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- Question
By the time they reach adulthood, most people can perform many different activities involving motor skills. Motor skills involve such diverse tasks as riding a bicycle, threading a needle, and cooking a dinner. What all these activities have in common is their dependence on precision and timing of muscular movement.
This paragraph best supports the statement that
Options- A. most adults have not refined their motor skills.
- B. all adults know how to ride a bicycle.
- C. refined motor skills are specifically limited to adults.
- D. children perform fewer fine motor activities in a day than adults do.
- E. threading a needle is a precise motor skill.
- Correct Answer
- threading a needle is a precise motor skill.
ExplanationThe second sentence states that threading a needle involves motor skill. The other choices are not in the paragraph. - 1. Statement: Should India encourage exports, when most things are insufficient for internal use itself?
Arguments:
- Yes. We have to earn foreign exchange to pay for our imports.
- No. Even selective encouragement would lead to shortages.
Options- A. Only argument I is strong
- B. Only argument II is strong
- C. Either I or II is strong
- D. Neither I nor II is strong
- E. Both I and II are strong Discuss
- 2. Look at this series: 80, 10, 70, 15, 60, ... What number should come next?
Options- A. 20
- B. 25
- C. 30
- D. 50 Discuss
- 3. Which word does NOT belong with the others?
Options- A. street
- B. freeway
- C. interstate
- D. expressway Discuss
- 4. language
Options- A. tongue
- B. slang
- C. writing
- D. words Discuss
- 5. Generation Xers are those people born roughly between 1965 and 1981. As employees, Generation Xers tend to be more challenged when they can carry out tasks independently. This makes Generation Xers the most entrepreneurial generation in history.
This paragraph best supports the statement that Generation Xers
Options- A. work harder than people from other generations.
- B. have a tendency to be self-directed workers
- C. have an interest in making history
- D. tend to work in jobs that require risk-taking behavior.
- E. like to challenge their bosses work attitudes. Discuss
- 6. Look at this series: 36, 34, 30, 28, 24, ... What number should come next?
Options- A. 20
- B. 22
- C. 23
- D. 26 Discuss
- 7. Statement: Should income tax be abolished in India?
Arguments:
- Yes. It is an unnecessary burden on the wage earners.
- No. It is a good source of revenue.
Options- A. Only argument I is strong
- B. Only argument II is strong
- C. Either I or II is strong
- D. Neither I nor II is strong
- E. Both I and II are strong Discuss
- 8. Statement: Should the railways in India be privatized in a phased manner like other public sector enterprises?
Arguments:
- Yes. This is the only way to bring in competitiveness and provide better services to the public.
- No. This will pose a threat to the national security of our country as multinationals will enter into the fray.
Options- A. Only argument I is strong
- B. Only argument II is strong
- C. Either I or II is strong
- D. Neither I nor II is strong
- E. Both I and II are strong Discuss
- 9. Statement: Should colleges be given the status of a university in India?
Arguments:
- Yes. Colleges are in a better position to assess the student's performance and therefore the degrees will be more valid.
- No. It is Utopian to think that there will not be nepotism and corruption in awarding degrees by colleges.
Options- A. Only argument I is strong
- B. Only argument II is strong
- C. Either I or II is strong
- D. Neither I nor II is strong
- E. Both I and II are strong Discuss
- 10. Which word does NOT belong with the others?
Options- A. biology
- B. chemistry
- C. theology
- D. zoology Discuss
More questions
Correct Answer: Only argument I is strong
Explanation:
Clearly, India can export only the surplus and that which can be saved after fulfilling its own needs, to pay for its imports. Encouragement to export cannot lead to shortages as it shall provide the resources for imports. So, only argument I holds.
Correct Answer: 20
Explanation:
This is an alternating addition and subtraction series. In the first pattern, 10 is subtracted from each number to arrive at the next. In the second, 5 is added to each number to arrive at the next.
Correct Answer: street
Explanation:
Freeway, interstate, and expressway are all high- speed highways; a street is for low-speed traffic.
Correct Answer: words
Explanation:
Words are a necessary part of language. Slang is not necessary to language (choice b). Not all languages are written (choice c). Not all languages are spoken (choice a).
Correct Answer: have a tendency to be self-directed workers
Explanation:
The support for choice b is given in the second sentence of the paragraph. Generation Xers like to work independently, which means they are self-directed. No support is given for either choice a or choice c. Choice d is not related to the paragraph. Although the paragraph mentions that Generation Xers like to be challenged, it does not say they like to challenge their bosses attitudes; therefore, choice e can be ruled out.
Correct Answer: 22
Explanation:
This is an alternating number subtraction series. First, 2 is subtracted, then 4, then 2, and so on.
Correct Answer: Only argument II is strong
Explanation:
Income -tax is levied so that every citizen can contribute a share of his earning towards the infrastructural development of the nation. So, argument I seems to be vague. However, income-tax is no doubt a good source of revenue for the government. Hence, argument II holds strong.
Correct Answer: Neither I nor II is strong
Explanation:
Privatization would no doubt lead to better services. But saying that this is the 'only way' is wrong. So, argument I does not hold. Argument II also seems to be vague.
Correct Answer: Neither I nor II is strong
Explanation:
Clearly, at the college level, all the students are assessed according to their performance in the University Exams and not on the basis of any criteria of a more intimate dealings with the students. So, argument I is vague. Also, at this level the awarding of degrees is impartial and simply based on his performance. So, argument II also does not hold.
Correct Answer: theology
Explanation:
Biology, chemistry, and zoology are all branches of science. Theology is the study of religion.
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