1. (c) Randolphs efforts in the battle helped transform the attitude of Black workers toward unions .......
2. (E) All other options are talking about particular period. in (C) and (D), 'ambivalence' and 'appreciation' are incorrect. (a) implies that author sympathizes with the attempts - which is wrong.
3. (C) all other options are clearly wrong
4. (C) Direct question...straight from the passage That the porters were a homogeneous group working for a single employer with single labor policy, thus sharing the same grievances from city to city, also strengthened the Brotherhood...
5. (A) direct from lines ..But it was only in the early 1930s that federal legislation prohibiting a company from maintaining its own unions with company money eventually ...
6. (B) no other options seems correct to me:happy:
Dextar,
please post the answers soon.
i think the answer to Q2 could be C. the author acknowledges the fact that the labours were rightly skeptical towards unions. and yet, this attitude was an obstacle.So option C might be right. "regret" in E appears a little too strong. please let us know the answers soon, dextar.
hi guys .... which is best reference for RC .... i got OG 11 ..... kaplan 800 and soft copies of many others from esnips...... Is there any key to increase the speed ..... i usually take more than the required time answering the RC questions.....
And neone plz give the link to dl the 1000 rc,cr.... i hv the 1000 sc ....
RC is my weak area, for RC i'm following OG-10 & OG-11. can anybody tell me upto which degree there is similarity between the RCs in the OGs and the RCs in the GMAT? Similarity in terms of complexity of the passage, length of the passage etc..
Any help is highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
RC is my weak area, for RC i'm following OG-10 & OG-11. can anybody tell me upto which degree there is similarity between the RCs in the OGs and the RCs in the GMAT? Similarity in terms of complexity of the passage, length of the passage etc..
Any help is highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Hi,
I have not given GMAT so take my points with a pinch of salt. OG is made by GMAC so where there could be different kind of passages, the basic concept behind the RCs will be same as of GMAT.
You can practice the RCs by going through different books and keep these things in mind while attempting RCs, they might help you -
Don't get lost in the changing flow of RC passage, thats a trap. Its all about structure - There could be different ways but for sure Para C follows B which follows A. Read first few lines of RC very carefully and slowly, if needed twice so that you'll be ready to grasp what's coming next. Mark the words which change the flow of passage, like - however, as well as, because, similarly, etc. There is a fairly good probability that questions will be framed on these. Don't try to jot down any notes (only if you do) as it will cost time and you'll try to refer to the same while searching answer. Try reading articles from The economist (they are available to download from esnips) and try to figure out the main idea, tone, etc.
Most economists in the United States seem captivated by the spell of the free market. Consequently, nothing seems good or normal that does not accord with the requirements of the free market. A price that is determined by the seller or, for that matter (for that matter: so far as that is concerned), established by anyone other than the aggregate of consumers seems pernicious. Accordingly, it requires a major act of will to think of price-fixing (the determination of prices by the seller) as both normal and having a valuable economic function. In fact, price-fixing is normal in all industrialized societies because the industrial system itself provides, as an effortless consequence of its own development, the price-fixing that it requires. Modern industrial planning requires and rewards great size. Hence, a comparatively small number of large firms will be competing for the same group of consumers. That each large firm will act with consideration of its own needs and thus avoid selling its products for more than its competitors charge is commonly recognized by advocates of free-market economic theories. But each large firm will also act with full consideration of the needs that it has in common with the other large firms competing for the same customers. Each large firm will thus avoid significant price-cutting, because price-cutting would be prejudicial to the common interest in a stable demand for products. Most economists do not see price-fixing when it occurs because they expect it to be brought about by a number of explicit agreements among large firms; it is not. Moreover, those economists who argue that allowing the free market to operate without interference is the most efficient method of establishing prices have not considered the economies of non-socialist countries other than the United states. These economies employ intentional price-fixing, usually in an overt fashion. Formal price-fixing by cartel and informal price-fixing by agreements covering the members of an industry are commonplace. Were there something peculiarly efficient about the free market and inefficient about price-fixing, the countries that have avoided the first and used the second would have suffered drastically in their economic development. There is no indication that they have. Socialist industry also works within a framework of controlled prices. In the early 1970s, the Soviet Union began to give firms and industries some of the flexibility in adjusting prices that a more informal evolution has accorded the capitalist system. Economists in the United States have hailed the change as a return to the free market. But Soviet firms are no more subject to prices established by a free market over which they exercise little influence than are capitalist firms; rather, Soviet firms have been given the power to fix prices. 