XAT 2020 — VARC Question 11
Read the poem below and answer the 2 associated questions:
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But, if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To know that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
Read the following paragraph and answer the question that follows:
In a 2017 survey of 3,915 American workers, my colleagues and I found that workers report experiencing a sizable “voice gap” at work — that is, a gap between how much say or influence they feel they ought to have and how much they actually have — on topics such as wages, working conditions, fair treatment, and input into how they do their work.
And now a second study, I have just completed with a new team, finds that today’s workers want forms of voice and representation that go well beyond traditional unions.
Based on the above paragraph, which of the following options would you agree with the MOST?
Answer & solution
- A
The first study defines the concept and the second study uses the concept in a specific context.
- B
The first study shows the intensity of the problem and the second study shows limitations of the existing solutions.
- C
The first study shows the frustration of the American workers and the second study shows the inability of unions in addressing them.
- D
The first study focuses on the need for fair representation and the second study discusses forms of representation.
The first study highlights the existence of the problem and the second study highlights the need for new ways of solving it.
The first study identifies the existence of a problem, and it is that the voice of the workers is not given the desired importance. The second study shows the need for new ways, beyond traditional ones such as unions, to solve the problem.
Hence, option (e).