The first human flights, conducted aboard hot air balloons in the late

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The first human flights, conducted aboard hot air balloons in the late 18th century, required courage. The first aeronauts entrusted their lives to nascent principles of flight; although buoyancy had been discovered centuries before, the theory had not been applied to passenger aircraft. It is even more difficult to contemplate the fortitude summoned by aeronaut Andr-Jacques Garnerin, who made the first parachute jump on October 22, 1797, from a hydrogen balloon flying 3,200 feet above Paris. While smaller parachutes had been tested successfully with animals, Garnerin's design, which had a semirigid construction, had to be much larger. Because he failed to equip the parachute with a vent at the apex, the contraption spun mercilessly on its way down. Nevertheless, Garnerin survived and continued improving the design.

By the time of World War I, the first conflict with a major aerial component, parachutes had advanced tremendously. Although the parachute was no longer semirigid, the newer silken envelopes could waft a flier to Earth with reasonable reliability. Germany, France, and the United States quickly adopted parachutes as potentially life-saving devices for the air forces. Only Britain did not equip its fliers with parachutes, ostensibly on the grounds that the design was not 100 percent reliable. Only later did British military leaders admit their true concern: that pilots would be more likely to abandon their planes and abort missions if they had a ready means of escape. 
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 1.Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?

A. It can be difficult to trust one's life to a scientific principle that has yet to be practically applied. 
B. British leaders during World War I cared little about human life. 
C. Andr-Jacques Garnerin was simply lucky to survive his parachute jump. 
D. The silk parachutes were no better than Garnerin's semirigid one. 
E. The animals in the first parachute tests did not survive the descent.

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 2. The author mentions the semirigid structure of Garnerin's parachute in order to

A. create a vivid image to entertain the reader.
B. underscore how little was known about physical laws of science.
C. demonstrate how parachute design evolved.
D. highlight how rigid and formal 18th-century thinking was.
E. provide a detailed description of Garnerin's "contraption."

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 3. The author's main objective in the passage is to

A. demonstrate that British leaders during World War I put mission objectives ahead of human life.
B. discuss the pioneering efforts to develop parachutes, their early uses, and design developments.
C. instill a sense of Andr-Jacques Garnerin's accomplishment in the reader.
D. criticize the British military for undervaluing the lives of World War I pilots.
E. persuade readers about the inferiority of 18th-century scientific thinking.

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Vie3nrose · Accepted Answer

Question 1. Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?
 
A. It can be difficult to trust one's life to a scientific principle that has yet to be practically applied.
 CORRECT   -- The author opens the passage talking about the courage and fortitude that the flight pioneers had: "The first human flights... required  courage . The first aeronauts  entrusted their lives to nascent principles of flight... the theory had not been applied  to passenger aircraft. It is even more difficult to contemplate the  fortitude  summoned by aeronaut Andr-Jacques Garnerin, who made the first parachute jump... Nevertheless, Garnerin survived and continued improving the design."
 
B. British leaders during World War I cared little about human life.
 INCORRECT   -- Although many people may jump to this conclusion based on the end of PG2 ("Only later did British military leaders admit their true concern: that pilots would be more likely to abandon their planes and abort missions if they had a ready means of escape"), we're also not given enough information on the British battle strategy to infer this information (maybe by executing the the mission as planned, they would be able to save more lives overall?) 
 
C. Andr-Jacques Garnerin was simply lucky to survive his parachute jump.
 INCORRECT   -- Possibly, but although we know his parachute should have been larger and that he forgot to equip the vent, we also don't know the probability of survival based on those factors (i.e. maybe even with those misses his probability of survival was 90%?)
 
D. The silk parachutes were no better than Garnerin's semirigid one.
 INCORRECT   -- On the contrary, the author mentions that parachutes had advanced tremendously by the time of WWI, so I would infer that they were probably better than G's: "By the time of World War I... parachutes had advanced tremendously . Although the parachute was no longer semirigid, the  newer silken  envelopes could waft a flier to Earth with reasonable reliability."
 
