The tree seldom grows more than 5 metres (16 feet) high and if not pru

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The tree seldom grows more than 5 meters (16 feet) high and if not pruned becomes shrub-like. Its branches spread and are irregular, with short stiff twigs, small leaves, and many small sharp thorns. The evergreen leaves are pale green, and the small white flowers are usually borne in clusters. The fruit is usually about 3 to 4 cm (1 to 1.5 inches) in diameter, oval to nearly globular in shape, often with a small apical nipple, and the peel is thin and greenish yellow when the fruit is ripe. The pulp is tender, juicy, yellowish green in color, and decidedly acid. Limes exceed lemons in both acid and sugar content. There are, however, some varieties so lacking in citric acid that they are known as sweet limes. These are grown to some extent in Egypt and certain tropical countries.

Which of the following is the correct inference based on the above passage?

A. Lemons are yellowish green in color.
B. Lime is a greenish yellow fruit.
C. Tropical countries are less likely to use limes.
D. Pruning is used to keep trees shrub-like.
E. Citric acid has a sour taste.

Which of the following is the correct inference based on the above passage?

A. Lemons are yellowish green in color.
B. Lime is a greenish yellow fruit.
C. Tropical countries are less likely to use limes.
D. Pruning is used to keep trees shrub-like.
E. Citric acid has a sour taste.

Roan4848 · Answer

Can anybody help me with an explanation

Changrayy · Answer

please explain this one...tia

ShreyasJavahar · Answer

I think the question needs to start with "The lime tree", and not just "The tree". Please update it.

ShreyasJavahar · Answer

Firstly, the question needs to start with "The lime tree" and not just "The tree".

Moving on, the question merely asks which of the answer choices is an apt inference.

A)Lemons are yellowish green in colour.
Incorrect : The passage says nothing about the colour of lemons.

B. Lime is a greenish yellow fruit.
Incorrect : The passage says it is yellowish green when ripe, it might be some other colour when raw. We can't decisively say it is generally a greenish yellow fruit.

C. Tropical countries are less likely to use limes.
Incorrect : Passage says that they are grown in some tropical countries, they might be used there itself, exported, etc., unclear and therefore incorrect.

D. Pruning is used to keep trees shrub-like.
Incorrect : Passage states the opposite.

E. Citric acid has a sour taste.
Correct :   The passage states that varieties that lack citric acid are called sweet limes, implying that the ones with a good quantity of citric acid are sour.

Chandrahaskrishna · Answer

Hello there..!
I went ahead with POE.
Options A & B describe about the Lemons and their colour. But we cannot really infer those statements.
Option C says that the Tropical countries are less likely to USE limes. We are given information just regarding the growing patterns, or rather, an information which states the tropical countries grow less of these. No where does it say anything about the USE. So we can eliminate this option.
Option D is actually a false statement. It is stated right in the first line of the argument.
So, E remains.
We have in the argument that an absence of Citric acid makes the fruits known as Sweet limes. So, the absence and presence have got to do with the taste.
Therefore, E hands-down...

Thank you!

debulwark · Answer

Lacking citric acid means they are not sweet acxording to the passage.but not sweet doesnt mean sour necessarily,it may be sour it may be bitter.if we chose sour than thats an assumption and I have reservations for e as an answer

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ShreyasJavahar · Answer

I completely agree with that, but of the available options, does E not seem like the lesser evil?
What, in your opinion, is the right answer if not E?

Chandrahaskrishna · Answer

I agree...! But that is an acceptable stretch we might wish to take. Between sour and bitter, it is an acceptable stretch in my opinion. So, E is the most plausible

yazadsarkari · Answer

was that citric acid has a sour taste whichis mentioned in the last Line of the passage

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