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Explanatory notes for questions 1 to 20:
1. Choice A : This (A) is incidentally true, but it does not give
the full picture, which (C) does - no mistaking that this is paint
applied to a canvas (para 1). The illusions of Fantin-Latour’s
still life have been left far behind.
Choice B : Although this option is true, it does not address
the question.
Choice C : Correct based on the explanation given at the
beginning.
Choice D : This is denied by the passage - He generally did
not varnish or glaze his paintings. Choice (C)
2. Choice A : This can be inferred from the last paragraph - To
look at one object you have to look at all the others. To
confront one individual thing, you have to confront a whole
world.
Choice B : This is a general observation.
Choice C : This is not true, as the artist in question was not
conservative at all.
Choice D : This (D) takes the question literally.
Choice (A)
3. Refer to para 3 of the passage.
Choice A : This is supported by “The left corner of the table
doesn’t even match up with the right corner”.
Choice B : This is supported by “The apple is the exact color
as the wall behind the table. So, it looks as if the wall, in the
background, has simply bled into and become part of the
bowl of fruit in the middle ground”.
Choice C : This is supported by “mixing the colors and
boundaries of the middle apple into the apples next to it”.
Choice D : This option is not true “the carafe barely exists,
since it merges into the colors and shapes of the wall behind
it and the other objects nearby” Choice (D)
4. Refer to the last para of the passage.
Choice A : Correct. This option is supported by “Every
object is implicated in every other object. To look at one
object you have to look at all the others”.
Choice B : This cannot be true as it contradicts an apple
isn’t just an apple. It is also all the other apples.
Choice C : This is outside the scope of this discussion.
Choice D : Although this option is true at large, it is less
specific than (A). Choice (A)
5. Choice A : this can be inferred from para 2.
Choice B : this can also be understood from the second para.
Choice C : Correct. This is a characteristic which can be
attributed to Paul Cezanne’s paintings and not to Latour’s.
This can be understood from the last para.
Choice D : this is true according to the last para of the
passage. Choice (C)
6. Choice A : This cannot be true, given the author's
apprehensions; refer to the last para - To speak about such
matters is already, two decades on, to conjure up a lost
world.
Choice B : Correct. “Two grand narratives competed for
attention” (para 1) and “ Try to convey the grand drama of
political and intellectual life from 1789 to 1989 to young
students” (last para) which refer to (para 2) “The ideological
narrative of the European left and The counter-revolutionary
right in Europe” (refer to the 1st sentence of the penultimate
para) strongly support (B).
Choice C : This option, if true, is not mentioned in the
passage.
Choice D : This option focuses exclusively on communism,
while the passage has a broader vision. Choice (B)
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7. Choice A : This option is strongly supported in para 3 of the
passage: The forces of reaction, though, never could control
the forces of revolution.
Choice B : This is a later reference in the passage.
Choice C : Though this option is theoretically true, it could
mean any of several political arrangements under the sun.
Choice D : This refers to historical events in the passage,
not grand narratives. Choice (A)
8. Refer to para 2 of the passage.
Choice A : This refers only to the allusions to Prometheus
and Jesus in the second paragraph.
Choice B : The nineteenth- and twentieth-century left
developed a revolutionary apologetics to make sense of
historical disappointment explicitly supports (B).
Choice C : This mistakenly refers only to the French
Revolution. The problem was that redemption did not follow.
Choice D : This option is true, but it does not address the
question. Choice (B)
9. Only (B) is correctly matched.
Optical metaphor refers to ideology … objects appear in a
predetermined relation to each other (para 1).
Miracle of incarnation in 1789 refers to political ideologies
born out of the French Revolution (refer to para 2 of the
passage).
The music refers to the revolution’s pilgrimage.
Sweetness and light refers to the aspirations of the counter-
revolutionary right (para 3).
The Antichrist refers to Marxism being a powerful global
force (para 3).
Lost Atlantis refers to the grand drama of political and
intellectual life (last para). Choice (B)
10. Refer to the penultimate paragraph which validates option D
as the correct answer. The remaining options do not refer to
the apocalyptic revolution mentioned in para 1.