E. The animals in the first parachute tests did not survive the descent.
 INCORRECT   -- On the contrary, I would infer that the animals did survive: "While smaller parachutes had been  tested successfully with animals "

Question 2. The author mentions the semirigid structure of Garnerin's parachute in order to
 
A. create a vivid image to entertain the reader.
 INCORRECT   -- not sure how vivid or entertaining mentioning the semi-rigid structure was. Since its's functional design details about the parachute, I would look for answer choice more related to function/ design. 
 
B. underscore how little was known about physical laws of science.
 INCORRECT   -- Although the author opens the passage talking about nascent/ unapplied principles of flight and the courage of G's parachute test, the semi-rigid structure was brought up later in PG1 to illustrate function/ design, not to emphasize the lack of scientific knowledge. 
 
C. demonstrate how parachute design evolved.
 CORRECT   -- In PG2 G's semi-rigid design is mentioned, and in PG3 the author mentions that "parachutes had advanced tremendously... no longer semirigid, the newer silken envelopes  could waft a flier to Earth with reasonable reliability", which helps us follow the design changes/ improvements over time. 
 
D. highlight how rigid and formal 18th-century thinking was.
 INCORRECT   -- Out of scope: the author did not criticize the rigidity of their thinking (instead, he marveled at their courage). 
 
E. provide a detailed description of Garnerin's "contraption."
 INCORRECT   -- Although this information does give us more detail on G's contraption, it also gives us more insight to changes/ evolutions in parachute design, so I prefer answer choice C.

Question 3. The author's main objective in the passage is to
 
A. demonstrate that British leaders during World War I put mission objectives ahead of human life.
 INCORRECT   -- This implication wasn't made until the end of PG2, whereas the rest of the passage was focused on the early history and evolution of parachutes.
 
B. discuss the pioneering efforts to develop parachutes, their early uses, and design developments.
 CORRECT   -- PG1 discusses the early history of human flight and AG, who first tested parachute jumping. PG2 goes on to discuss the developments of the parachute and its uses in WWI -- this answer choice fits the best. 
 
C. instill a sense of Andr-Jacques Garnerin's accomplishment in the reader.
 INCORRECT   -- Although PG1 had a strong focus on AG and his accomplishments, PG2 discussed the advancements and uses of parachuting into WWI. The purpose of the passage is on parachuting history and development, not on AG.
 
D. criticize the British military for undervaluing the lives of World War I pilots.
 INCORRECT   -- Although there may have been implied criticism towards the British military at the end of PG2, the focus of the passage is on the development of parachuting, not on the British military. 
 
E. persuade readers about the inferiority of 18th-century scientific thinking.
 INCORRECT   -- Although this may have been implied in PG1, the author's focus was on the more on the technological evolution of parachutes (not on 18th century scientific thinking in general).

Sajjad1994 · Answer

Explanation

1. Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?

Explanation

A. It can be difficult to trust one's life to a scientific principle that has yet to be practically applied.

This option seems logical its support in the passage can be found in the lines:

“The first human flights, conducted aboard hot air balloons in the late 18th century, required courage. The first aeronauts  entrusted  their lives to nascent principles of flight”

Let’s have a look on the other options first.

B. British leaders during World War I cared little about human life.

This cannot be inferred logically, although British military leaders want their pilots to fight till the end and not to abandon the mission too early but that doesn’t suggest that they didn’t care about the human life. Eliminate.

C. Andr-Jacques Garnerin was simply lucky to survive his parachute jump.

Yes! He might be lucky as he was survived but this isn’t something the question want us to  “infer” . Eliminate

D. The silk parachutes were no better than Garnerin's semirigid one.

This is opposite to what is provided in the passage, according to the lines:

“the newer silken envelopes could waft a flier to Earth with reasonable reliability”

It is clearly stated that the newer version of parachutes was better. Eliminate.

