Statements: In Japan, the incidence of stomach cancer is very high, while that o

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Statements: In Japan, the incidence of stomach cancer is very high, while that of bowel cancer is very low. But Japanese immigrate to Hawaii, this is reversed - the rate of bowel cancer increases but the rate of stomach cancer is reduced in the next generation. All this is related to nutrition - the diets of Japanese in Hawaii are different than those in Japan.

Conclusions:
1. The same diet as in Hawaii should be propagated in Japan also.
2. Bowel cancer is less severe than stomach cancer.
Options
A. Only conclusion I follows
B. Only conclusion II follows
C. Either I or II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
E. Both I and II follow

Correct Answer

Neither I nor II follows

Explanation

The statement neither propagates the diet of any of the countries nor compares the two types of cancer. So, neither I nor II follows.

1. Statement: Children are influenced more by their teachers nowadays.

Assumptions:
1. The children consider teachers as their models.
2. A large amount of children's time is spent in school.
Options
A. Only assumption I is implicit
B. Only assumption II is implicit
C. Either I or II is implicit
D. Neither I nor II is implicit
E. Both I and II are implicit

2. Most Reality TV centers on two common motivators: fame and money. The shows transform waitresses, hairdressers, investment bankers, counselors, and teachers, to name a few, from obscure figures to house-hold names. A lucky few successfully parlay their fifteen minutes of fame into celebrity. The luckiest stars of Reality TV also reap huge financial rewards for acts including eating large insects, marrying someone they barely know, and revealing their innermost thoughts to millions of people.
This paragraph best supports the statement that
Options
A. the stars of Reality TV are interested in being rich and famous.
B. Reality TV is the best thing that has happened to network television in a long time.
C. for Reality TV stars, fame will last only as long as their particular television show.
D. traditional dramas and sitcoms are being replaced by Reality TV programming at an alarming rate.
E. Reality TV shows represent a new wave of sensationalistic, low quality programming.

6. Choose the picture that would go in the empty box so that the two bottom pictures are related in the same way as the top two:
Options
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

10. All guilty politicians were arrested. Kishan and Chander were among those arrested.
Options
A. All politicians are guilty.
B. All arrested people are politicians.
C. Kishan and Chander were not politicians.
D. Kishan and Chander were guilty.

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