1. The primary purpose of the passage is to (A) refute the theory that the free market plays a useful role in the development of industrialized societies (B) suggest methods by which economists and members of the government of the United States can recognize and combat price-fixing by large firms (C) show that in industrialized societies price-fixing and the operation of the free market are not only compatible but also mutually beneficial (D) explain the various ways in which industrialized societies can fix prices in order to stabilize the free market (E) argue that price-fixing, in one form or another, is an inevitable part of and benefit to the economy of any industrialized society 2. The passage provides information that would answer which of the following questions about price-fixing? I. What are some of the ways in which prices can be fixed? II. For what products is price-fixing likely to be more profitable that the operation of the free market? III. Is price-fixing more common in socialist industrialized societies or in non-socialist industrialized societies? (A) I only (B) III only (C) I and II only (D) II and III only (E) I, II, and III 3. The authors attitude toward Most economists in the United States(line 1) can best be described as (A) spiteful and envious (B) scornful and denunciatory (C) critical and condescending (D) ambivalent but deferential (E) uncertain but interested 4. It can be inferred from the authors argument that a price fixed by the seller seems pernicious (line 7) because (A) people do not have confidence in large firms (B) people do not expect the government to regulate prices (C) most economists believe that consumers as a group should determine prices (D) most economists associate fixed prices with communist and socialist economies (E) most economists believe that no one group should determine prices 5. The suggestion in the passage that price-fixing in industrialized societies is normal arises from the authors statement that price-fixing is (A) a profitable result of economic development (B) an inevitable result of the industrial system (C) the result of a number of carefully organized decisions (D) a phenomenon common to industrialized and non-industrialized societies (E) a phenomenon best achieved cooperatively by government and industry 6. According to the author, price-fixing in non-socialist countries is often (A) accidental but productive (B) illegal but useful (C) legal and innovative (D) traditional and rigid (E) intentional and widespread 7. According to the author, what is the result of the Soviet Unions change in economic policy in the 1970s? (A) Soviet firms show greater profit. (B) Soviet firms have less control over the free market. (C) Soviet firms are able to adjust to technological advances. (D) Soviet firms have some authority to fix prices. (E) Soviet firms are more responsive to the free market. 8. With which of the following statements regarding the behavior of large firms in industrialized societies would the author be most likely to agree? (A) The directors of large firms will continue to anticipate the demand for products. (B) The directors of large firms are less interested in achieving a predictable level of profit than in achieving a large profit. (C) The directors of large firms will strive to reduce the costs of their products. (D) Many directors of large firms believe that the government should establish the prices that will be charged for products. (E) Many directors of large firms believe that the price charged for products is likely to increase annually. 9. In the passage, the author is primarily concerned with (A) predicting the consequences of a practice (B) criticizing a point of view (C) calling attention to recent discoveries (D) proposing a topic for research (E) summarizing conflicting opinions
Answers waited with thought and doubts and Reasoning for each answer whether its right or wrong.????
Good luck Vikash
Hi Vikas,
Do you the right answers for this RC?
If you know can you post me the answers or give me the link for answers?
hi guys .... which is best reference for RC .... i got OG 11 ..... kaplan 800 and soft copies of many others from esnips...... Is there any key to increase the speed ..... i usually take more than the required time answering the RC questions.....
And neone plz give the link to dl the 1000 rc,cr.... i hv the 1000 sc ....
Infact after finishing up og11 and other few stuffs, i am in search of RC materials which can be useful for further practice..anyone got any suggestion ??
Hi folks, Had a date with destiny on the 8th of Oct and bombed it
Have another one scheduled on the 20th of nov...
The level of difficulty in the RC's varies and the number of passages vary as well.
RC's contribute more than 1/3rd of the questions in the verbal sections. So, if u have the mantra to get em right.. then u ll be staring at a really good score!!
like many people RC is my Weak area , i have been reading book " how to read better and Faster " by Normal Lewis , though i have not completed the book yet but found it useful till whatever i have read
cheers Aditya ps : i do not have the soft copy of the book
On a scale of 1 to 10 how important is it to understand the passage ?
7 ?
8 ?
5 ?
10 ?
Different people would have different numbers.
On a scale of 1 to 10 how important is it to answer the questions?
10 ?
Any other number ? Niet ? Nix ? Nope ?
Hope you go the point.
Somehow I feel everyone seems so focussed on just understanding the passage that they forget that the GMAT just looks at whether they answer the questions or not. And trust me - you don't need to understand the whole thing. Everyone is going to face a passage where you suddenly realize at the end of 1minute that you are going no where. You need to tell yourself a million times - no a billion times that you don't need to understand each word to crack the passage.
