Insta–DART (Daily Aptitude and Reasoning Test) 2020 - 21
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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
Fashion is different from custom, or rather is a particular species of it. That is not the fashion which everybody wears, but which those wear who are of a high rank, or character. The graceful, the easy and the commanding manners of the great, joined to the usual richness and magnificence of their dress, give a grace to the very form which they happen to bestow upon it. As long as they continue to use this form it is connected in our imaginations with the idea of something that is genteel and magnificent, and though in itself it should be indifferent, it seems, on account of this relation, to have something about it that is genteel and magnificent too. As soon as they drop it, it loses all the grace, which it had appeared to possess before, and being now used only by the inferior ranks of people, seems to have something of their meanness and awkwardness.
Which phrase would be the best title of the passage?
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Answer : D
On reading the first and the second lines of the passage, it is clear that people of high rank wear elegant clothes which make it fashion. And as soon as they drop the clothing, the clothes lose their value. Hence, option d is the closest.
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Answer : D
On reading the first and the second lines of the passage, it is clear that people of high rank wear elegant clothes which make it fashion. And as soon as they drop the clothing, the clothes lose their value. Hence, option d is the closest.
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
Fashion is different from custom, or rather is a particular species of it. That is not the fashion which everybody wears, but which those wear who are of a high rank, or character. The graceful, the easy and the commanding manners of the great, joined to the usual richness and magnificence of their dress, give a grace to the very form which they happen to bestow upon it. As long as they continue to use this form it is connected in our imaginations with the idea of something that is genteel and magnificent, and though in itself it should be indifferent, it seems, on account of this relation, to have something about it that is genteel and magnificent too. As soon as they drop it, it loses all the grace, which it had appeared to possess before, and being now used only by the inferior ranks of people, seems to have something of their meanness and awkwardness.
Which is nearest to the central idea in the passage?
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Answer 😀
This question is a manifestation of the main idea which is that the grace and the elegance is a factor which is bestowed to the clothing by people of high rank who wear it and start a fashion trend which is rendered worthless once the high class pick another clothing. Hence, option d is the best answer.
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Answer 😀
This question is a manifestation of the main idea which is that the grace and the elegance is a factor which is bestowed to the clothing by people of high rank who wear it and start a fashion trend which is rendered worthless once the high class pick another clothing. Hence, option d is the best answer.
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
The passage given below is followed by a set of three questions Choose the most appropriate option out of the given four options
Margot Kidder, who has died aged 69, will be remembered best for one defining movie performance. It’s her sterling and witty turn as Lois Lane in the Chrıstopher Reeve-led Superman movies of the late 1970s and early 1980s, in which she was every inch Clark Kent’s equal in wit and moxie, if not in Kryptonite superpowers the standard for any other actor playing the role since.
If one neglects to dig more deeply into her fascinating life, then column inches will also be dominated by a bout of depression in 1996, when she was found wandering confusedly in a Los Angeles backyard after a four-day disappearance, having lost the caps of her teeth after an apparent rape attempt. She immediately sought treatment for her bipolar disorder and by her own account, in 2016, she never endured another episode.
Kidder’s moment in the sun began on Christmas 1971, when De Palma left the scripts for Sisters and The Phantom of the Paradise gift-wrapped under the Christmas tree for Kidder and Salt to read. The pair was both cast in Sisters. Kidder played conjoined twins, one of whom is given to murderous rages. Hitherto Kidder had played small roles in TV shows like Janacek and Harry O, and in forgotten movies like Quackser Fortune has a Cousin in the Bronx Thereafter she became one of the more interesting and accomplished actors of the era, always with an enlivening dose of comic expertise. Her Lois Lane was straight-up screwball-comedienne gold dust, sweet-sour, quick-witted and sharp-tongued, reliable in a crunch and, with her arched eyebrows and odd beauty, the idol of every teenage comic book fan who laid eyes on her. Her career choices were impulsive and not conducive to a lasting career at the top. She had starring roles in The Reincarnation of Peter Proud and The Great Waldo Pepper, and worked twice with writer-director Paul Mazursky. Her most interesting roles seem to be in movies that are vanishingly obscure or almost forgotten, including 92 in the Shade and the Terrence Malick-scripted The Gravy Train, with Stacy Keach and Frederick Forrest. But as she grew older she spent less time on the screen and more time living. As she once said: ‘Acting’s fun, but life’s more important’.
Which of the following best describes the primary purpose of the passage?
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Answer:D
Even though paragraph 2 mentions one aspect of the life of Kidder – ‘that she had a bout of depression’– the main theme of the passage is her career as a movie actor. Hence, answer choice (a) is INCORRECT.
Choice (b) – This answer choice is narrow. This choice focuses only ‘what she had to go through early in her career’. Even though it is a detail that is mentioned in the passage, it is not the primary purpose of the passage. Hence, choice (b) is INCORRECT.
Choice (c) – Censure means ‘to express severe disapproval of (someone or something)’. The author does not express severe disapproval. On the contrary, there are evidences in the passage that the author praises the actor. For example, ‘Thereafter she became one of the more interesting and accomplished actors of the era, always with an en-livening dose of comic expertise’. Hence, choice (c) is INCORRECT.
