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  • Question
  • Statement
    Should admission to all professional courses be made on the basis of past academic performance rather than through entrance tests?
    Arguments
    I. Yes, it will be beneficial for those candidates who are unable to bear the expenses of entrance tests.
    II. Yes, many deserving candidates securing high marks in their qualifying academic examinations do not perform well on such entrance tests.
    III. No, the standard of examinations and assessment conducted by different boards and universities are not comparable and hence there is a need to conduct entrance tests to calibrate them on a common yardstick.


  • Options
  • A. I and II are strong
  • B. II and III are strong
  • C. I and III are strong
  • D. III is strong

  • Correct Answer
  • III is strong 

    Explanation

    Only Argument III is strong because the standard of examinations and assessment conducted by different boards and universities are not comparable and entrance tests help calibrate them on a common yardstick.


  • More questions

    • 1. Choose the word which is different from the rest.

    • Options
    • A. Bajra
    • B. Mustard
    • C. Rice
    • D. Wheat
    • E. Barley
    • Discuss
    • 2. Find the odd one out:

    • Options
    • A. 263
    • B. 111
    • C. 242
    • D. 551
    • Discuss
    • 3. Find the odd one out:

    • Options
    • A. 21
    • B. 69
    • C. 81
    • D. 83
    • Discuss
    • 4. 16 : 56 :: 32 :?

    • Options
    • A. 96
    • B. 112
    • C. 120
    • D. 128
    • Discuss
    • 5. 8 : 24 ::? : 32

    • Options
    • A. 5
    • B. 6
    • C. 10
    • D. 8
    • Discuss
    • 6. 
      'Uneasy' is to 'Quite" as 'Fit' is to

    • Options
    • A. Proper
    • B. Suitable
    • C. Pertinent
    • D. Unfit
    • Discuss
    • 7. 
      NA

    • Options
    • A. Desire
    • B. Hope
    • C. Want
    • D. Belief
    • Discuss
    • 8. 
      Statement :
      1. Some clerks are poor;
      2. A is poor
      Conclusion :
      I. A is clerk.
      II. A has a large family.

    • Options
    • A. Both conclusions I and Ii
    • B. Only conclusion II
    • C. Only conclusion I follows.
    • D. Neither conclusion I nor conclusion Ii follows.
    • Discuss
    • 9. 
      Ant : Fly : Bee

    • Options
    • A. Termite
    • B. Insect
    • C. Lizard
    • D. Small
    • Discuss
    • 10. 
      NA

    • Options
    • A. Radium
    • B. Thorium
    • C. Sodium
    • D. Uranium
    • Discuss


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