Now with that in mind, approach this way - remember during the exams, you would go over to the topper's room to understand a question. You don't need the flab - just the meat. So he explains something like "See this is yadda yadda....the top 3 points are blah blah.....contrary view is blah blah. Period" Im sure most of you relate to this experiences which has helped you pass exams - heck infact get just about few marks lower than the topper himself. This is the same approach you need to have in RC.
Skim through the passage trying to read "critically" - what is this dude saying ? why is he saying that ? what questions can come ? why is the word "yet" coming here ? he just said "however" whats he saying here ? stuff like that - it will come through practice. Don't read like you would read the morning newspaper - remember you are not here to prove you are Shakespeare-reborn, you are just here to crack the GMAT flat.
Hit the questions early. As a thumbrule if you have 4 questions in a passage spend 4 X 2 = 8minutes. Out of which spend 3.5mins or less reading and 4.5 minutes or more answering.
hi dextar, i think the answers are 1 A C looks good too but in the first paragraph, Noble says that management conspired against labor and in the second paragraph, he gives only 1 example and not examples. B is out of the question coz the evidence does not refute the claim. Not D coz examples are not presented in 1st paragraph, only in 2nd. Not E coz the author of the passage is not suggesting the problems and solutions.he is merely analyzing Noble's work.
2 E the author of the passage says that Noble did not substantiate his claim and presented only 1 evidence of conspiracy.The whole passage seems to revolve around this weakness in Noble's work. C looks good but the author seems to be less impressed and more critical of Noble's work. Rest of the choices A, B, D are attitudes of Noble rather than the author of the passage.
3 D "David Noble examines the transformation of the machine-tool industry".D just fits. Not A coz theres no comparison of interpretations in the book. Not E coz other industries are not mentioned. Not B coz the transformation, and not any concept, is examined. Not C coz "Forces of Production" is an interpretation and the passage finds a weakness in it.
Let us know the right answers soon. Cheers!
Hi,
I wanted to say something on Q2 here. The way I understand the snippets in " " are taken from the passage all right (and so may be used in any context possible ) but in general the question is looking for what what the author feels about Noble's central argument. I chose B as if we look at the way he is critical - the author feels that Noble's central argument is intolerable to management.
On a scale of 1 to 10 how important is it to understand the passage ?
7 ?
8 ?
5 ?
10 ?
Different people would have different numbers.
On a scale of 1 to 10 how important is it to answer the questions?
10 ?
Any other number ? Niet ? Nix ? Nope ?
Hope you go the point.
Somehow I feel everyone seems so focussed on just understanding the passage that they forget that the GMAT just looks at whether they answer the questions or not. And trust me - you don't need to understand the whole thing. Everyone is going to face a passage where you suddenly realize at the end of 1minute that you are going no where. You need to tell yourself a million times - no a billion times that you don't need to understand each word to crack the passage.
Now with that in mind, approach this way - remember during the exams, you would go over to the topper's room to understand a question. You don't need the flab - just the meat. So he explains something like "See this is yadda yadda....the top 3 points are blah blah.....contrary view is blah blah. Period" Im sure most of you relate to this experiences which has helped you pass exams - heck infact get just about few marks lower than the topper himself. This is the same approach you need to have in RC.
Skim through the passage trying to read "critically" - what is this dude saying ? why is he saying that ? what questions can come ? why is the word "yet" coming here ? he just said "however" whats he saying here ? stuff like that - it will come through practice. Don't read like you would read the morning newspaper - remember you are not here to prove you are Shakespeare-reborn, you are just here to crack the GMAT flat.
Hit the questions early. As a thumbrule if you have 4 questions in a passage spend 4 X 2 = 8minutes. Out of which spend 3.5mins or less reading and 4.5 minutes or more answering.
Hope this helps,
Arun
Hey nice post, you have very well stated the crux of RC ...
Please tell me is there any set format for RC which appear in GMAT.......i am finding it little difficult to understand it and my score because of it is coming down....Plz help me in formulating good and effective strategy and score good marks in RC
Please tell me is there any set format for RC which appear in GMAT.......i am finding it little difficult to understand it and my score because of it is coming down....Plz help me in formulating good and effective strategy and score good marks in RC
It is hard to articulate any formulae or approach over posts. However here are some tips:
1. Go through the explanation given in Kaplan Workbook. According to me that should set you with a direction
2. Ensure you practise and analyse the questions well enough. Why you made a mistake, why the answer choices were given in a particular way etc. Keep a tab and where and how you went wrong - go through it to see some patterns
3. For mental stamina try solving RC passages after a long bout of solving QA, SC,CR questions. Methinks biggest issue with RC is the mental focus part - this should give you a good practice. Also try taking more full length tests.