Choice (d) – This is the CORRECT answer choice. The passage focuses on the career of Kidder – her accomplishments, her acting style, her career choices. Though paragraph 2 dwells briefly into her depression problem, overall the author maintains a clear focus on the career of Kidder. Answer choice (d) aptly captures the same.
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Answer:D
Even though paragraph 2 mentions one aspect of the life of Kidder – ‘that she had a bout of depression’– the main theme of the passage is her career as a movie actor. Hence, answer choice (a) is INCORRECT.
Choice (b) – This answer choice is narrow. This choice focuses only ‘what she had to go through early in her career’. Even though it is a detail that is mentioned in the passage, it is not the primary purpose of the passage. Hence, choice (b) is INCORRECT.
Choice (c) – Censure means ‘to express severe disapproval of (someone or something)’. The author does not express severe disapproval. On the contrary, there are evidences in the passage that the author praises the actor. For example, ‘Thereafter she became one of the more interesting and accomplished actors of the era, always with an en-livening dose of comic expertise’. Hence, choice (c) is INCORRECT.
Choice (d) – This is the CORRECT answer choice. The passage focuses on the career of Kidder – her accomplishments, her acting style, her career choices. Though paragraph 2 dwells briefly into her depression problem, overall the author maintains a clear focus on the career of Kidder. Answer choice (d) aptly captures the same.
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
The passage given below is followed by a set of three questions Choose the most appropriate option out of the given four options
Margot Kidder, who has died aged 69, will be remembered best for one defining movie performance. It’s her sterling and witty turn as Lois Lane in the Chrıstopher Reeve-led Superman movies of the late 1970s and early 1980s, in which she was every inch Clark Kent’s equal in wit and moxie, if not in Kryptonite superpowers the standard for any other actor playing the role since.
If one neglects to dig more deeply into her fascinating life, then column inches will also be dominated by a bout of depression in 1996, when she was found wandering confusedly in a Los Angeles backyard after a four-day disappearance, having lost the caps of her teeth after an apparent rape attempt. She immediately sought treatment for her bipolar disorder and by her own account, in 2016, she never endured another episode.
Kidder’s moment in the sun began on Christmas 1971, when De Palma left the scripts for Sisters and The Phantom of the Paradise gift-wrapped under the Christmas tree for Kidder and Salt to read. The pair was both cast in Sisters. Kidder played conjoined twins, one of whom is given to murderous rages. Hitherto Kidder had played small roles in TV shows like Janacek and Harry O, and in forgotten movies like Quackser Fortune has a Cousin in the Bronx Thereafter she became one of the more interesting and accomplished actors of the era, always with an enlivening dose of comic expertise. Her Lois Lane was straight-up screwball-comedienne gold dust, sweet-sour, quick-witted and sharp-tongued, reliable in a crunch and, with her arched eyebrows and odd beauty, the idol of every teenage comic book fan who laid eyes on her. Her career choices were impulsive and not conducive to a lasting career at the top. She had starring roles in The Reincarnation of Peter Proud and The Great Waldo Pepper, and worked twice with writer-director Paul Mazursky. Her most interesting roles seem to be in movies that are vanishingly obscure or almost forgotten, including 92 in the Shade and the Terrence Malick-scripted The Gravy Train, with Stacy Keach and Frederick Forrest. But as she grew older she spent less time on the screen and more time living. As she once said: ‘Acting’s fun, but life’s more important’.
Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
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- Kidder did not make right choices of roles in her career.
- Kidder’s year of birth cannot be earlier than 1947.
- De Palma was the script writer for Sisters and The Phantom of Paradise.
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Answer :A
Statement (a) – This statement is a wrong inference from – ‘Her career choices were impulsive and not conducive to a lasing career at the top’ . The author only suggests that an impulsive decision is not advantageous. Whether or not it is right is not something that one can infer. Also, the statement makes a general statement that Kidder did not make right choices, when in fact the author credits Kidder in her role as Lois Lane. Statement (a) CANNOT be inferred Statement (b) – There are two pieces of information given in the passage from which this inference can be logically drawn.
(1) Kidder died at the age of 69 and
(2) ‘by her account in 2016′.
Kidder was alive in the year 2016. And, 2016 = 1947. So, she cannot be born before 1947. For instance, if she was born in the year 1946, then in the year 2016 her age would have been 70. That is not possible. Hence statement (b) is TRUE based on the information given in the passage.
Statement (c) – This is an incorrect inference. The passage mentions ‘…, when De Palma left the scripts for Sisters and The Phantom of the Paradise gift- wrapped…’. However, all that we know is that De Palma left the scripts for Kidder. Whether or not De Palma was the one who wrote that script is uncertain. Hence statement (c) CANNOT be inferred.
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Answer :A
Statement (a) – This statement is a wrong inference from – ‘Her career choices were impulsive and not conducive to a lasing career at the top’ . The author only suggests that an impulsive decision is not advantageous. Whether or not it is right is not something that one can infer. Also, the statement makes a general statement that Kidder did not make right choices, when in fact the author credits Kidder in her role as Lois Lane. Statement (a) CANNOT be inferred Statement (b) – There are two pieces of information given in the passage from which this inference can be logically drawn.