E. The animals in the first parachute tests did not survive the descent.

This is also opposite to what is given in the passage, according to the lines:

“While smaller parachutes had been tested successfully with animals”

The test applied on animals were successful.

A is best among the options and is correct answer

2. The author mentions the semirigid structure of Garnerin's parachute in order to

Explanation

A. create a vivid image to entertain the reader.

This is an outside information as nothing has been discussed in the passage validating this option.

B. underscore how little was known about physical laws of science.

Same as option (A), it provides outside information. Eliminate.

C. demonstrate how parachute design evolved.

This options seems logical, its support in the passage is available in the following lines in the first paragraph:

“While smaller parachutes had been tested successfully with animals, Garnerin's design, which had a semirigid construction, had to be much larger.”

And the starting lines of the  second paragraph:

“By the time of World War I, the first conflict with a major aerial component, parachutes had advanced tremendously. Although the parachute was no longer semirigid, the newer silken envelopes could waft a flier to Earth with reasonable reliability”

Let’s have a look on remaining options before we decide.

D. highlight how rigid and formal 18th-century thinking was.

Same as options A and B this one also provides the outside information which cannot be validated with the help of the text available in the passage. Eliminate

E. provide a detailed description of Garnerin's "contraption".

The passage didn’t detail anything about the structure of any parachute, only the size has been discussed in the passage light weightily. Contraption is very extreme word comparatively. Eliminate.

The only option C stands on.

3. The author's main objective in the passage is to

Explanation

This is global question, the answer choice needs to cover the whole of the passage to stand correct. Let’s have a look at each option.

A. demonstrate that British leaders during World War I put mission objectives ahead of human life.

This answer choice is extreme and it covers only a fractional part of the passage ignoring the other important factor given in the passage.

B. discuss the pioneering efforts to develop parachutes, their early uses, and design developments.

This seems logical choice, in the first paragraph author discusses when first balloon flight was conducted, why the flight have been difficult in the start. Passage also discusses the initiative taken by Andr-Jacques Garnerin and the design and size of his parachute. In the second paragraph author discusses the change in design, the uses and the need of the parachutes.

This option cover maximum part of passage. Let’s have a look on the remaining answer choices and decide,

C. instill a sense of Andr-Jacques Garnerin 's accomplishment in the reader.

Same as the (A) this option also covers a fractional part of the passage and is unable to cover all the important factors given in the passage. Eliminate

D. criticize the British military for undervaluing the lives of World War I pilots.

No criticism on the British military is available in the passage, this is outside information.

E. persuade readers about the inferiority of 18th-century scientific thinking.

No evidence is there in the passage to select this one as the primary purpose of the passage. This is also out.

The only option which covers maximum portion by covering all primary events of the passage is option B and is correct answer.

Answer: B

Deepakjhamb · Answer

1.Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?

answer : a)It can be difficult to trust one's life to a scientific principle that has yet to be practically applied.

A. It can be difficult to trust one's life to a scientific principle that has yet to be practically applied:  yes this can be inferred as rest all options can be eliminated and from first para author somehow conveys this message by saying first human flight required courage , then mentions it is difficult to contemplate fortitude summoned by early aeronaut who had to jump from a significant height and then also mentions this was time when buoyancy had not been applied to passanger aircraft and principles of flight were in nascent stage and first astraunaut's entrusted their life to this nascent principles of flight . So yes we can generalize this to say that it can be difficult to trust one's life to scientific principle that has yet to be practically applied .

