Exercises Critical Reasoning Exercise – 2 By Praveen Dwivedi - May 4, 2016 5 3629 Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Frederic and Irene Joliot- Curie, French physical chemists, husband and wife were jointly awarded the 1935 Nobel Prize for chemistry for their discovery of new radioactive isotopes prepared artificially. They were the son-in-law and daughter of Nobel Prize winners Pierre and Marie Curie. Questions 1-4 What is the central message of the passage?Four science greats in a family Nobel laureates from a single familyBoth of the aboveNone of the aboveWhat could weaken the passage?Adding details of the nature of relationship with each other Adding details of Irene’s childhood Both of the aboveNone of the aboveWhat could strengthen the passage?Adding details of nature of relationship with each other Adding details of Irene’s childhoodBoth of the aboveNone of the aboveWhat could be a reasonable inference from this passage?The present day descendants of the Curie’s are also intelligent The entire family focused on making new innovations in scienceBoth of the aboveNone of the aboveThe Baluchistan Plateau extends westward, averaging more than 304 m in elevation, with many ridges running across it from northeast to southwest. It is separated from Indus plain by the Sulaiman and Kirthar ranges. It has a remarkable indigenous method of irrigation called the karez, which consists of underground channels and galleries that collect subsoil water at the foot of hills and carry it to the fields and villages. The plateau is an extremely arid country and is most sparsely populated region Pakistan. Question 5-8 What is the intention of the author?To tell the readers about the vastness of the plateau To tell the readers about the tough weather conditions of the plateauBoth of the aboveNone of the aboveWhat is most likely to weaken the passage if the intention was to show the vastness of the plateau?That it is a sparsely populated region That there is no guest house on the plateau Both of the aboveNone of the aboveWhat is the most reasonable inference from the passage?That the region is worth a visit That the author wants to give a basic information about the regionBoth of the aboveNone of the aboveWhat is the least likely conclusion of the passage?That you can visit the plateau for tourism but, cannot stay there for long That there is very less possibility of wildlife in the plateauBoth of the above None of the aboveItaly, in south-central Europe, occupies a peninsula that juts deep into the Mediterranean Sea. It has a shape that has been likened frequently to a high- heeled boot about to prod its triangular subject island of Sicily! Questions 9-12 What is the central message of the passage?Italy has an amusing geographical boundary shape Italians like bootsBoth of the aboveNone of the above What could be a conclusion for the passage?Italy has a good cuisine, too Italy is, hence one of geography’s creative work Both of the aboveNone of the aboveWhat is likely to weaken the passage?Like any other country, Italy also has a representative shape of boundary Like any other country, even Italy is shaped like a bootBoth of the aboveNone of the aboveWhat is likely to strengthen the passage?Hence giving a distinct feature to Italy Hence we can safely assume that Italy is strangeBoth of the aboveNone of the aboveBetween latitudes 40 and 50, the prevailing winds blow from the west. These areas are better developed in the southern hemisphere than in the northern because the winds are less restricted over oceanic regions. The ‘Roaring Forties’ of the southern hemisphere have strong, often gale- force, winds throughout the year. They were named thus by the sailors who first entered these latitudes. Question 13-16 What is the message of the passage?To show that sailors would often name things To show that there are strong winds in the mentioned latitudesBoth of the aboveNone of the aboveWhat would weaken the passage?The story of the ‘Roaring Forties’ is only a folklore Scientists are trying to determine the motion of the windsBoth of the aboveNone of the aboveWhat would strengthen the passage?Science confirms that these winds are one of the strongest Science confirms that the winds are present throughout the yearBoth of the aboveNone of the aboveWhat would be a reasonable conclusion to the passage?The best time to travel doesn’t exist in this case Travelers are advised to pack the necessary items to battle the windsBoth of the above None of the aboveWalter Griffin, an American architect and landscape designer and city planner won an international competition early in 1912 to plan Canberra, the new federal capital of Australia. Starting with the ‘Garden City’ ideal of strict separation of functions within a community, he adopted a geometric formalism. The main streets of the city were to radiate from focuses- the houses of parliament, a municipal centre, and a commercial district. Other works by griffin in Australia include the Newman College, University of Melbourne and Castlecrag residential community, Sydney. Questions 17-20. What is the central message of the passage?To show the emergence of geometric formalism To show that half of Australia’s famous buildings are a brainchild of GriffinBoth of the aboveNone of the above What could strengthen the passage?Griffin’s works have received accolades from around the world Tourists often visit these structures Both of the aboveNone of the aboveWhat could weaken the passage?The poor architecture has led to extensive damage in a short span of time Griffin earned money and fame in AustraliaBoth of the aboveNone of the aboveWhat could be a reasonable conclusion to the passage?Griffin was an architecture- genius Griffin has significantly contributed to the increase of tourism to AustraliaBoth of the aboveNone of the above
In the first question, it is no where mentioned that marie curie and her husband also won nobel prize in science, can we assume that? Reply
sheetal …chemistry comes in science stream only..so definately they got nobel prize in science…. 🙂 Reply
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In the first question, it is no where mentioned that marie curie and her husband also won nobel prize in science, can we assume that?
sheetal …chemistry comes in science stream only..so definately they got nobel prize in science…. 🙂
Thank u very much