(1) Kidder died at the age of 69 and
(2) ‘by her account in 2016′.
Kidder was alive in the year 2016. And, 2016 = 1947. So, she cannot be born before 1947. For instance, if she was born in the year 1946, then in the year 2016 her age would have been 70. That is not possible. Hence statement (b) is TRUE based on the information given in the passage.
Statement (c) – This is an incorrect inference. The passage mentions ‘…, when De Palma left the scripts for Sisters and The Phantom of the Paradise gift- wrapped…’. However, all that we know is that De Palma left the scripts for Kidder. Whether or not De Palma was the one who wrote that script is uncertain. Hence statement (c) CANNOT be inferred.
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
The passage given below is followed by a set of three questions Choose the most appropriate option out of the given four options
Margot Kidder, who has died aged 69, will be remembered best for one defining movie performance. It’s her sterling and witty turn as Lois Lane in the Chrıstopher Reeve-led Superman movies of the late 1970s and early 1980s, in which she was every inch Clark Kent’s equal in wit and moxie, if not in Kryptonite superpowers the standard for any other actor playing the role since.
If one neglects to dig more deeply into her fascinating life, then column inches will also be dominated by a bout of depression in 1996, when she was found wandering confusedly in a Los Angeles backyard after a four-day disappearance, having lost the caps of her teeth after an apparent rape attempt. She immediately sought treatment for her bipolar disorder and by her own account, in 2016, she never endured another episode.
Kidder’s moment in the sun began on Christmas 1971, when De Palma left the scripts for Sisters and The Phantom of the Paradise gift-wrapped under the Christmas tree for Kidder and Salt to read. The pair was both cast in Sisters. Kidder played conjoined twins, one of whom is given to murderous rages. Hitherto Kidder had played small roles in TV shows like Janacek and Harry O, and in forgotten movies like Quackser Fortune has a Cousin in the Bronx Thereafter she became one of the more interesting and accomplished actors of the era, always with an enlivening dose of comic expertise. Her Lois Lane was straight-up screwball-comedienne gold dust, sweet-sour, quick-witted and sharp-tongued, reliable in a crunch and, with her arched eyebrows and odd beauty, the idol of every teenage comic book fan who laid eyes on her. Her career choices were impulsive and not conducive to a lasting career at the top. She had starring roles in The Reincarnation of Peter Proud and The Great Waldo Pepper, and worked twice with writer-director Paul Mazursky. Her most interesting roles seem to be in movies that are vanishingly obscure or almost forgotten, including 92 in the Shade and the Terrence Malick-scripted The Gravy Train, with Stacy Keach and Frederick Forrest. But as she grew older she spent less time on the screen and more time living. As she once said: ‘Acting’s fun, but life’s more important’.
According to the passage, Kıdder’s portrayal of the characters she played
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Answer : D
Choice (a) – This is a ‘twisted’ answer choice. What the passage mentions is that ‘Her career choices were impulsive and not conducive to a lasting career at the top’. It is her career choices that were not conducive and not her portrayal of characters.
Hence, choice (a) is INCORRECT.
Choice (b) – There is no evidence in the passage that suggests that Kidder’s portrayal of a character is obscure. What the passage mentions is – … most interesting roles seem to be in movies that are vanıshingly obscure or almost forgotten, including…’- that some movies that she acted in was obscure. Hence, choice (b) is INCORRECT.
Choice (c) – The passage mentions that she set the standard for the portrayal of Lois Lane. That is just one character. Whether or not this was the case for other characters she played is uncertain. Therefore, one cannot say that ‘she often set standard…’. Hence choice (c) is INCORRECT.
Choice (d) – is the CORRECT answer. This is clearly mentioned in the passage – ‘Thereafter she became one of the more interesting and accomplished actors of the era, always with an enlivening dose of comic expertise’. Kidder’s portrayal often had a dose of wit- this is what the author discusses in the paragraph.
Incorrect
Answer : D
Choice (a) – This is a ‘twisted’ answer choice. What the passage mentions is that ‘Her career choices were impulsive and not conducive to a lasting career at the top’. It is her career choices that were not conducive and not her portrayal of characters.
Hence, choice (a) is INCORRECT.
Choice (b) – There is no evidence in the passage that suggests that Kidder’s portrayal of a character is obscure. What the passage mentions is – … most interesting roles seem to be in movies that are vanıshingly obscure or almost forgotten, including…’- that some movies that she acted in was obscure. Hence, choice (b) is INCORRECT.
Choice (c) – The passage mentions that she set the standard for the portrayal of Lois Lane. That is just one character. Whether or not this was the case for other characters she played is uncertain. Therefore, one cannot say that ‘she often set standard…’. Hence choice (c) is INCORRECT.
Choice (d) – is the CORRECT answer. This is clearly mentioned in the passage – ‘Thereafter she became one of the more interesting and accomplished actors of the era, always with an enlivening dose of comic expertise’. Kidder’s portrayal often had a dose of wit- this is what the author discusses in the paragraph.