B. British leaders during World War I cared little about human life :  this is too extreme to say that British leaders cared little about human life - there are many things wrong here 1) we do not know that this was during the world war as we only know that parachute designs had advanced by world war 1 and then were quickly adopted by other countries , 2) saying that British leaders cared little about human life - is too extreme generalization from an instance that British military leaders were more worried about mission than equipping their flier with potentially life saving devices . 
C. Andr-Jacques Garnerin was simply lucky to survive his parachute jump:  we cannot say that Garnerin was simply lucky as we are not given complete details of his survival when he jumped as he might be knowing some technique to cut the fall while floating in air , this seems too extreme  
D. The silk parachutes were no better than Garnerin's semirigid one:  actually this seems like reversal of facts - in second para author says that -By the time of World War I, the first conflict with a major aerial component, parachutes had advanced tremendously. Although the parachute was no longer semirigid, the newer silken envelopes could waft a flier to Earth with reasonable reliability.   
E. The animals in the first parachute tests did not survive the descent:  we know from first para that smaller parachutes had been tested successfully with animals , so we cannot infer from this that animals did not survive the descent , infact this also seems reversal of facts more likely .

2. The author mentions the semirigid structure of Garnerin's parachute in order to

answer is e)provide a detailed description of Garnerin's "contraption." 
A. create a vivid image to entertain the reader:  author's aim being to entertain the reader with this can never be inferred , so its out  
B. underscore how little was known about physical laws of science :  we cannot infer that having semigrid structure underscores how little was known about physical laws of science - this seems out of scope  
C. demonstrate how parachute design evolved :  actually there is no mention of it being evolved design , so its out  
D. highlight how rigid and formal 18th-century thinking was:  we cannot infer anything about 18th century thinking based on semigrid structure , so its out  
E. provide a detailed description of Garnerin's "contraption." :  yes this is the correct answer - its to provide detailed description of Garnerin's contraption or flying device which is the air baloon .

3. The author's main objective in the passage is to
 answer is b)discuss the pioneering efforts to develop parachutes, their early uses, and design developments. 
A. demonstrate that British leaders during World War I put mission objectives ahead of human life:  this is just 1-2 sentences in last para , so just a partial scope and can never be main objective  
B. discuss the pioneering efforts to develop parachutes, their early uses, and design developments:  yes this is correct , first para talks about the pioneering efforts to develop parachutes , then early uses and post that design developments to advanced form where it was being used as potential life-safer device for fliers is given .

C. instill a sense of Andr-Jacques Garnerin's accomplishment in the reader :  Garnerin is only talked about in first para , after that its all about improved design of parachute and its adoption as potential life saver device , so this is partial scope and thus out  
D. criticize the British military for undervaluing the lives of World War I pilots:  author is never criticizing British military , though he mentions in last sentence that they valued mission more over safety of fliers , also this is partial scope as it covers just 2 lines in last para , thus cannot be main objective of passage  
E. persuade readers about the inferiority of 18th-century scientific thinking:  author is never persuading readers about the inferiority of 18th century scientific thinking - in first para author talks about pioneering efforts of making first flights through air baloons and in second para
author explains how these were developed into advanced parachutes acting as life saving devices for fliers , so this is out

RashmikaAnegama · Answer

1.Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?

A. It can be difficult to trust one's life to a scientific principle that has yet to be practically applied. 
Yes, it can be difficult, as with the case of Garnerin.
 B. British leaders during World War I cared little about human life. 
No, British in fact cared a lot about human life, that's why they rejected parachute option. The word, 'Little', here doesn't seem to be right.
 C. Andr-Jacques Garnerin was simply lucky to survive his parachute jump. 
there can be any rescue team or any other things helped him survive, rather than his luck.
 D. The silk parachutes were no better than Garnerin's semirigid one.
 
They were more reliable -> better
 E. The animals in the first parachute tests did not survive the descent. 
No, the animals were actually survived, only then, human beings started flying.

2. The author mentions the semirigid structure of Garnerin's parachute in order to

A. create a vivid image to entertain the reader.
B. underscore how little was known about physical laws of science. 
 C. demonstrate how parachute design evolved. 
This is it, because Garnerin later put his time on improving his design and there were few other signs talking about design changes in the passage.
 D. highlight how rigid and formal 18th-century thinking was. 
 E. provide a detailed description of Garnerin's "contraption."

