CAT 2003 Slot 2 — VARC Question 22
Eliminating Extreme or Out-of-ScopeEasy
Each of the questions below contains a paragraph followed by alternative summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the paragraph.
- Some decisions will be fairly obvious- “no-brainers.” Your bank account is low, but you have a two-week vacation coming up and you want to get away to some place warm to relax with your family. Will you accept your in-laws’ offer of free use of their Florida beachfront condo? Sure. You like your employer and feel ready to move forward in your career. Will you step in for your boss for three weeks while she attends a professional development course? Of course.
- Some decisions are obvious under certain circumstances. You may, for example, readily accept a relative’s offer of free holiday accommodation. Or step in for your boss when she is away.
- Some decisions are no-brainers. You need not think when making them. Examples are condo offers from in-laws and job offers from bosses when your bank account is low or boss is away.
- Easy decisions are called “no-brainers” because they do not require any cerebral activity. Examples such as accepting free holiday accommodation abound in our lives.
- Accepting an offer from in-laws when you are short on funds and want a holiday is a no-brainer. Another no-brainer is taking the boss’s job when she is away.
Answer & solution
1
- B
2
- C
3
- D
4
Solution
Statement D is ruled out because compared to other options it fails to mention which offer of in-laws you will accept.
Statement C is ruled out because there is no mention of ‘cerebral activity’ by the author. The author has not scientifically substantiated why some decisions would be no-brainers.
Statement B can be ruled out as well because; there are ‘job offers’ from bosses.
Statement A is correct because certain ‘circumstances’ have been pointed out when some decisions are obvious.
Hence, the correct answer is option 1.