XAT 2014 — VARC Question 11
Read the definitions below and select the best match between the numbered sentences and the definitions.
Premise: A proposition from which another statement is inferred or follows a conclusion.
Assumption: Something, which is accepted as true.
Facts: Something, which can be checked.
Reason: A cause, explanation or justification for an action or event.
Conclusion: An end, finish or summarization of process or argument.
Proposition: A statement that expresses judgment or opinion.
Question: A sentence worded or expressed so as to elicit opinion.
Inductive inference: An end, finish or summarization reached for “the whole”, based on “a particular” real incidence.
Deductive Inference: An end, finish or summarization reached based on the combining and recombining two or more than two assumptions.
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option that follows:
Peter has suggested to me that the _____________ of highly systematic and _____________ planning techniques may have led to a substantial _____________ in firms’ notions of what is likely to happen in the future, and thus to a _____________ in the incidence of mistakes, especially on the part of the _____________modern corporations.
Answer & solution
- A
progressive development, exact, decline, decrease, tiny
- B
progress deterioration, exact, increase, decrease, tiny
progressive development, precise, improvement, reduction, large
- D
progressive deterioration, precise, increase, decrease, large
- E
gradual growth, exact, increase, decline, large
“Exact” does not make for a favourable adjective as far as describing the “planning techniques” is concerned. This eliminates options 1, 2 and 5.
Between options 3 and 4, the nouns “improvement” and “reduction” make for a better fit with the “firms' notions” and “incidents of mistakes”. “Increase in firms' notions” does not make sense logically.
Hence, the correct answer is option 3.