Choice (D)
11. (A), (B) and (C) are variously supported by a person’s view
of the world is refracted through her language last sentence
of para 1. Choice (D)
12. (A), (B) and (C) are uniformly dismissed by Whorf turned out
to be wrong about Hopi time-words and tense-markers. (D)
is confirmed by Hopi has them. (para 2).
Choice (D)
13. This answer has to be inferred from the third paragraph. The
author disputes the claim Eskimos have dozens of words for
snow and affirms that nearly all modern linguists might reject
this claim and substantiates this argument with the
observation consider the panoply of snow-words in English
(sleet, slush, flurry, whiteout, drift, etc.). (A) is thus correct
and (C) and (D) are called into question. (B) is an exception
as Arabs need no rich vocabulary to appreciate snow.
Choice (A)
14. Choice A : This is a sweeping statement and not directly
connected to the context. Refer to para 4 of the passage.
Choice B : Correct. This is supported by “his speed at
differentiating them is just 124 milliseconds faster — not
even the blink of an eye — than an English speaker’s” and
“But they have no difficulty distinguishing the color of a leaf
and the color of the sky”.
Choice C : This is too brief, though seemingly true in the
given context.
Choice D : This is out of context.
Choice (B)
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15. Choice A : This is clearly incorrect because the subsequent
paragraphs explain why the hypothesis is flawed.
Choice B : This option can be eliminated because the
hypothesis was certainly not popular.
Choice C : Correct. This option best describes the
organization of the passage.
Choice D : This option is incorrect because the subsequent
paragraphs do not clear any ‘misconceptions’ pertaining to
the theory.
Choice (C)
16. The last sentence notes that Lytle, a speculator who lost all
his money on the stock market, gives his soul to Mellon, a
possible Satan-incarnate in public memory. To sell one's
soul (to the devil) implies to do or be willing to do anything,
no matter how wrong it is, in order to achieve one's objective.
(A) This choice is not directly related to Lytle’s decision.
(B) This choice is not directly related to Lytle’s decision.
(C) Correct. Lytle accuses Mellon directly for the crash in
question.
(D) This choice is not directly related to Lytle’s decision.
Choice (C)
17. The passage mentions that “Behind 1929’s building-jumping
myth, however, may be the larger truth that the onset of the
Great Depression did correlate to an increase in suicides”,
hence a connection between the Wall Street Crash and the
Great Depression cannot be ruled out.
(A) Refer to “In fact, there was none,” wrote economist
John Kenneth Galbraith.”
(B) Refer to “another dispirited stockbroker who would
make it an even dozen by jumping to his death.”
(C) Refer to “Based on statistics reported by Galbraith in
The Great Crash 1929, the suicide rate in the United
States increased from 17.0 per 100,000 people in
1929 to 21.3 in 1932 during the worst of the financial
calamity” from which it can be inferred that the
observation that some of the tragedies noted by
Galbraith may have been moved back a year or two to
the time of the stock market crash is not unreasonable.
(D) Correct. The 1929 Stock Market Crash could have led
to the Great Depression. Choice (D)
18. The author mentions that ‘Dark humor may have also
contributed to the myth’, with reference to Vaudeville
comedian Eddie Cantor, who lost most of his money in the
Crash, soon after joking that when he requested a 19th-floor
room at a New York City hotel, the clerk asked him: “What
for? Sleeping or jumping?”
(A) The author never mentions the need for comedy to
sustain tough financial situations.
(B) Correct. The dark humor contributed to perpetuate the
myth in question.
(C) The author does not cite entertainers having their
savings of a lifetime wiped out in the twinkling of an eye
seeking refuge in wry humor.
(D) The author does not mention the movie business as
such in the passage. Choice (B)
19. The author clarifies that contrary to popular lore, there was
no epidemic of suicides—let alone window-jumpings—in the
wake of the Stock Market Crash of 1929. However, the
author reveals the larger truth “Behind 1929’s building-
jumping myth, however, may be the larger truth that the
onset of the Great Depression did correlate to an increase in
suicides.”
