Thursday 31 March 2016

amcat english preparation 26

Ques 204 : Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word. ENTICE
Option 1 : Flee Option 2 : Enter Option 3 : Trap
Option 4 : Tempt  


Ques 205 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. Why did Spencer have a large enthusiastic following in the United States?
Option 1 : Because he believed in Darwin's theory of evolution
Option 2 : Because his work was perceived to justify capitalism
Option 3 : Because he was a English philosopher
Option 4 : None of these


Ques 206 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. Which of the following will the author agree to? Option 1 : Mill, Marx and Darwin are more famous than Spencer as of today. Option 2 : Spencer is more famous than Mill, Marx and Darwin as of today. Option 3 : Mill, Darwin, Marx and Spencer are equally famous Option 4 : Mill, Darwin, Marx and Parsons are very famous today today.


Ques 207 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. What does Talcott Parson's statement, "Who now reads Spencer?" imply?
Option 1 : No one read Spencer in 1937 
Option 2 : He is asking a question to his students.
Option 3 : Everyone should read Spencer
Option 4 : None of these


Ques 208 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. What could possibly "laissez-faire" mean as inferred from the context in which it has been used in the passage?
Option 1 : Restricted
Option 2 : Not interfered by the government
Option 3 : Unprincipled
Option 4 : Uncompetitive


Ques 209 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. According to the author, why was Spencer so popular in the 19th Century?
Option 1 : He supported capitalism
Option 2 : He extended Darwin's theory of evolution to a
Option 3 : He had one broad and simple idea and many specific 
Option 4 : He was a friend of Parson's.
lot of things. ideas flowed from it.


Ques 210 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. What is the author most likely to agree to in the following?
Option 1 : Darwin's idea of evolution preceded that of Spencer
Option 2 : Both Darwin and Spencer got the idea of the evolution at the same time
Option 3 : Spencer's idea of evolution preceded that of Darwin
Option 4 : Darwin and Spencer worked on totally different models of evolution


Ques 211 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. What must have been the most-likely response/reaction of the New York audience to Spencer's talk in 1882? Option 1 : Vindication Option 2 : Surprise Option 3 : Happiness Option 4 : Depression


Ques 212 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. Which people is the author referring to in the statement: "people who had limited interest in the finches of the Galápagos"?
Option 1 : People who were not interested in the bird finch
Option 2 : People who were not interested in finches in particular from Galapagos. 
Option 3 : People who were not interested in animal species or natural evolution
Option 4 : People who did not have interest in birds.


Ques 213 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. What of the following is true about Christensen and Mead? Option 1 : They are in complete disagreement Option 2 : They are in partial agreement Option 3 : They are in complete agreement Option 4 : None of these


Ques 214 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. What best describes the statement: "Build a worse mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door." ? Option 1 : Factual Option 2 : Celebratory Option 3 : Satirical Option 4 : Cynical


Ques 215 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. Which of the statements is the author of the passage most likely to agree to? Option 1 : Internet is a successful Option 2 : Internet is an instance of Option 3 : Internet is an instance of Option 4 : Internet is an successful
instance of Christensen's innovation model.
Christensen's model of innovation, but unsuccessful.
Mead's type I innovation, but unsuccessful.
instance of Mead's type I innovation.


Ques 216 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. According to the author, what is the problem companies had with the internet?
Option 1 : It's quality never improved.
Option 2 : It helped the consumers.
Option 3 : The companies could not make money with it. 
Option 4 : It was an instance of Mead's Type II innovation.


Ques 217 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. What does the author imply by the phrase thanks mainly to "The Innovator's Dilemma," in the first paragraph?
Option 1 : The author wants to thank Christenson for writing the book.
Option 2 : The author is obliged to Christenson for writing the book.
Option 3 : The author implies that the phrase "Build a worse…" comes from Christenson's book 
Option 4 : The author is being sarcastic towards Christenson's book.


Ques 218 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. Which segment of society are initial users to Christensen's "disruptive technology" and Type One innovation of Mead? Option 1 : Economically high and low respectively Option 2 : Economically low and high respectively Option 3 : Both economically low Option 4 : Both economically high


Ques 219 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. What does 'giddy' mean in context of it's usage in the third paragraph of the passage? Option 1 : Those suffering of vertigo Option 2 : Unhealthy Option 3 : Lighthearted Option 4 : Nervous   


Ques 220 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. What does the statement of Schumpeter imply? Option 1 : One should make mail coaches instead of rail roads. Option 2 : One should make rail roads instead of mail coaches. Option 3 : Incremental changes cannot lead to an innovation Option 4 : Innovations are irreversible changes.


Ques 221 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. What is the author of the passage most likely to agree to? Option 1 : Social networking has benefited corporate sector to a large extent. Option 2 : Social networking is not useful for corporate sector. Option 3 : Social networking may benefit the corporate sector to some extent. Option 4 : None of these


Ques 222 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. According to the author, how does social networking help recruitment?
Option 1 : By increasing the reach in a superlinear fashion.
Option 2 : Making available a larger pool of passive candidates.
Option 3 : Since enthusiastic teenagers are also on the network.
Option 4 : None of these


Ques 223 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. Which of the following is an appropriate title for the passage?
Option 1 : Social Networking and Business 
Option 2 : Social Networks
Option 3 : Ethics of Social Networking in Business
Option 4 : Social Networking: Pros and Cons


Ques 224 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. Which of the following statements is Reid Hoffman most likely to agree to?
Option 1 : Social network is only useful for recruiting.
Option 2 : Social networking has other uses apart from recruiting. 
Option 3 : Social networking has not impacted business much.
Option 4 : The prime use of social networking is for Hedge funds.


Ques 225 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. What meaning of avid could you infer from the passage? Option 1 : Dormant Option 2 : Unprincipled Option 3 : Unwanted Option 4 : Enthusiastic   


Ques 226 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. What is the most probable context in which the author is talking about Pizza Hut?
Option 1 : Social networking did not benefit it.
Option 2 : Social networking was a big success for it.
Option 3 : Social networking created problems for it. 
Option 4 : None of thes

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