Comprehension


Direction: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions. Your answer to these questions should be based on passage only.

Van Morrison and Nick Lowe started their music careers only a few years apart, but while both men have released numerous albums, their levels of fame and renown are wildly different. Morrison has had a long career in the popular eye, and has made many millions of dollars, as well as having had critical acclaim, Lowe has also made money, but substantially less than Morrison. Lowe is a respected songwriter, but has't had more than a couple of popular hits. Because of their different levels of fame. Morrison is clearly the better musician.

  1. Which of the following does this argument assumes ?









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    Only option (d) is indirectly stated in the passage and implied in the conclusion.

    Correct Option: D

    Only option (d) is indirectly stated in the passage and implied in the conclusion.


  1. On what grounds is the reasoning in this argument most vulnerable to criticism ?









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    In order for the argument to function logically and validly. the premises must be valid and the argument must logically connect the premises to form a rational, logically consistent conclusion.

    Correct Option: A

    In order for the argument to function logically and validly, the premises must be valid and the argument must logically connect the premises to form a rational, logically consistent conclusion.



Direction: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions. Your answer to these questions should be based on passage only.

A stout old lady was walking with her basket down the middle of a street in retrograde to the great confusion of the traffic and no small peril to herself. It was pointed out to her that the pavement was the place for foot-passengers, but she replied, 'I m going to walk where I like. We have got liberty now.' It did not occur to the dear lady that if liberty entitled the foot-passenger to walk down the middle of the the road it also entitled the taxi-drive on the pavement, and that the end of such liberty would be universal chaos. Everything would be getting in everybody else's way and nobody would get anywhere. Individual liberty would have become social anarchy

  1. The old lady failed to realise that ?









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    Her liberty was not unlimited.

    Correct Option: B

    Her liberty was not unlimited.


  1. The lady refused to move from the middle of the street because ?









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    She felt that she was entitled to do whatever she liked.

    Correct Option: B

    She felt that she was entitled to do whatever she liked.



  1. It was pointed out to the lady that she should walk on the pavement because she was ?









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    a pedestrian

    Correct Option: A

    a pedestrian