RC Practice One(New)_14.03.2014

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RC Practice one


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Things to be followed

While Reading the passage:Active Reading

Analyze and evaluate the ideas

Co-relate one idea with another and take short notes

Underline the transitional words particularly

While Reading the question:

Read and understand exactly what is being asked

While Selecting your answer:

Answer the question based on the inforation provided in the passage

!o through the passage before you select the best answer once ore

"e sure about the choices partially answers the questions

#o not choose a choice $ust because the stateent is true


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%rustrated with the repeated failures in treating patients with back pain throughthe conventional ethods& #r'(ohn )arno& at the institute of rehabilitationedicine at *anhattan& questioned the fundaental assuption of odernedicine' +n general& doctors assue that bodily pain is a response to bodilyin$ury' ,ur back hurts because a disc is herniated or a nerve is pinched or auscle is strained' )arno argued that even healthy people who had nothing

wrong with their uscles or nerves still had back pain' hat.s when )arno hadhis epiphany/ chronic back pain was caused by the ind' 0e argues that uchof our physical suffering is rooted in the achinations of the unconsciousbrain' )oeties& when we repress our anger& deal with undue aounts ofstress& or experience soe upsetting eotion& the ind induces bodily pain asa for of distraction' According to )arno& the only way to cure chronic backpain is through rigorous psychological treatent' Patients need to continuallyreind theselves that the pain& though real& is rooted in their own ind' +t isthe faith that sets the free' here is little scientific evidence for )arno.stheories'

Passage one


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,ne back pain specialist told that& while he was sypathetic to )arno.spsychological thee& he was troubled by his penchant for constructing theorieswithout the necessary foundation of facts' #r'*ackey at the forefront of a newparadig in pain research found& uch to his surprise& that his patients weregetting better ore fro his talking than fro any edical procedure' Robert

1erns has been studying the psychology of pain for thirty years supports theview of *ackey' 0e says that a person.s thinking could really affect their painexperience' *odern edicine has been trying to fix chronic back pain byfixing the back' 2e spend tens of billion dollars every year iaging ourdegenerated discs& fusing our vertebrae& popping painkillers and engaging in avast array of in$ections& assages and physical therapies' "ut for any people

suffering fro chronic back pain& these edical interventions won.t work'heir doctors have been looking in the wrong place' he best way to treatchronic pain is to treat the brain' #espite the persuasive body of evidencedeonstrating the psychological coponent of chronic back pain& the vasta$ority of patients still spurn any diagnosis that sacks of psychology'

Passage one


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Ability it tests

Question

Which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines the argument of Dr.

Sarno?

The aility that this question tests are:

Analyze a text and reach conclusion fro it

#eveloping and considering alternative explanations


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Question

Which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines the argument of

Dr. Sarno?

he Choices are

3A4 A young an in Chicago with the chronic back pain has been copletelycured through the conventional ethods'

3"4 A scientific paper which analyses the root cause of chronic back painthoroughly and copletely confired the possibility the relation between this painand the ind'

3C4 A result of a survey indicates that the nuber of easy going people sufferingfro chronic back pain is less than the depressed people'

3#4#r' *ackey.s contribution to edical field is recognized with an internationalaward

354he recent study on chronic back pain identified a physical therapy that willcure the chronic back pain once for all'


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Answer

2hich of the following& if true& ost seriously underines the arguent of #r' )arno6

he Choices are

3A4 A young an in Chicago with the chronic back pain has been copletely curedthrough the conventional ethods'

3"4A scientific paper which analyses the root cause of chronic back pain thoroughlyand copletely confired the possibility the relation between this pain and the ind'

3C4 A result of a survey indicates that the nuber of easy going people suffering

fro chronic back pain is less than the depressed people'

3#4#r' *ackey.s contribution to edical field is recognized with an internationalaward

354he recent study on chronic back pain identified a physical therapy that will curethe chronic back pain once for all'


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!o through your notes and eliinate irrelevant choices'

)hortlist the choices'

Analyze and reason it out which choice could be the best fit and answers the

question'

"eware of the choice which answers partially& are not the best answers'

Tips


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Question

!n the conte"t in which it appears, #epiphany# most nearly means

The aility that this question test is:

Understanding the eaning of individual words and sentences

Ability it tests


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Question


Choices are/

3A4a painkiller for chronic back pain3"4 a kind of chronic back pain

3C4new understanding

3#4a isunderstanding

354a conventional ethod of treating back pain


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The word $piphany has two meanings:

A Christian feast celebrating the anifestation of the divine nature of (esus to the!entiles as represented by the *agi'

A coprehension or perception of reality by eans of a sudden intuitive realization'

Passage/

%rustrated with the repeated failures in treating patients with back pain throughthe conventional ethods& #r'(ohn )arno& at the institute of rehabilitationedicine at *anhattan& questioned the fundaental assuption of odernedicine' +n general& doctors assue that bodily pain is a response to bodilyin$ury' ,ur back hurts because a disc is herniated or a nerve is pinched or a

uscle is strained' )arno argued that even healthy people who had nothingwrong with their uscles or nerves still had back pain' hat.s when )arno hadhis epiphany/ chronic back pain was caused by the ind'0e argues that uchof our physical suffering is rooted in the achinations of the unconsciousbrain' )oeties& when we repress our anger& deal with undue aounts ofstress& or experience soe upsetting eotion& the ind induces bodily pain as

a for of distraction'

Clues


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Answer


Choices are/

3A4a painkiller for chronic back pain

3"4a kind of chronic back pain

3C4new understanding

3#4a isunderstanding

354a conventional ethod of treating back pain


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"e sure your choice represents the way the word is being used in the passage'

7ote/ *any words have different eanings when used in different contexts'

Tips


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Question

The concluding line in the passage indicates that

%ility that this question test is:

understanding the eaning of paragraphs and larger bodies of text

understanding the structure of a text in ters of how the parts relate to one another

Ability it tests


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Question


Choices are/

3A4the author is not in favor of psychological treatent for chronic back pain'

3"4he author blaes the psychologists for all the isunderstanding in the treatentof chronic back pain'

3C4he diagnostic test for understanding the back pain should be without anypsychological eleent'

3#4he vast a$ority of patients want a psychologist to treat their chronic back pain'

354he author beoans that there is few takers for the psychological cure for thechronic back pain'


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Answer


Choices are/

3A4the author is not in favor of psychological treatent for chronic back pain'

3"4he author blaes the psychologists for all the isunderstanding in the treatentof chronic back pain'

3C4he diagnostic test for understanding the back pain should be without any

psychological eleent'

3#4he vast a$ority of patients want a psychologist to treat their chronic back pain'

354The author emoans that there is few ta&ers for the psychological cure for the

chronic ac& pain.


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+n recent years& Attention #eficit 0yperactivity #isorder 3A#0#4 hasbeen a sub$ect of increasing public attention and concern' Affecting anestiated 8 to 9 percent of children& A#0# is the ost coon chronicental health proble aong young children in the U')' (anet Currie and*ark )tabile explore this sub$ect in :Child *ental 0ealth and 0uan

Capital Accuulation/ he Case of A#0#:' hey exaine whether theeffects of A#0# and treatent for the disorder vary by incoe level' hefind that children in high-incoe failies are less likely to be retained ingrade& but are otherwise siilarly affected by A#0# syptos aschildren in low-incoe failies' )urprisingly& children in high-incoefailies are no ore likely to be treated for A#0#& in stark contrast with

treatents for physical health probles' he authors suggest that low-incoe failies ay have access to A#0# treatent through *edicaid orschool referrals and that high-incoe failies ay avoid treatent forA#0# due to perceived stiga'

Passage Two


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Ability it tests

Question

!t can e inferred from the passage %D'D children in high income families are

less li&ely to repeat the grade ecause ((((((((

Ability that it test is/

#rawing conclusion fro the inforation7ote/ +nferential question


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Question

!t can e inferred from the passage %D'D children in high income families are less

li&ely to repeat the grade ecause ((((((((

Choices are

3A4hey get better teaching aids'

3"4hey are diagnosed very early and the proble was solved at the beginning itself

3C4he treatent for A#0# is not accessible to the low incoe failies'

3#4A#0# children in high incoe failies eat healthy and recuperate fro thedisorder sooner than the children in low incoe failies

354hey feel keeping their children in the sae grade and letting others know abouttheir children.s proble affect their social status and so they soe how get their children

prooted'


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%nswer

!t can e inferred from the passage %D'D children in high income families are less

li&ely to repeat the grade ecause (((((((;

Choices are/

3A4hey get better teaching aids'

3"4hey are diagnosed very early and the proble was solved at the beginning itself

3C4he treatent for A#0# is not accessible to the low incoe failies'

3#4A#0# children in high incoe failies eat healthy and recuperate fro thedisorder sooner than the children in low incoe failies

354They feel &eeping their children in the same grade and letting others &now

aout their children)s prolem affect their social status and so they some how get

their children promoted.