3. The author's main objective in the passage is to

A. demonstrate that British leaders during World War I put mission objectives ahead of human life. 
Half answer
 B. discuss the pioneering efforts to develop parachutes, their early uses, and design developments. 
Yes, most of the passage was discussed about this and this is what the author wanted us to understand.
 C. instill a sense of Andr-Jacques Garnerin's accomplishment in the reader. 
Umm, not really! he also talked about many other things.
 D. criticize the British military for undervaluing the lives of World War I pilots. 
Half answer
 E. persuade readers about the inferiority of 18th-century scientific thinking. 
No, I don't think so.

So, IMO, A,C,B are the answers

Sumi1010 · Answer

Short note on the passage :

P1 - 1st human flight by Garnerin in a semigrid parachute. 
P2 - Development & Adoption of parachute by WW1.

1.Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?

A. It can be difficult to trust one's life to a scientific principle that has yet to be practically applied.
 From the passage -"The first aeronauts  entrusted their lives  to nascent principles of flight;  although  buoyancy had been discovered centuries before, the  theory had not been applied  to passenger aircraft" 
This is the correct inference. It's difficult to rely merely on a theory practically unproven. 
B. British leaders during World War I cared  little  about human life.
 The leaders made the excuse of lack of 100% reliability of parachute , but the real reason was their fear for abortion of the mission. However, the real reason does not imply that they did not care much about human life ( just that they picked this choice to make excuses). 
C. Andr-Jacques Garnerin was simply lucky to survive his parachute jump.
 The all we know that is Garnerin survived and continued improving the design.We don't know if it was sheer luck or he struggled hard to survive. 
D. The silk parachutes were  no better  than Garnerin's semirigid one.
 The silk parachutes came when parachutes had advanced tremendously.  
E. The animals in the first parachute tests  did not survive  the descent.
 The passage says "smaller parachutes had been tested  successfully  with animals..."

A

2. The author mentions the  semirigid  structure of Garnerin's parachute in order to

The passage says " While smaller parachutes had been tested successfully with animals,  Garnerin's design , which had a semirigid construction,  had to be much larger. "
Later the passage talks about advanced construction that was not semirigid. Thus, we can infer that semirigid parachutes were not very safe and were risky.

A. create a vivid image to  entertain  the reader.
 The author did not intend to entertain the reader. Semirigid parachute was very risky for Garnerin. 
B. underscore how  little was known about physical laws  of science.
 The author says that the theory was known , but not yet practically proven.  
C. demonstrate how parachute design evolved.
 Correct. Semirigid structure was a limitation in the parachute that was replaced eventually in advanced parachutes. 
D. highlight how rigid and formal 18th-century  thinking  was.
 No questions have been raised on 18th century thinking. 
E. provide a detailed description of Garnerin's "contraption."
 While contraption spun mercilessly because of a semirigid construction, the author did not intend to describe the contraption.

C

3. The author's main objective in the passage is to

A. demonstrate that British leaders during World War I put mission objectives ahead of human life.
 The exception that Britain did not equip with parachutes is explained by the real reasons. While the author reveal the reason but the main focus of the passage remained with the parachute and its advancement only. 
B. discuss the pioneering efforts to develop parachutes, their early uses, and design developments.
 Correct. The 1st para talks about the beginning of human parachutes and 2nd para talks about the uses and developments. 
C. instill a sense of Andr-Jacques Garnerin's accomplishment in the reader.
 The passage showcase the initial difficulties in human flight, but the passage moves away from Garnerin's accomplishment in paragraph 2. 
D. criticize the British military for undervaluing the lives of World War I pilots.
 The author reveals the reason for an unexpected move, but we can't conclude that they undervalued the life of the pilots.  
E. persuade readers about the inferiority of 18th-century scientific thinking.
 The author does not talk about the inferiority of the thinking.

B

Pankaj0901 · Answer

Answer IMO
1. E
2. C
3. B

1.Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?