(A) This choice refutes the author’s larger and lasting
observations.
(B) The press is not called into question in the passage as
such.
(C) Correct. The author mentions that “People may not
have been leaping off buildings by the dozens, but
during the final months of 1929, American newspapers
reported terrible incidents involving those who lost
nearly everything in the Crash.”
(D) The passage does not discriminate between methods
of self-destruction as such. Choice (C)
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20. The passage points out in the context in question that
contrary to popular lore, there was no epidemic of suicides—
let alone window-jumpings—in the wake of the Stock Market
Crash of 1929.
(A) This choice supports the point that there was no
epidemic of suicides—let alone window-jumpings—in
the wake of the Stock Market Crash of 1929, and the
epidemic in question was a myth.
(B) This choice points out that the fall of the man in question
cannot be logically connected to the Stock Market
Crash for the reason mentioned therein.
(C) This choice mentions that the unfortunate self-
destruction of the lady in question was a result of
overwork and exhaustion and not connected to the
Stock Market Crash as such.
(D) Correct. This choice supports the case that due to the
1929 Stock Market Crash, panicked investors did find
all doors closed in their mind. Choice (D)
Explanations for questions 21 to 24:
21. Statement 3: This statement, which describes a tear as a
universal sign, gives an introduction to what follows in the
subsequent sentences.
Statement 2: This sentence, which states that weeping is
part of a shared human language of emotional expression,
complements the fact mentioned in 3.
Statement 4: This statement follows 2 presenting a
contrasting idea that a tear, on its own, means nothing.
Statement 1: This sentence follows 4 stating that people can
understand the meaning of tears only when they know much
more about the particular mental, social, and narrative
contexts that gave rise to them.
Hence 3,2,4,1 is the appropriate sequence.
Ans: (3241)
22. The given sentences are part of a paragraph that takes into
effect the current situation of India vis-à-vis China, and warns
the Indian government to stay alert and prepared in advance,
in the wake of a downswing in relations between the two
countries.
Statement (1) – Opens the paragraph by making us
aware of the evolving face of China.
Statement (2) – The words ‘This overt aggression and
nationalism …’ are a reference to what
has been stated in (1) about China, and
this sentence warns India about the
impending danger from China.
Statement (3) – It asks India to take stock of its tactical
and organizational capabilities in order
to stay prepared for the inevitable, and
follows (3).
Statement (4) – This concludes by giving an advice to
take a lesson from the past.
Therefore, the correct sequence of the jumbled sentences is
1,3,2,4.
Ans: (1324)
23. Statement 4: This is the opening statement as it gives an
introduction to what follows in the subsequent sentences.
Statement 2 : This complements what is stated in 4 by citing
the example of Ukraine, Syria. etc. Further, ‘such geopolitical
games’ in 2 refers to the ‘targeting of specific regimes’,
mentioned in 4. Hence it is obvious that 2 is a continuation
of 4.
Statement 5 : This statement follows 2 by speaking about
the consequence – the victimisation of the local people.
Statement 1 : This statement follows 5 by mentioning how
the people who indulge in geopolitical games justify their
action.
Statement 3 : This statement which is a continuation of 1 is
the concluding statement.
Therefore, the correct sequence of sentences is 42513.
Ans: (42513)
24. Statement 3 : This statement, which sets the tone of the
paragraph, is ideally the opening statement.
Statement 2 : ‘The outbreaks’ in statement 2 refers to the
outbreaks of the various diseases mentioned in 3, hence 2
is a continuation of 3.
Statement 1 : This statement corroborates what is stated in
2 by citing the example of the Ebola virus disease.
Statement 5: This statement follows 1 by mentioning the
cause for the outbreak of these viral diseases.
Statement 4 : This statement concludes the paragraph by
further elaborating on what is stated in 5.
Hence 32154 is the logical sequence.
