Insta–DART (Daily Aptitude and Reasoning Test) 2020 - 21
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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
The passage given below is followed by a set of three questions. Choose the most appropriate option out of the given lour options.
Extreme heat has gripped the northern hemisphere in recent months, and the year 2018 is on track to be among the hottest ever recorded. Higher global temperatures are expected to have detrimental effects on our natural environments and our physical health, but what will they do to our mental health?
New research from an international team of scientists suggests that one of the most tangible impacts may be an increase in suicide rates.
Suicide is already among the leading causes of death worldwide. For people aged 15-55 years, it is among the top five causes of death. Worldwide nearly one million people die by suicide each year more than all deaths from war and murder combined. Using historical temperature records from the US and Mexico, the researchers showed that suicide rates increased by 0.7 per cent in the US and by 2.l per cent in Mexico when the average monthly temperatures rose by 1°C. The researchers calculated that if global temperatures continue to rise at these rates, between now and 2050 there could be 9,000 to 40,000 additional suicides in the US and Mexico alone. This 1s roughly equivalent to the number of additional suicides that follow an economic recession. It has been known for a long time that suicide rates spike during heat waves. Hotter weather has been linked with higher rates ot hospital admissions for self-harm, suicide and violent suicides, as well as increases in population- level psychological distress, particularly in combination with high humidity. Another recent study, which combined the results of previous research on heat and suicide, concluded there is a significant and positive association between temperature rises and incidence of suicide’. Why this remains unclear.
The main idea of the passage is:
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Answer :
The focus of the passage 1s the interrelationship between increasing global temperatures and suicide
rates worldwide. The US and Mexico have been presented as examples. Hence, a is the correct answer. c is broad and b is broader. d talks about ‘climate change’ and about the US and Mexico suicides only
and is a narrower option.
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Answer :
The focus of the passage 1s the interrelationship between increasing global temperatures and suicide
rates worldwide. The US and Mexico have been presented as examples. Hence, a is the correct answer. c is broad and b is broader. d talks about ‘climate change’ and about the US and Mexico suicides only
and is a narrower option.
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
The passage given below is followed by a set of three questions. Choose the most appropriate option out of the given lour options.
Extreme heat has gripped the northern hemisphere in recent months, and the year 2018 is on track to be among the hottest ever recorded. Higher global temperatures are expected to have detrimental effects on our natural environments and our physical health, but what will they do to our mental health?
New research from an international team of scientists suggests that one of the most tangible impacts may be an increase in suicide rates.
Suicide is already among the leading causes of death worldwide. For people aged 15-55 years, it is among the top five causes of death. Worldwide nearly one million people die by suicide each year more than all deaths from war and murder combined. Using historical temperature records from the US and Mexico, the researchers showed that suicide rates increased by 0.7 per cent in the US and by 2.l per cent in Mexico when the average monthly temperatures rose by 1°C. The researchers calculated that if global temperatures continue to rise at these rates, between now and 2050 there could be 9,000 to 40,000 additional suicides in the US and Mexico alone. This 1s roughly equivalent to the number of additional suicides that follow an economic recession. It has been known for a long time that suicide rates spike during heat waves. Hotter weather has been linked with higher rates ot hospital admissions for self-harm, suicide and violent suicides, as well as increases in population- level psychological distress, particularly in combination with high humidity. Another recent study, which combined the results of previous research on heat and suicide, concluded there is a significant and positive association between temperature rises and incidence of suicide’. Why this remains unclear.
Which of the following can be definitely inferred from the fourth paragraph?
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Answer:b
From the fourth paragraph, we can only conclude a direct correlation between suicide rates and the average monthly temperature at the two places; we cannot conclude a causation. This eliminates a and
- Also, a talks about global warming whereas the period has considered the temperatures of the US and Mexico. Option c may or may not be true. There is an increase in the suicide rates. If, however, the population of any of these two places has suffered a decline in this period, there may not be an increase in the number of suicides. b can be definitely inferred.
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Answer:b
From the fourth paragraph, we can only conclude a direct correlation between suicide rates and the average monthly temperature at the two places; we cannot conclude a causation. This eliminates a and
- Also, a talks about global warming whereas the period has considered the temperatures of the US and Mexico. Option c may or may not be true. There is an increase in the suicide rates. If, however, the population of any of these two places has suffered a decline in this period, there may not be an increase in the number of suicides. b can be definitely inferred.
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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 lour options.
