Jane is tall and slender. Therefore, Jane will become a world class

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Jane is tall and slender. Therefore, Jane will become a world class model.

All of the following are assumptions on which the argument relies EXCEPT:

(A) Jane is interested in becoming a model.
(B) Jane has not passed the appropriate age at which to begin a future modeling career.
(C) Jane has facial features that are suitable for modeling.
(D) Jane does not have any modeling experience.
(E) Jane is photogenic in nature.

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PranavVyas · Answer

Jane is tall and slender. Therefore, Jane will become a world class model.

All of the following are assumptions on which the argument relies EXCEPT:

(A) Jane is interested in becoming a model.-  perfect assumption but not for this question 😁 
(B) Jane has not passed the appropriate age at which to begin a future modeling career.-  relies on argument  
(C) Jane has facial features that are suitable for modeling.-  related to assumption  
(D) Jane does not have any modeling experience.-  not related, and our answer too 
(E) Jane is photogenic in nature- related to assumption

IMO-D- only exceptional option

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thisischelso · Answer

Jane is tall and slender. Therefore, Jane will become a world class model.

All of the following are assumptions on which the argument relies EXCEPT:

Using negation to find the answer choice that is not an assumption.

(A) Jane is interested in becoming a model.

If Jane is not interested…she won’t become a model. This is out

(B) Jane has not passed the appropriate age at which to begin a future modeling career.

If Jane passed the appropriate age to become a model, she would not be able to come a model. This is out

(C) Jane has facial features that are suitable for modeling.

If Jane doesn’t have facial features suitable for modeling; she won’t be able to be one even if she is tall and slender. This is out

(D) Jane does not have any modeling experience.

Answer!

(E) Jane is photogenic in nature.
If jane is not photogenic in nature, she won’t become a model. This is out

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Noida · Answer

We need an option which, after negation, does not breaks the argument I.e. it will support or not affect the argument.

Negation of D —> Jane does have modeling experience. 
This option does not break the argument.

Bunuel · Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

Jane is tall and slender. Therefore, Jane will become a world class model.

All of the following are assumptions on which the argument relies EXCEPT:

(A) Jane is interested in becoming a model.

Incorrect.

To solve this Assumption question, first break down the argument. Sentence 1 presents factual information so it's the argument's premise. Sentence 2 uses the conclusion conjunction Therefore, and makes a prediction based on the premise so it's the conclusion.

Now ask yourself: the author believes that Jane will be a model. What must the author assume in order to make this prediction? In this question, we eliminate all possible assumptions and choose the one which the author does not have to assume to reach the conclusion

This answer choice is an assumption underlying the argument because if Jane does not want to become a model, her being tall and thin will not in itself make her one.

Remember that what you were asked to find here is not an assumption but the one answer choice which is NOT an underlying assumption in this argument. This may be confusing, which is what makes this question a hard one.

(B) Jane has not passed the appropriate age at which to begin a future modeling career.

Incorrect.

This answer choice is an assumption underlying the argument because if Jane is too old to become a model, her being tall and thin will not make her one.

Remember that what you were asked to find here is not an assumption but the one answer choice which is NOT an underlying assumption in this argument. This is confusing, which is what makes this question a hard one.

(C) Jane has facial features that are suitable for modeling.

Incorrect.

This answer choice is an assumption underlying the argument because if Jane does not have the face appropriate for becoming a model, her being tall and thin will not in itself make her one.

Remember that what you were asked to find here is not an assumption but the one answer choice which is NOT an assumption. This is confusing, which is what makes this question a hard one.

(D) Jane does not have any modeling experience.

Since the author's conclusion is a prediction about Jane's future as a professional model, that author does not have to assume that Jane is completely new to modeling - the argument stands whether or not she has had earlier modeling. Therefore, this answer choice is not an assumption that the author needed to make in order to reach the conclusion.

(E) Jane is photogenic in nature.

This answer choice is an assumption on which the argument relies because if Jane is not photogenic, it severely limits modeling as a career option for her.

Remember that what you were asked to find here is not an assumption but the one answer choice which is NOT an underlying assumption in the argument. This is confusing, which is what makes this question a hard one.

Feb2024 · Answer

IanStewart   MartyMurray   KarishmaB   GMATNinja

Hello Experts!! Would you categorize this is a GMAT type question? 
From my understanding, the answer choices involves relating attributes of a model from the real world, which is not a correct way to eliminate answer choices.

MartyMurray · Answer

While the style of this question doesn't quite represent that of a typical GMAT question, the way the answer choices work is basically the way GMAT Assumption answer choices work.

In answering GMAT Critical Reasoning questions, we are expected to use common knowledge of how things work in the real world in analyzing answer choices.

In this case, understanding of how modeling works can be considered common knowledge.

KarishmaB · Answer

Not a GMAT type question but if you understand what an assumption is well, then you know that the answer is certainly (D). It is not ambiguous. Yes, the options do stretch real world knowledge a bit but frankly there have been some official practice questions of Data Insights too where this was done. I can't recall the context of that question right now but it had defined a term and then given 5-6 items and asked whether the objects fall within that definition. There were some who struggled with that real world knowledge and I did wonder whether we can assume that almost everyone should know what the words mean. 
In any case, don't worry too much about the legitimacy of the question and move on.

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