XAT 2014 — VARC Question 13
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:
Ontologies are _____________ equated with taxonomic hierarchies of classes, class definitions, and _____________ subsumption relation, _____________ ontologies need not be limited to _____________ forms.
Answer & solution
- A
often, a, but, such
- B
often, the, yet, such
- C
frequently, a, yet, such
- D
often, a, yet, these
often, the, but, these
The “subsumption relation” refers to a definite entity. Hence, it must take the definite article “the”. This eliminates options 1, 3 and 4.
A demonstrative pronoun is required to attribute to the forms of “hierarchies of classes, class definitions and the subsumption relation”. Thus, the correct pronoun to use would be “these”. Eliminate option 2 with “such”.
Hence, the correct answer is option 5.