Choose the correct statement:
In the days before the arrival of the internet, publishers and booksellers effectively controlled what people read, since very few would-be authors could afford the high financial risks of publishing themselves. The internet has changed all that, with Facebook and Twitter leading the charge. Now anyone can express their views publicly, or distribute information, at little or no cost, and without the tyranny of censorship.Those who are fearful of the internet should therefore stop worrying about its dangers and acknowledge that, on balance, its growth is in the public interest, not against it. For, almost at a stroke, it has given us freedom of information on a scale that could never previously have been imagined.
Analyse the above argument so that you are clear about its reasons and conclusion. Then decide which of the following is a key underlying but unstated assumption?
[CAT1999]
Thomas Malthus, the British clergyman turned economist, predicted that the planet would not be able to support the human population for long. His explanation was that human population grows at a geometric rate, while the food supply grows only at an arithmetic rate.
Which one of the following, if true, would not undermine the thesis offered by Malthus?
[CAT1999]
The company's coffee crop for 1998-99 totalled 8079 tonnes, an all time record. The increase over the previous year's production of 5830 tonnes was 38.58%. The previous highest crop was 6089 tonnes in 1970-71. The company had fixe d a target of 8000 tonnes to be realised by the year 2000-01, and this has been achieved two years earlier, thanks to the emphasis laid on the key areas of irrigation, replacement of unproductive coffee bushes, intensive refilling and improved agricultural practices. It is now our endeavour to reach the target of 10000 tonnes in the year 2001 -02.
Which one of the following would contribute most to making the target of 10000 tonnes in 2001-02 unrealistic?
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option
Not just the absence of _______, but also the presence of ________ and honesty is required to bind up the nation's wound
The outstanding success of Amulk’s company, which was launched against the advice and without the support of bankers, business consultants and financiers, just goes to show that one person’s vision can prove all the experts in the world wrong. Anyone thinking of setting up in business should therefore trust their own judgement, and not be influenced by the advice of others
which of them put a finger on the flaw in the reasoning?
With the shortage of plumbers, carpenters, electricians most people are forced to attend to minor repairs around the house themselves. when it comes to "do it urself" (DIY) skills it is the women who are better, even though men usually claim to possess better construction skills.
in which of the following would women performing better than man, prove that the above assertion regarding women is correct?
according to darwin's theory nature selects traits benificial to the individual. what matters to any organism is the furtherance of its own survival and reproduction; individuals that survive and reproduce better pass their traits on the next generation.
which the following does not negate darwin's theory as given above?
- workers and soldiers among bees, ants and wasps, devote their whole lives to helping others , reproduce while giving up their own chances to do so
- in many animals species, parents, especially mothers, behave altruiscally towards their offspring, incubating them , feeding them, and protecting them from danger, often at personnel risks.
- reciprocity is a way of using self -interest to establish mutually beneficial behaviour between unrelated individuals.
- many small birds give alarm call when they see a hovering predator , such as a hawk , although they endanger themselves in doing so
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AIMCAT
The following question presents four statements, of which three, when placed in appropriate order, would form a contextually complete paragraph. Pick the statement that is not part of the context.
Odd man
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Around 270 million weapons in te US are kept legally in private hands. Presumably, a good proportion of American gun owners have families- including college-age boys still living at home. Every such American is thus guilty of the same dereliction as Nancy Lanza who was shot dead by her son. Do they all deserve to die ?
Puys...could you have look at this question and help me out please...I dont know why the OA is 5 and cannot be 1...though the explanation is provided...Im confused..
Four sentences are given below labeled a, b, c and d. Of these, three statements need to be arranged in a logical order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the one that does not fit the sequence.
(a) When we looked at the car, we could tell that it was a large, new, blue, box-shaped, metal, racing machine.
(b) Ramesh had a strict regimen for his exam: he used to answer practice questions, at home, tirelessly, twice a day, after his meals, to improve his score.
(c) The choices are: glorious death and shameful life.
(d) In the play Dog in the manger, one doesn't know whether the hero sees the original dog or a new one.
(e) They slew the giant Ymir, and out of his body was formed the earth, his blood, the seas, of his bones, the mountains, his hair, the trees, of his skull, the heavens and of his brain, clouds and charged with hail and snow.
The
sentences given in the following question, when properly sequenced,
form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter.
Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices
to construct a coherent paragraph.
A. As Sylvia Huot declared, late medieval writers were perceptive
of their changing status and strived to cast off their image as lyric
entertainers for a more authorial identity.
B. Much of the scholarship on this issue identifies late-medieval
period as a critical moment in the development of modern concepts of
authority.
C. Jacqueline provides a detailed diagnosis of medieval literary references for students & medieval scholars alike.
D. The colour of Melancholy cites an engaging survey of the
development of authorship in the late Middle Ages, mainly designed for
students.
E. Authorship is a subject that has enraptured medievalists for the last two decades.
aDECBA bEBADC cCDEAB dEADBC
A. Nevertheless, we do think that certain aesthetic, evaluative conceptions do relate to specific experiences in a non-trivial way, especially that of aesthetic excellence.
B. This is so because, typically, we think that the experience of beauty is such that we cannot leave it to others to be had.
C. It is rather intriguing that we will often try to persuade people of what we find beautiful, even though we do not believe that they may subsequently base their judgment of taste on our testimony.
D. Moreover, we are often aware of the contingency of our own judgments' foundation in our own experience.
E. Now the discussion within analytical aesthetics concerning the question of what kinds of truth-values adhere to aesthetic judgments of various kinds has evident bearing on the problem of aesthetic experience’s relevance for evaluation.
aCEBAD bCEDAB cEADCB dCBDAE
By propounding “Darwinism,” even scientists and science writers perpetuate an impression that evolution is about one man, one book, one “theory.” The ninth-century Buddhist master Lin Chi said, “If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him.” The point is that making a master teacher into a sacred fetish misses the essence of his teaching. So let us now kill Darwin. That all life is related by common ancestry, and that populations change form over time, are the broad strokes and fine brushwork of evolution. But Darwin was late to the party. __________________
The American public’s attitude towards the government, especially towards the federal government, recalls a classic scene in Monty Python’s “Life of Brian.” “What have they ever given us in return?” fulminates John Cleese, playing a Judean revolutionary. “The aqueduct,” concedes a sheepish co-conspirator. “And sanitation,” says a second, as others pipe up with more examples. “All right,” Cleese erupts in exasperation. “But apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?” The scene brilliantly captures America’s cantankerous and contradictory zeitgeist*.
Which of the following, if true, would sufficiently explain America's paradoxical “zeitgeist”?
Recent research suggests that, contrary to popular belief, the firms that are making the most money tend to have the least happy workers. Therefore firms which impose conditions that make workers less happy can expect a rise in profits.
Which of the following, if true, identifies the flaw in the argument above?
Which is the correct option?
___________ you could paint the wall blue as another option.