Ans: (32154)
Explanatory notes for questions 25 to 27:
25. Statement 4 : Both 2 and 4 are possible for the first sentence.
But, if we observe the rest of the sentences, they are related
to planets and hence, 4 is a more apt candidate for the first
sentence.
Statement 5 : The cross reference 'these exoplanets',
referring to 'exoplanets' in Option 1, makes Option 5 the
second sentence.
Statement 1 : This option, which contains the contrast
between the exoplanets being 'large' and 'not likely to harbor
water', becomes the third sentence.
Statement 3 , which gives further generalization based on
the second and third sentences, is a good fit for a concluding
sentence.
Statement 2 is irrelevant in the context because its focus is
on 'extraterrestrial life'.
Correct Order: 4513
Odd sentence: 2. Ans: (2)
26. Statement 2 : Of all the sentences, 2, which introduces the
concept, is the first sentence.
Statement 4 : The mentioning of the typical philosophical
problem in statement 4 and the description of the problem
(words used for finite beings cannot be used for God) in
statement 1, make it clear that 4 must be followed by 1.
Statement 5 : The use of 'this difficulty' referring to the
difficulty of 'not being able to describe God adequately'
makes 5 the last sentence of the paragraph.
Statement 3 is the odd man out because the rest of the
sentences talk about religious language and its problems,
but this sentence talks about God only.
Correct order: 2415
Odd sentence: 3. Ans: (3)
27. Statement 3: This sentence begins the paragraph stating
that a quarter of the carbon humans are emitting into the
atmosphere is absorbed by the oceans, thereby partially
mitigating the greenhouse effect of that carbon.
Statement 4: This statement follows the general statement 3
by giving a specific example of the Southern Ocean, which
accounts for nearly 40 percent of marine carbon absorption.
Statement 5: This sentence, which states that there could be
enormous consequences for our already warming planet if
there is even a small reduction in the Southern Ocean’s
ability to suck up carbon from the atmosphere, is a logical
continuation of 4.
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Statement 2: This sentence follows 5, linked by the word
‘reduction’ stating that according to scientists, the reduction
may already be happening.
Therefore, statements 3,4,5,2 form a sequence. Statement
1, which is more generic in nature, is not required for the
logical coherence of the given sequence, and is the odd man
out. Ans: (1)
Explanatory notes for questions 28 and 29:
28. The first sentence says that life both 'reflects' and 'extends'
our offline activities that is our daily life. In the middle part,
the passage says that it has lost its 'exotic edge' and finally
concludes that people use it 'regularly', making it a part of
everyday life. This sense is given by choice 4, which is the
best option.
Choice 1: incorrect because the option captures only a part
of the essence of the paragraph.
Choice 2: incorrect because of two reasons: one, it is not a
straightforward mirror and second, it is the internet, not the
social media that has become an integral part of the
everyday life as per the information given in the passage.
Choice 3: incorrect because the focus of the passage is on
'Internet being an integral part of our lives', not on 'our lives
being an integral part of Internet.'
Choice 4: correct as per the reasons given above.
Thus, the best option is Choice (4). Ans: (4)
29. The passage talks about the cuneiform writing and tells us
what we can understand by deciphering the writing. This
sense is given by Choice 3, which is the best option.
Choice 1: incorrect because the option does not consider the
present implications of the research that are considered in
the last sentence.
Choice 2: incorrect because based on the script of the time,
we cannot conclude about the sophistication of the whole
civilization.
Choice 3: correct as per the reasons given above.
Choice 4: incorrect because the paragraph does not say that
it is difficult to decipher the code.
Thus, the best option is Choice (3). Ans: (3)
Explanatory notes for question 30:
30. It is explicit from the passage that the author is not in favour
of meritocracy and option 1 which offers a reason why
meritocracy, as an ideal, is undesirable reflects the author’s
opinion.
Choice 1: Correct based on the explanation given above.
Choice 2: This is inappropriate because it conveys that luck
determines success or failure in the world, which is not the
focus of what the author is trying to convey.
Choice 3: This is completely in contrast to the views
expressed by the author.
Choice 4: This is not the opinion held by the author.
Ans: (1)