Extreme heat has gripped the northern hemisphere in recent months, and the year 2018 is on track to be among the hottest ever recorded. Higher global temperatures are expected to have detrimental effects on our natural environments and our physical health, but what will they do to our mental health?
New research from an international team of scientists suggests that one of the most tangible impacts may be an increase in suicide rates.
Suicide is already among the leading causes of death worldwide. For people aged 15-55 years, it is among the top five causes of death. Worldwide nearly one million people die by suicide each year more than all deaths from war and murder combined. Using historical temperature records from the US and Mexico, the researchers showed that suicide rates increased by 0.7 per cent in the US and by 2.l per cent in Mexico when the average monthly temperatures rose by 1°C. The researchers calculated that if global temperatures continue to rise at these rates, between now and 2050 there could be 9,000 to 40,000 additional suicides in the US and Mexico alone. This 1s roughly equivalent to the number of additional suicides that follow an economic recession. It has been known for a long time that suicide rates spike during heat waves. Hotter weather has been linked with higher rates ot hospital admissions for self-harm, suicide and violent suicides, as well as increases in population- level psychological distress, particularly in combination with high humidity. Another recent study, which combined the results of previous research on heat and suicide, concluded there is a significant and positive association between temperature rises and incidence of suicide’. Why this remains unclear.
According to the passage, which of the following is true?
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Answer :d
A implies causation whereas the passage refrains from it in the last line.
c is incorrect as the number or rates of suicides can’t be a conclusive proof of the aggression of the people of a nation. b is incorrect because it talks about the ‘overall’ predicted increase which will include an increase due to several reasons. The paragraph on the other
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Answer :d
A implies causation whereas the passage refrains from it in the last line.
c is incorrect as the number or rates of suicides can’t be a conclusive proof of the aggression of the people of a nation. b is incorrect because it talks about the ‘overall’ predicted increase which will include an increase due to several reasons. The paragraph on the other
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
Read the following passage and answer that follow:
D.H Lawrence – 1885-1930: The Supreme Triumph For man, the vast marvel is to be alive. For man as for flow and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, most perfectly alive. Whatever the unborn and the dead may know, they cannot know the beauty, the marvel of being alive in the flesh. The dead may look after the afterwards. But the magnificent here and now of life in the flesh is ours, and ours alone and ours only for a time. We ought to dance with rapture, that we should be alive and in the flesh, and part of the living, incarnate cosmos. I am part of the sun as my eye is the part of me. That I am part of the earth my feet below know the perfectly, and my blood is the sea. My soul knows that I am a part of the human race, my soul is an inorganic part of the great human soul, as my spirit is a part of my nation. In my own very self, I am part of my family. There is nothing of me that is alone and absolute except my mind, and we shall find that the mind has no existence by itself, it is only the glitter of the sun on the surface of wards. Apocalypse, 1931.
By triumph the author means:
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Answer : d
The only meaning which can be derived of the word triumph is victory and hence, option (d) is the answer.
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Answer : d
The only meaning which can be derived of the word triumph is victory and hence, option (d) is the answer.
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
Read the following passage and answer that follow:
D.H Lawrence – 1885-1930: The Supreme Triumph For man, the vast marvel is to be alive. For man as for flow and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, most perfectly alive. Whatever the unborn and the dead may know, they cannot know the beauty, the marvel of being alive in the flesh. The dead may look after the afterwards. But the magnificent here and now of life in the flesh is ours, and ours alone and ours only for a time. We ought to dance with rapture, that we should be alive and in the flesh, and part of the living, incarnate cosmos. I am part of the sun as my eye is the part of me. That I am part of the earth my feet below know the perfectly, and my blood is the sea. My soul knows that I am a part of the human race, my soul is an inorganic part of the great human soul, as my spirit is a part of my nation. In my own very self, I am part of my family. There is nothing of me that is alone and absolute except my mind, and we shall find that the mind has no existence by itself, it is only the glitter of the sun on the surface of wards. Apocalypse, 1931.
When the dead look after the afterwards, the living should look at life:
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Answer : c
‘But the magnificent here and now of life in the flesh is ours, and ours alone and ours only for a time. ‘hence, living beings’ life is temporary. Therefore, option (c) is the correct answer.
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Answer : c
‘But the magnificent here and now of life in the flesh is ours, and ours alone and ours only for a time. ‘hence, living beings’ life is temporary. Therefore, option (c) is the correct answer.
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