, is the goal of most insect populations.
(B) Insects that do not play a vital role in the ecosystem are more likely to dies after reproducing for the first time.
(C) Most bees live well beyond the onset of the generation that follows them.
(D) Those bees that reproduce do not always die soon after reproducing for the first time.
(E) Most insects are hatched self-sufficient and do not need to be cared for by adult insects.
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Though many insects die soon after reproducing for the first time, some may live for years after the survival of the next generation has been secured. Among the latter are some insects that work for the benefit of the ecosystem—for example, bees.
Which one of the following can be properly inferred from the information above?
(A) Survival of the species, rather than of the individual, is the goal of most insect populations.
(B) Insects that do not play a vital role in the ecosystem are more likely to dies after reproducing for the first time.
(C) Most bees live well beyond the onset of the generation that follows them.
(D) Those bees that reproduce do not always die soon after reproducing for the first time.
(E) Most insects are hatched self-sufficient and do not need to be cared for by adult insects.
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between B and D
B - we cant infer this .Eco system may have many insects that does not benefit Eco system still they live long .
D - it is one of the premise from the argument .- 100 % true (some may live for years after the survival of the next generation has been secured)
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Though many insects die soon after reproducing for the first time, some may live for years after the survival of the next generation has been secured. Among the latter are some insects that work for the benefit of the ecosystem—for example, bees.
Which one of the following can be properly inferred from the information above?
(A) Survival of the species, rather than of the individual, is the goal of most insect populations.
(B) Insects that do not play a vital role in the ecosystem are more likely to dies after reproducing for the first time.
(C) Most bees live well beyond the onset of the generation that follows them.
(D) Those bees that reproduce do not always die soon after reproducing for the first time.
(E) Most insects are hatched self-sufficient and do not need to be cared for by adult insects.


between B and D
B - we cant infer this .Eco system may have many insects that does not benefit Eco system still they live long .
D - it is one of the premise from the argument .- 100 % true (some may live for years after the survival of the next generation has been secured)
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Hi,

But we can infer B also from the argument .
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But we can infer B also from the argument .
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Hi,

We cannot infer B out of this.

The argument is saying those who survive are helping the ecosystem BUT we don't know about others.

May be they want to help but they can't as they do not get the chance to do so.

So, saying that they die because they do not play vital role is INCORRECT.

Option D is the best answer here.
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Hi,

Is C incorrect because it states " Most" Bees.

Or is there any other reason of C being incorrect. Could You please help.

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Is C incorrect because it states " Most" Bees.

Or is there any other reason of C being incorrect. Could You please help.

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The statement says "the survival of the next generation has been secured." and the answer is talking about bees live well beyond the onset of the next generation, therefore one is talking about securing the survival and the other one about living after the next generation has onset, so we can't infer this from the statement
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Is C incorrect because it states " Most" Bees.

Or is there any other reason of C being incorrect. Could You please help.

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The statement says "the survival of the next generation has been secured." and the answer is talking about bees live well beyond the onset of the next generation, therefore one is talking about securing the survival and the other one about living after the next generation has onset, so we can't infer this from the statement
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mona2019, adding to the reply by MRE2510, "most" is indeed problematic in choice (C).

We know from the passage that bees are among the group that "may live for years after the survival of the next generation has been secured." The word "may" is very important here. Bees might live for years after the survival of the next generation has been secured, but that isn't enough to infer that all or most bees will do so. Maybe only a small proportion do so.

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(D) Those bees that reproduce do not always die soon after reproducing for the first time.
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(D) is a much better answer. Given the information in the passage, we can safely infer that at least SOME bees will NOT die soon after reproducing for the first time. Those bees will, instead, live for years after the survival of the next generation has been secured. Thus, some bees (however small a proportion they represent) will live for years after reproducing for the first time.

I hope that helps!
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(A) Survival of the species, rather than of the individual, is the goal of most insect populations. (This is nowhere mentioned and moreover this is an assumption )
(B) Insects that do not play a vital role in the ecosystem are more likely to dies after reproducing for the first time.(We do not know this , it cannot be inferred from the passage)
(C) Most bees live well beyond the onset of the generation that follows them.(Most bees extreme language)
(D) Those bees that reproduce do not always die soon after reproducing for the first time.
(E) Most insects are hatched self-sufficient and do not need to be cared for by adult insects.(This is again an assumption which has no backing of our argument

IMO option D
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In my way, ans could be looking between D and E, but E was providing extra information so, could not be the answer.
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