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Question

!n the conte"t in which it appears #percei*ed stigma# most nearly means

Choices are/3A4A set of negative or unfair beliefs aboutsoething

3"4,ne of the syptos of A#0#

3C4)ocio-econoic status

3#4,ne of the syptos of physical health probles

354A set of positive or fair beliefs about soething'


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%nswer

!n the conte"t in which it appears #percei*ed stigma# most nearly means

Choices are/

3A4% set of negati*e or unfair eliefs aout something

3"4,ne of the syptos of A#0#

3C4)ocio-econoic status

3#4,ne of the syptos of physical health probles

354A set of positive or fair beliefs about soething'


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Passage Three

According to the 2eisann barrier&

hereditary inforation oves only frogenes to body cells& and never in reverse'5vidence has begun to ount forhorizontal gene transfer' #ifferent speciesappear to be swapping genes through theactivities of retroviruses' Retro-viruses

are able to transfer genes between speciesbecause they reproduce by integratingtheir code into the genoe of the host andthey often ove nearby code in theinfected cell as well' +f the cell they infectis a ger line cell then that integrated

#7A can becoe part of the gene pool ofthat species'

,ther evidence against 2eisann.sbarrier is found in the iune syste' Atheory of 5dward (' )teele suggests thatendogenous retroviruses carry newversions of < genes fro body cells in theiune syste to the ger line cells')teele observes that the iune systeneeds to be able to evolve fast to atchthe evolutionary pressure as the infective

agents evolve very fast' 0e also observesthat there are plenty of endogenous retro-viruses in our genoe and it sees likelythat they have soe purpose' 5ven if bothof these possible exceptions turn out to belegitiate& the 2eisann barrier $ust

loses its absolute status' 2ithout furtherexaples& the penetration of the2eisann barrier is still very uch anexception'


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Ability it tests

Question

!t can e inferred from the passage, the author would agree with which of the

following statements?+ ultiple answers-

%ility that it tests:

#rawing conclusion fro the inforation

*ultiple choice question


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Question



Choices are/

3A42eisann barrier is not an unquestionable principle'

3"40ereditary inforation oves fro genes to body cells and body cells to genes

3C40erditary inforation oves only fro genes to body cells and never fro body

cells to genes'


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%nswer



Choices are/

3A4Weismann arrier is not an unquestionale principle.

3"4'ereditary information mo*es from genes to ody cells and ody cells to

genes.

3C40erditary inforation oves only fro genes to body cells and never fro bodycells to genes'


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#o not select the answers as soon as you see the question

Read all the answer choices before you select your answers'

!o through the passage every tie when you consider an option

ips


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Passage four

With the announcement of the disco*ery of two fossilied specimens of feathered dinosaurs

in /hina)s 0iaoning pro*ince, a group of paleontologists claimed irds e*ol*ed from smallcoelurosaurian dinosaurs. 1ut there has een criticisms of idea that irds e*ol*ed from

dinosaurs. 2ne of them /audiptery" and 3rotoarchaeoptery", the &inds of dinosaurs found

are reportedly 4567489 million years old. The oldest &nown ird is the 4967million7year7old

%rchaeoptery". This timing puts the Darwinian cart efore the horse. 3hylogenetic analysis

indicates that they are oth more primiti*e than the earliest &nown ird. %nd to say

dinosaurs did not ecome e"tinct is to contradict an enormous ody of well7estalished

e*idence that the final dinosaur era, the /retaceous era, was terminated some 9 million

years ago when an asteroid collided with the $arth. Recent disco*eries show that similar

e"traterrestrial catastrophes mar&ed oth the Triassic7;urassic and ;urassic7/retaceous

oundaries. &ilometers respecti*ely, indicate thataltogether they could account for the e"tinction of most, if not all, Triassic dinosaurs. These

dramatic catastrophes imply that the so7called #ancestors# of modern irds could not ha*e

sur*i*ed the de*astation. $ach of the comet or asteroid collisions that closed off the Triassic,

;urassic, and /retaceous periods were of such magnitude that no land animal larger than a

rodent would ha*e sur*i*ed. The geological and geophysical data rule out that

3rotoarchaeoptery" and /audiptery" could e the ancestors of irds.