A. It can be difficult to trust one's life to a scientific principle that has yet to be practically applied.
B. British leaders during World War I cared little about human life.
C. Andr-Jacques Garnerin was simply lucky to survive his parachute jump.
D. The silk parachutes were no better than Garnerin's semirigid one.
E. The animals in the first parachute tests did not survive the descent.
 IMO E
From the lines in P1: "While smaller parachutes had been tested successfully with animals, Garnerin's design, which had a semirigid construction, had to be much larger. Because he failed to equip the parachute with a vent at the apex, the contraption spun mercilessly on its way down."

2. The author mentions the semirigid structure of Garnerin's parachute in order to

A. create a vivid image to entertain the reader.
B. underscore how little was known about physical laws of science.
C. demonstrate how parachute design evolved.
D. highlight how rigid and formal 18th-century thinking was.
E. provide a detailed description of Garnerin's "contraption."
 Answer IMO C- the most apt on the basis of POE. All the rest doesn't make much sense.

3. The author's main objective in the passage is to

A. demonstrate that British leaders during World War I put mission objectives ahead of human life.
B. discuss the pioneering efforts to develop parachutes, their early uses, and design developments.
C. instill a sense of Andr-Jacques Garnerin's accomplishment in the reader.
D. criticize the British military for undervaluing the lives of World War I pilots.
E. persuade readers about the inferiority of 18th-century scientific thinking.
 Answer IMO B
The passage is about the parachutes- early uses and design developments.

Tahamohsin · Answer

1.Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?

C
Except for D, all the other choices are closed, but C seems to be the best.

A. It can be difficult to trust one's life to a scientific principle that has yet to be practically applied. 
  This is an inference question, so we need to find what must be true. This is true in the real world but we cannot say this is must be true from the passage.  
B. British leaders during World War I cared little about human life. 
  The passage stated that British leaders put mission objectives ahead of human life. But from this, we cannot conclude that British leaders cared little about human life.  
C. Andr-Jacques Garnerin was simply lucky to survive his parachute jump. 
  The Andr-Jacques Garnerin was the first one to jump in human history, he failed to equip the parachute with a vent at the apex and his contraption spun mercilessly on its way down, but he still survives. From all these 3 reasons we can conclude that he must be lucky to survive.  
D. The silk parachutes were no better than Garnerin's semirigid one. 
  Opposite. The silk parachutes were better than Garnerin's semirigid one.  
E. The animals in the first parachute tests did not survive the descent.
  The passage stated the opposite. While smaller parachutes had been tested successfully with animals. that means animals do survive.

2. The author mentions the semirigid structure of Garnerin's parachute in order to

E
This is a specific question we need to go back to the passage and read this--While smaller parachutes had been tested successfully with animals, Garnerin's design, which had a semirigid construction, had to be much larger. Because he failed to equip the parachute with a vent at the apex, the contraption spun mercilessly on its way down.

A. create a vivid image to entertain the reader.
  NO, the author uses semirigid structure to describe the Garnerin's parachute  
B. underscore how little was known about physical laws of science.
  Again wrong. it is not used for underscoring of how little was known about physical laws of science  
C. demonstrate how parachute design evolved.
  There is a comparison of the new and old parachute in the passage, but we need to find why the author uses semirigid structure   
D. highlight how rigid and formal 18th-century thinking was.
  Thinking of 18 century was never compare.  
E. provide a detailed description of Garnerin's "contraption."
  Yes, info is used in the non-essential modifier to describe the parachute.

3. The author's main objective in the passage is to

B

A. demonstrate that British leaders during World War I put mission objectives ahead of human life.
  No this is not the primary purpose.  
B. discuss the pioneering efforts to develop parachutes, their early uses, and design developments.
  The author discuss the pioneering efforts to develop parachutes and their early uses in the first para, and in the second para, the author uses design development of the parachute.  
C. instill a sense of Andr-Jacques Garnerin's accomplishment in the reader.
   this only the purpose of the first para  
D. criticize the British military for undervaluing the lives of World War I pilots.
  Again this is not the purpose of the author to write the passage.  
E. persuade readers about the inferiority of 18th-century scientific thinking.
   There is no persuasion of reader about the inferiority of 18th-century scientific thinking.

