In an ideal world, everyone should have a defunct phone, to help them explain life’s niggling disappointments: I’m not in Hollywood, because I missed the call from Spielberg. It’s not due to lack of talent or ambition, it’s because I never worked out how to transfer voice messages.
Which of the following statements can be inferred from the above paragraph?
Honesty is the value of speaking the truth and evoking trust in the minds of others. This includes all varieties of communication, both verbal and non-verbal. Honesty implies a lack of deceit. A statement can be strictly true and still be dishonest if the intention of the statement is to deceive its audience. Similarly, a falsehood can be spoken honestly if the speaker wants people to believe it to be true.
Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
Change is always possible everywhere regardless of creed, age and sex. It is our rigid mind-set that comes in the way of our change. If we want to see harmony in the family and peace in our life, we have to bring about change in ourselves and be a change-agent as well. However, things that make differences are not easy to do.
The above argument is based on the inferable line of thought that:
Baldness is probably the one thing that causes men more anxiety than anything else in their life. Now, it seems that a cure for baldness is on the anvil after scientists identified a hormone lined to hair loss. The hormone has in the past been shown to be linked to the formation of nerve cells. Thus, it was entirely possible that the hormone was also a cause of strengthening hair among humans.
Which of the following, if true, best supports the claim above?
US housing market and its impact on the US economy has given rise to serious speculations and vigorous analysis in the last few years. It is expected to have serious effects on the country’s economy. During 2001, a widespread gradual decrease in the GDP (Gross Domestic Product), employment and trade buoyed the U.S. economy and the housing market. During the period between late summer of 2005 and summer of 2006, the flourishing U.S. housing market blocked suddenly.
Which of the following would be the most logical continuation of the above argument?
The time has changed for the world’s superpowers to play their respective supremacy in the field of economy. The importance of the developing countries economies in the present day world is rising very fast. Both in terms of size and weight the contribution of the developing countries is very note worthy. Out of which, the developing nations led the way with GDP growth of 6.4 percent and high income countries, at 2.8 percent in the same year. The Global Development Finance report in the year 2006 says that the net private capital inflows to developing countries reached high level of US$491 billion in the year 2005. The foreign direct investment from developing countries to other developing countries was estimated in the order of $47 billion.
Which of the following, if true, would best explain why the developing nations are experiencing a better platform for operating?
Men 60 and older may think faster if they have adequate blood levels of vitamin D, according to a European study. The men, who were about 60 years old, on average, provided blood samples so the researchers could check their vitamin D levels. Their average vitamin D level was in the adequate range. The men also took three tests of their visual memory, visual scanning, and speed at processing visual information. Men in their 60s and 70s with low levels of vitamin D were the most likely participants to have low scores on the visual scanning and processing test.
Which of the following, if true, would most greatly weaken the above argument?
People who are physically fit, as measured by a high level of cardio respiratory fitness (CRF), are less likely to develop heart disease and less likely to die from any cause, a study shows.
Which of the following results would weaken the theory suggested in the argument ?
Clairvoyants claim a psychic ability to see things beyond the range of the power of natural vision or vision assisted by technology. They assert that they can predict the future. They usually have an extrasensory perception; the precognition.
Which one of the following, if true, would weaken the above argument?
The system of Electoral College excludes many voters from a meaningful role in the US presidential elections. If you live in New York or Texas, for example, it is generally a foregone conclusion which party will win your state’s electoral votes, so your vote has less meaning... On the other hand, if you live in Florida or Ohio, where the outcome is less clear, your vote has a greatly magnified importance.
Which of the following statements can be inferred from the paragraph given above?
Consumers around the world want their governments to start acting on climate change, according to a survey carried out in 12 countries by a coalition of climate groups. Climate change clearly emerged as the biggest concern, despite the looming prospect of a deep global recession. 43% of the 12,000 respondents of the survey chose climate change ahead of the global economy when asked about their current concerns.
Which of the following if true weakens the author’s claim?
Two fifths of the planet’s most significant marine environment, a stunning expanse of coral reefs stretching across south-east Asia, has been lost and the rest is likely to disappear by the end of the century, a World Wildlife Fund report warns. Pollution, over-fishing and climate change are destroying the area known as the Coral Triangle, which covers an area about half the size of the United States and is home to more than 30 per cent of the world’s corals and more than 35 per cent of coral-reef fish — around 3,000 species. Practices such as deforestation, coastal reclamation, destructive fishing and the pumping of pollution and sewage into the sea has already led to the destruction of about 40 per cent of coral reefs and mangroves in this unique environment. Therefore, if such practices are unchecked, half the species in the Coral Triangle will continue to disappear at a rate of 1-2 per cent a year.
Which of the following can be inferred?
Computer models are the main way of forecasting future climate change. But despite decades of development they are unable to model all the processes involved; for example, the influence of clouds, the distribution of water vapour, the impact of warm seawater on ice-shelves and the response of plants to changes in water supply. Therefore we can safely state that climate models follow the old maxim of “garbage in, garbage out”.
Which of the following statements, if true, supports the the above conclusion?
Listening to commentary of soccer matches on the radio while driving can be dangerous, leading motorists to risk smashes during exciting moments, according to research published on Wednesday. The study by scientists at Britain’s University of Leicester found that goals, penalties and red cards caused fans to lose concentration and drive more erratically making listening to soccer commentary most dangerous.
Which of the following statements, if true, strengthens the author’s opinion?
Walt Disney Co is taking the wraps off an advanced new car racing video game that the entertainment company hopes will bolster its success in the lucrative gaming sector. As sales of their video games prove relatively resilient in the economic downturn, Disney is betting that it can prosper broadly from new games that it makes on its own. Rather than licensing Disney content out to game publishers, Disney’s in-house gaming team wants to generate video game characters and story lines that can be the basis of movies as well. It rejected a pitch from its longtime video game partner THQ Inc. — which made the games based on Disney’s “Ratatouille” and “Cars” movies — to create the game for the upcoming “Toy Story 3” film.
Which of the following, if true, shows a flaw in the reasoning of the company in the above situation?