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Q1:

CAT

Reading Comprehension

Medium

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apply its mastery of language to create strong emotional ties which could exacerbate the polarization of political views.

spawn a completely new culture through its ability to create new ideas and opinions.

eventually subvert democratic processes through the mass creation and spread of fake political content and news.

out-strip human creativity and endeavours in the spheres such as art and music and, in the formulation of laws.

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Q2:

CAT

Reading Comprehension

Medium

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Apart from its drawbacks, AI tools have been beneficial in boosting technological and industrial advance worldwide.

The commonly expressed fear that future Al developments will fatally harm humans is unfounded.

One of the biggest casualties from the spread of unregulated AI is likely to be the democratic process.

People's fears of the dangers of students using Chat GPT and other new AI tools are unfounded.

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Q3:

CAT

Reading Comprehension

Medium

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has laid the foundation for the creation of cultural artefacts through writing and telling of stories.

is fundamental to the articulation and spread of human values and culture in our society.

can influence political views and opinions as it engenders close emotional ties among people.

is the basis of AI tools like ChatGPT which can be used to generate academic content and opinion.

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Q4:

CAT

Reading Comprehension

Medium

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quizzical, as the passage poses several questions, concluding with the question of whether or not the passage content has been generated by AI.

alarmist, because the passage discusses scenarios of the influence of new Al tool son language and human emotions.

prescient, as the author analyses the future impact of the use of new AI tools on crucial areas of our society and culture.

cautionary, because the author lays out some adverse effects of the proliferation of unregulated AI tools.

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Q5:

CAT

Medium

Q5:

Marxism has internal contradictions due to which one strand of Marxism sees no merit in lyric poetry while another appreciates the alternative modes of perception in poetry.

The focus of lyric poetry as personal may not seem compatible with Marxism. However, it is possible to envisage lyric poetry as a symbol of resistance against an oppressive culture.

The focus of lyric poetry is largely personal while that of Marxism is bringing change in society. Unless the difference is resolved, poetry will remain largely utopian.

Marxism makes unreasonable demands on lyric poetry. However, lyric poetry has its own merits that are largely ignored by Marxism due to its personal nature.

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CAT

Medium

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Q7:

CAT

Easy

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Q8:

CAT

Reading Comprehension

Medium

Q8:

Its appeal to the rich.

Chinese love of liquor filled celebration.

Its appeal to the older age group.

Government involvement in its business

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Q9:

CAT

Reading Comprehension

Medium

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it profits from Chinese nationalist feelings.

it exposes the firm to long term risks.

it contradicts the Western strategy of marketing.

there is nothing holy about marketing techniques for liquor.

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Q10:

CAT

Reading Comprehension

Medium

Q10:

metaphorical

literal

substantive

synonymical

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Q11:

CAT

Reading Comprehension

Medium

Q11:

the competition for winning over the middle class is very stiff.

there are few competitors to meet the demands of high end liquor consumers.

the government may control the pricing of products.

there is money to be made from marketing to the middle class.

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Q12:

CAT

Medium

Q12:

The tradwife's commitment to outdated gender roles and retro fashion critiques the superficiality of today's societal ideals.

The tradwife's vintage dress and adherence to traditional roles reveal the artificial nature of modern life and its superficial values.

By promoting an idealized past, the tradwife exposes the artifice of contemporary values and mocks societal norms.

The tradwife, with her vintage dress and traditional roles, highlights the superficiality of modern life and challenges current societal norms.

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Q13:

CAT

Medium

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CAT

Medium

Q14:

Entered answer:

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CAT

Medium

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Q16:

CAT

Reading Comprehension

Medium

Q16:

the lack of evidence of living organisms on Mars makes possible contamination from earthly microbes a moot point.

the use of similar probes on astronomical bodies like the moon have had little effect on the environment.

efforts to contain contamination on Mars are likely to be derailed as competitor countries may not follow similar restrictions.

earlier explorations have already contaminated pristine space environments.

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Q17:

CAT

Reading Comprehension

Medium

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approving of the amount of money NASA spends to restrict the spread of contamination in space.

sceptical about the excessive efforts to sanitise planets where life has not yet been proven to exist.

indifferent to the elitism of a few scientists aiming to corner space exploration.

equivocal about the reasons extended by the group of scientists seeking to limit space exploration.

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Q18:

CAT

Reading Comprehension

Medium

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are valid as the contamination of the lunar environment from animal sources is far greater than from plants.

reveal global biases prevalent in attitudes towards different countries.

indicate that national scientists may have different sensitivities to issues of biosphere protection.

are evidence of China's reasonable approach towards space contamination.

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Q19:

CAT

Reading Comprehension

Medium

Q19:

the proposal for a zonal segregation of the Martian landscape into regions for different purposes.

that while NASA's earlier missions were not ideal in their approach to space contamination, they likely did no grave damage.

the exorbitant costs of continuing to keep the space environment pristine may be unsustainable.

space contamination should be minimised until the possibility of life on the astronomical body being explored is ruled out.

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Q20:

CAT

Reading Comprehension

Medium

Q20:

European colonists allowed children of native speakers to stay at home with theirfamilies.

the colonial government was unable to mainstream the locals.

locals were provided job opportunities in the colonial administration.

not many native speakers were killed by European colonists.

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Q21:

CAT

Reading Comprehension

Medium

Q21:

Most liberal arts students will pursue jobs in publishing and human resource management rather than doctorates in linguistics.

A liberal arts education requires that, in addition to being fluent in English, students gain fluency in two of the top five most spoken languages globally.

Schools that teach endangered languages can preserve the language only for a generation.

Recording a dying language that has only a few remaining speakers freezes it in time: it stops evolving further.

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Q22:

CAT

Reading Comprehension

Medium

Q22:

The Inuits of Alaska have 35 different words to describe the texture of snow. When the language becomes extinct, we will lose that understanding of nature.

The Lamkangs of Manipur have only 3 remaining native speakers of the language. When they die, we will lose one more group from the government list of indigenous tribes.

The Andamanese language has a word to describe someone who has lost a step-sister. When the language dies, we will lose the concept of the word and the emotions it evokes.

The Nicobarese language describes 20 different moods of the ocean. By the time the last speaker is educated in a Central Board school, they will have forgotten their language.

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Q23:

CAT

Reading Comprehension

Medium

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develop a better understanding of their own culture.

establish schools to preserve languages spiralling towards extinction.

overcome cultural barriers to communication.

learn different languages.

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Q24:

CAT

Medium

Q24:

The problem with formulating regulation for innovation in the scientific arena it that it is impossible to imagine the outcomes or risks related to the outcomes of all the research.

A new framework of rules and procedures for regulating the most recent research emerging from biotechnology is urgently needed, to keep up with this rapidly changing discipline.

Current regulation of biotechnology is outdated, but it is debatable if we can create a framework, imaginative and flexible, to cover all contingencies in this fast-changing area.

The mercurial nature of biological entities calls for scientists to shape the regulations governing emerging technology, with regular calibration to handle variations in the field.

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