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प्रश्न
Choose the most appropriate option for the following question.
Identify the statement which cannot be accepted
विकल्प
Almost one-third of the human body is made up of water
The earth revolves around the sun in 366 days
Odyssey is an ancient epic
Human race will become extinct sooner or later
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उत्तर
Almost one-third of the human body is made up of water
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Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:
We are bombarded with misguided advertisements that give advice on healthy-eating, and this has had the effect of making food seem hugely complicated. People are demoralized because they are trying to follow this advice, yet they are getting fatter and fatter. For lots of people, food has become a minefield of dos and don’ts and a relaxed appreciation of the pleasures of eating has got a bit lost along the way. In fact, eating well is simple when you apply a few fundamental principles.
Which of the following proverbs is the closest in meaning to the central argument made in the passage?
In the question a statement is given followed by two arguments numbered I and II. Mark the answer as:
Statement: Has the Medical Science really lengthened the span of life?
Argument I: Yes, the new drugs have been able to combat the diseases and increases the span of life.
Argument II: No, the eternal truth that every person's days are numbered cannot be denied.
In the question a statement is given followed by two arguments numbered I and II. Mark the answer as:
Statement: Should income tax be abolished?
Argument I: Yes, it is unnecessary burden on the wage earners.
Argument II: No, it is a good source of revenue.
Four arguments are given. Each is a set of three sentences. Decide which set has third sentence as logical conclusion of first and second sentences considering the first two to be correct.
I. Some A are B. All B are C. Some A are C.
II. All men are yellow. No yellow are women. No men are women.
III. No ring is chain. Some chains are watches. Some rings are watches.
IV. Every P has a Q. All Q are R. No R has a P.
In the following question, one statement is followed by two arguments (a) and (b) one supporting and the other against it.
Statement: Should India adopt a Presidential system?
Arguments:
(a) Yes - Because our experience of Parliamentary democracy is disappointing.
(b) No - Because it will concentrate power in the hands of a few people.
In the following question, one statement is followed by two arguments (a) and (b) one supporting and the other against it.
Statement: Should the death sentence be abolished?
Arguments:
(a) Yes - The death sentence deprives the culprit of all chances of improving his behaviour.
(b) No - Capital punishment restrains criminal tendency.
‘Soft drinks have been shown by scientists to be bad for the teeth. Therefore, the government would be justified in banning all soft drinks from the Indian market. Assuming that the factual claim in the above argument is true, what else needs to be assumed for the conclusion to follow?
Given below is some statement followed by two arguments. Read carefully and decide which of the arguments strongly support the statement.
Statement: Should the pay scale and conditions of service of government employees be made applicable to private sector employees?
Arguments:
(i) No, this will develop inertia, inefficiency and would adversely affect spirit of competition.
(ii) Yes, this will enhance dedication to work and institutional loyalty.
Unless they are used as strictly temporary measures, rent control ordinances (municipal regulations placing limits on rent increase) have several negative effects for renters. One of these is that the controls will bring about a shortage of rental units. This disadvantage for renters occurs over the long run, but the advantage-smaller rent increases - occurs immediately. In many municipalities, especially in all those where tenants of rent-control units have a secure hold on political power and can get rent-control ordinances enacted or repealed, it is invariably the desire for short-term gain that guides those tenants in the exercise of that power.
If the statements above are true, which one of the following can be properly inferred from them?
Health insurance insulates patients from the expense of medical care, giving doctors almost complete discretion in deciding the course of most medical treatments. Moreover, with doctors being paid for each procedure performed, they have an incentive to over-treat patients. It is thus clear that medical procedures administered by doctors are frequently prescribed only because these procedures lead to financial rewards.
The argument uses which one of the following questionable techniques?