Apart from this there are no magic bullets.
Hope this helps,
Arun
PS: Though we have been corresponding on PMs and email today I would appreciate if you post your questions here so others can benefit from the answers.
Hi all, Why am i not able to see the RC questions/passage? Are you guys discussing passages from RC1000 without posting them?
Oh you are not able to see it ? That is because there is a secret filter that gets enabled. To remove that please mail me 1000 bucks and I will set it right so you start seeing the questions :tongue::tongue:
Jokes apart - no questions here - just some general strats. However you can do the honors of posting the first passage and questions based on it.:biggrin:
TRy this- Tammany Hall was the name given to the Democratic Party political machine that dominated New York City politics from 1854 through 1934. That eighty-year period marks the time in which Tammany was the city's driving political force.
Tammany is forever linked with the rise of the Irish in American politics. Beginning in 1846, Irish immigrants fleeing the great Irish famine began arriving in New York. Equipped with a knowledge of English and what some have called a genius for politics, the Irish quickly assumed a key role within Tammany. Viewing politics as a path out of poverty, they found in Tammany an ally in the struggle to survive the hellish conditions of New York slums. In exchange for jobs, loans, turkeys at Christmas and other favors, they provided organizational skills, governing capacity and their votes on election day. The Irish would come to dominate Tammany, supplying its leaders from 1872 through 1924.
By 1854 Tammany's lineage and support from immigrants had combined to make it a powerful force in New York politics. In that year, the Society elected its first New York City mayor. As its power grew, Tammany's "bosses", called the Grand Sachem, and their supporters enriched themselves through means legal and illegal. Perhaps the most famous boss of all was William M. "Boss" Tweed. Though not Irish himself, Tweed was elected with the support of Irish immigrants. His outsized personality projected through his 300 pound frame and gargantuan appetites--he was famous for devouring steaks and oysters by the plateful at Delmonico's--made him a colorful if controversial figure. His infamously corrupt reign was brazen enough to incite an attempt at reform in the early 1870s. Rutherford B. Hayes's involvement in this effort contributed to his success in the election of 1876. New York minister Charles Henry Parkhurst publicly denounced the Hall in 1892, which led to a Grand Jury investigation, the appointment of the Lexow Committee and the election of a reform mayor in 1894. 1. The author is primarily concerned with which of the following? (A) The plight of Irish immigrants in New York City (B) An important time in the history of democracy (C) A venue in which the Irish joined the political arena (D) Corruption in New York City politics (E) New York City politics and how they differ from those of other cities 2. According to the passage, the Irish joined Tammany because: I. They felt comfortable around other immigrants II. Tammany helped the Irish meet their basic needs III. Tammany provided the Irish with organizational skills (A) I only (B) II only (C) I and II only (D) I and III only (E) I, II, and III 3. We can infer from the passage that: (A) The Irish continued to dominate Tammany after 1924 (B) Tammany helped the Irish in order to gain political power (C) The Irish immigrants learned to be politically savvy in Ireland (D) Tammany was located near the slums in which the Irish lived (E) Immigrant groups which were unfamiliar with English were not involved in politics of New York City 4. The tone of the passage is: (A) Indignant (B) Skeptical (C) Objective (D) Optimistic (E) Reverent 5. What does the author mean by His infamously corrupt regime was brazen enough to incite an attempt at reform as used in the last paragraph? (A) Tweed was a bold mayor who called for reform among New York City government. (B) Tweed was a corrupt mayor and did his best to keep this out of the public eye. However, he was unsuccessful. (C) Tweed did much to help immigrants even though he was a corrupt leader. (D) Tweed's corruption was so noticeable that other city officials decided to take control of the situation. (E) Tweed chose to make boldly reform Tammany during his mayorship. 6. The author's primary objective in writing the passage is to: (A) Honor the great bosses of Tammany. (B) Defend Tammany's political influence. (C) Criticize political corruption. (D) Present a new theory about immigrant self-empowerment. (E) Illuminate a time in the history of politics.
Oh you are not able to see it ? That is because there is a secret filter that gets enabled. To remove that please mail me 1000 bucks and I will set it right so you start seeing the questions :tongue::tongue:
Jokes apart - no questions here - just some general strats. However you can do the honors of posting the first passage and questions based on it.:biggrin:
Arun
LOL.. i was expecting something more after i realised what i posted. Wud do the honors!! 😃