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Question

What is the author)s prime purpose in writing this passage

Choices are/

3A4o provide deep insights into the evolution of odern day birds fro priitivedinosaurs such as Archaeopteryx& Protoarchaeopteryx and Caudipteryx'

3"4o bring to light that #inosaurs have not becoe extinct and in fact they are aliveand well and represented by over =>&>>> species of birds'

3C4o show that the tiings of different dinosaurs& dating fro =?>

3#4o reiterate the fact that dinosaurs did becoe extinct when the final dinosaur erawas terinated soe @9 illion years ago when an asteroid collided with 5arth'

354 o categorically rule out the possibility that neither Protoarchaeopteryx andCaudipteryx could be the ancestors of birds'


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%nswer

What is the author)s prime purpose in writing this passage

Choices are/

3A4o provide deep insights into the evolution of odern day birds fro priitivedinosaurs such as Archaeopteryx& Protoarchaeopteryx and Caudipteryx'

3"4o bring to light that #inosaurs have not becoe extinct and in fact they are aliveand well and represented by over =>&>>> species of birds'

3C4o show that the tiings of different dinosaurs& dating fro =?>3#4o reiterate the fact that dinosaurs did becoe extinct when the final dinosaur erawas terinated soe @9 illion years ago when an asteroid collided with 5arth'

354To categorically rule out the possiility that neither 3rotoarchaeoptery" and

/audiptery" could e the ancestors of irds.


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!o through the first few lines and the last few lines as soon as you got the question'

)hortlist the choices'

5liinate the close choices by evaluating the inforation you have understood froyour reading'

7ote/ %or few ain idea type of questions the ain idea ight be in between thepassage' +n such cases go through the passage and the notes you have taken and thenselect your best answer

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Question

The term #This timing puts the Darwinian cart efore the horse# is used to refer;;;;;;;;;;

Choices are/

3A4he horse cart has referred to indicate that evolution is indeed a slow and a steadyprocess'

3"4+n the process of evolution& it is often difficult to indicate what cae first& the cartor the horse' +n the passage& priitive birds or dinosaurs' he order is difficult todeterine'

3C4Cart before the horse indicates lack of further progress or oveent& in this casethe devastation of the the riassic& (urassic& and Cretaceous periods following collisionswith asteroids and coets resulted in a slow down in the evolutionary process'

3#4o contradict the theory that birds evolved fro dinosaurs' According to theauthor& the earliest known birds and the dinosaurs considered as ancestors of the birdsalost co-existed'

354o provide analogy with an enorous body of well-established evidence that thefinal dinosaur era& the Cretaceous era& was terinated soe @9 illion years ago when

an asteroid collided with 5arth'


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2ith the announceent of the discovery of two fossilized speciens of feathereddinosaurs in China.s iaoning province& a group of paleontologists claied birdsevolved fro sall coelurosaurian dinosaurs' "ut there have been criticiss of ideathat birds evolved fro dinosaurs' ,ne of the Caudipteryx and Protoarchaeopteryx&the kinds of dinosaurs found are reportedly =?>-=89 illion years old' he oldestknown bird is the =9>-illion-year-old Archaeopteryx' his tiing puts the #arwiniancart before the horse' Phylogenetic analysis indicates that they are both ore priitivethan the earliest known bird'

Clai/ "irds evolved fro #inosaursCaudipteryx and Protoarchaeoptery B =?>-=89 illion years old 3#inosaur4Archaeopteryx-=9> illion years old 3"ird4

Clue


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%nswer

The term #This timing puts the Darwinian cart efore the horse# is used to refer((((((((((

Choices are/

3A4he horse cart has be referred to indicate that evolution is indeed a slow and asteady process'

3"4+n the process of evolution& it is often difficult to indicate what cae first& the cartor the horse' +n the passage& priitive birds or dinosaurs' he order is difficult todeterine'

3C4Cart before the horse indicates lack of further progress or oveent& in this casethe devastation of the the riassic& (urassic& and Cretaceous periods following collisionswith asteroids and coets resulted in a slow down in the evolutionary process'

3#4To contradict the theory that irds e*ol*ed from dinosaurs. %ccording to the

author, the earliest &nown irds and the dinosaurs considered as ancestors of the

irds almost co7e"isted.

354o provide analogy with an enorous body of well-established evidence that thefinal dinosaur era& the Cretaceous era& was terinated soe @9 illion years ago when

an asteroid collided with 5arth'


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