Neha2404 · Answer

1-C
2-C
3-B

Main point - Author discuss the pioneering efforts to develop parachutes, their early uses, and design developments
Para 1 Author discussed smaller parachutes had been tested on animals , the first parachute jump, semirigid construction of parachute 
Para -2 Author discussed about further development in parachute, the newer silken envelopes, use by Germany, France, and the United States and later adoption by British

IMO-C

1.Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?

A. It can be difficult to trust one's life to a scientific principle that has yet to be practically applied. 
INCORRECT- Author discussed about Early history of parachute , but he doesn’t discuss about testing of inventions

B. British leaders during World War I cared little about human life. 
INCORRECT- Britishs didnt use parachute for plane’s pilot because they think that pilots would be more likely to abandon their planes and abort missions if pilots had a ready means of escape.

C. Andr-Jacques Garnerin was simply lucky to survive his parachute jump. 
CORRECT-Andr- jacques Garnerin made his 1st jump in 1797 ,parachute had a semirigid construction not equip with a vent at the apex

D. The silk parachutes were no better than Garnerin's semirigid one. 
INCORRECT- It js opposite answer The silk parachutes were better than Garnerin's semirigid one at protective measures

E. The animals in the first parachute tests did not survive the descent.
INCORRECT- Animal was tested in first parachute and test was successful , But author not mentioned about survival of annimals

IMO-C

2. The author mentions the semirigid structure of Garnerin's parachute in order to

A. create a vivid image to entertain the reader.
INCORRECT- creating a image and enetertain to the reader is not intention of author to mention the semirigid structure of Garnerin's parachute

B. underscore how little was known about physical laws of science.
INCORRECT Author not discussed about physical laws of science.

C. demonstrate how parachute design evolved.
CORRECT- Author discussed how parachute design evolved , Parachute 1st experiment by Andr-Jacques Garnerin , further development and its use

D. highlight how rigid and formal 18th-century thinking was.
INCORRECT- Author not mentioned 18th-century thinking

E. provide a detailed description of Garnerin's "contraption."
INCORRECT- Author doesn’t provide a detailed description of Garnerin's "contraption.

IMO- B

3. The author's main objective in the passage is to

A. demonstrate that British leaders during World War I put mission objectives ahead of human life.
INCORRECT-Author discussed later use of parachute by British , Reason given by British military leaders that pilots would be more likely to abandon their planes and abort missions if they had a ready means of escape.

B. discuss the pioneering efforts to develop parachutes, their early uses, and design developments.
CORRECT- In 1st para author discussed the pioneering efforts to develop parachutes and in 2nd para their early uses, and design developments.

C. instill a sense of Andr-Jacques Garnerin's accomplishment in the reader.
INCORRECT- it is not indicates form the passage

D. criticize the British military for undervaluing the lives of World War I pilots.
INCORRECT- In 2nd para Author mentioned about British military’s later use of parachute, but Author not criticizing the British military

E. persuade readers about the inferiority of 18th-century scientific thinking.
INCORRECT- Author discussed about parachute,his motive is not persuade readers about the inferiority of 18th-century scientific thinking

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Sajjad1994 · Answer

Hello Everyone! OAs has been posted, this question is not hard to crack, question one is a little bit tricky, someone new to RC can miss the question easily. Deepakjhamb I don’t think question 2 is hard to crack. Excellent explanation once again by Vie3nrose RashmikaAnegama Wow! I think the trick did worked

Pankaj0901 in question number 1 your reasoning is completely at 180 with what is written in the passage, clearly you didn’t understand what passage is delivering. Tahamohsin surprisingly 1/3. Thank you!

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