imSKR
Hi
AndrewN Sir( another meaning problem). please suggest
Astronomers had already suspected that several known objects in the region of the outer planets belonged to a special class of astronomical objects, small bodies composed of rock and Ice.
It cannot imply that what astronomers had already suspected, perhaps they don’t suspect it now. Otherwise what’s the role of this sentence, if we cannot make sense out of it?
In view of this , I chose C and didn’t read further and missed option B - right answer.
Quote:
1. According to the passage, the discovery of 1992 QB1 provided astronomers with information about which of the following?
(A) How ice dwarfs are formed
(B) The place where ice dwarfs originated
(C) The composition of ice dwarfs
(D) The location of the Kuiper Belt
(E) What role ice dwarfs played in the formation of the giant planets
CAn you please answer my query on implied meaning and role of this sentence if we can’t infer that perhaps it is not suspected anymore now?
GMATNinja AndrewN AjiteshArunHello,
imSKR. It is not a good idea in general to decide on the spot that you have found the correct answer. You should be open to the idea that something else might look just as appealing (or, better yet, fit the keywords of the question stem and passage). The line you singled out does not provide the textual evidence you need anyway. Remember, a question framed by
according to the passage is a detail question, so you should be able to locate the answer directly in the passage. What astronomers believed at some point in time, whether such a belief changed or remained the same, does
not answer the question of what information
the discovery of 1992 QB1 provided astronomers. That information is found in the middle of the second paragraph, although the line itself is garbled (mistyped, most likely):
the missing link that shows that ice dwarfs originate in the Kuiper BeltIf that does not touch on (B), I do not know what more we need. I hope the passage gets an edit to perfectly match what appears in the source material, but even with this version, (B) is hard to argue against.
I hope that helps. Thank you for thinking to ask me about this question.
- Andrew