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Toward the end of the 19th century, many scientists thought that all the great scientific discoveries had already been made and that there was not much left to do beyond some “tidying up.” Max Planck, born in 1858, turned this notion upside down with his study of black-body radiation. Even in a vacuum, a hot body will tend to come to thermal equilibrium with a colder body by radiative heat transfer. This is the principle by which we derive energy from the sun. However, measurement of black-body radiation frequencies across a range of temperatures resulted in a parabolic curve, which theory in Planck’s time could not explain. After many years of work devoted to this problem, Planck succeeded in quantitatively explaining the experimental data; his key insight was that energy comes in small, discrete packets, called quanta. His theory was the birth of what is called quantum mechanics, the revolutionary theory of matter that is fundamental to the modern understanding of physics, chemistry, and molecular biology.
1) Which of the following would best paraphrase the opening sentence?
A. By the late 1800s, much of the scientific community felt it had completed the majority of its work and minor revisions were its only remaining task.
B. By 1900, few scientists were still making significant discoveries, and most projects were revising current theories.
C. At the end of the 19th century, scientists were concerned that they had run out of discoveries to make and could only perfect already proven theories.
D. By 1900, the scientific community had declared that it had come to understand the natural laws of the universe.
E. At the end of the 19th century, scientists ceased trying to formulate new theories.
A. By the late 1800s, much of the scientific community felt it had completed the majority of its work and minor revisions were its only remaining task.
B. By 1900, few scientists were still making significant discoveries, and most projects were revising current theories.
C. At the end of the 19th century, scientists were concerned that they had run out of discoveries to make and could only perfect already proven theories.
D. By 1900, the scientific community had declared that it had come to understand the natural laws of the universe.
E. At the end of the 19th century, scientists ceased trying to formulate new theories.
2) Which of the following best describes the relationship between the highlighted portions of the passage?
A Topic and scope
B Theory and debunking
C Problem and solution
D Hypothesis and analysis
E Thesis and synthesis
A Topic and scope
B Theory and debunking
C Problem and solution
D Hypothesis and analysis
E Thesis and synthesis
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1st Question :
Reference of 1st line : Toward the end of the 19th century, many scientists thought that all the great scientific discoveries had already been made and that there was not much left to do beyond some “tidying up.”
A. By the late 1800s, much of the scientific community felt it had completed the majority of its work and minor revisions were its only remaining task.
---->CORRECT : so, late 19th century would be the late 1800s. Spot on giveaway here for me was the "tidying up" which is as good as saying 'revisions'
B. By 1900, few scientists were still making significant discoveries, and most projects were revising current theories.
----> this odes talk about revising as well, but the OG line implies that scientists had thought a finite end towards scientific discoveries. This doe snot correlate with the "still making significant discoveries"
C. At the end of the 19th century, scientists were concerned that they had run out of discoveries to make and could only perfect already proven theories.
----> No such "concern" was implied in the OG sentence.
D. By 1900, the scientific community had declared that it had come to understand the natural laws of the universe.
----> The timing is factually wrong since it says "late 19th century" but doesn't outright say 1900. Additionally, "declared" is nowhere indicated as the scientists had merely "thought".
E. At the end of the 19th century, scientists ceased trying to formulate new theories.
----> The OG sentence doesn't imply that it ceased trying, it only implies that scientists assumed no new discoveries could be made. Option E also does not include the "tidying up" part.
Reference of 1st line : Toward the end of the 19th century, many scientists thought that all the great scientific discoveries had already been made and that there was not much left to do beyond some “tidying up.”
A. By the late 1800s, much of the scientific community felt it had completed the majority of its work and minor revisions were its only remaining task.
---->CORRECT : so, late 19th century would be the late 1800s. Spot on giveaway here for me was the "tidying up" which is as good as saying 'revisions'
B. By 1900, few scientists were still making significant discoveries, and most projects were revising current theories.
----> this odes talk about revising as well, but the OG line implies that scientists had thought a finite end towards scientific discoveries. This doe snot correlate with the "still making significant discoveries"
C. At the end of the 19th century, scientists were concerned that they had run out of discoveries to make and could only perfect already proven theories.
----> No such "concern" was implied in the OG sentence.
D. By 1900, the scientific community had declared that it had come to understand the natural laws of the universe.
----> The timing is factually wrong since it says "late 19th century" but doesn't outright say 1900. Additionally, "declared" is nowhere indicated as the scientists had merely "thought".
E. At the end of the 19th century, scientists ceased trying to formulate new theories.
----> The OG sentence doesn't imply that it ceased trying, it only implies that scientists assumed no new discoveries could be made. Option E also does not include the "tidying up" part.
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question 1 - In the option sentences words like - ONLY MOST MAJORITY all are considered Extreme language and should be eliminated so in my opinion the question was wrong
