ANS KEY ENGLISH PP5

1) A
2) D
3) B
4) A
5) C
6) D
7) C
8) D
9) B
10)C
11)A
12)C
13)B
14)D
15)C
16)B
17)B This paragraph discusses the growing aging populace and need to identify how they
can be contributors to the society. Choice (b) continues the line of thought about not
wasting public resources based on existing assumptions about cognitive decline with
age.

Choice (d) is also eliminated right away as it talks of a decline in test scores, the test not
detailed here.

Choice (a) is incorrect as it doesnt talk of the aged in the society, just lays down the basic
premise that they are not on the path of mental decline. This would have been discussed
before the paragraph we are trying to complete begins.

Choice (c) builds on the idea discussed by choice (a) and doesnt fit as well as (b) to
complete the paragraph.

18) C. The main point of this paragraph is that technology is producing some threats to the
insurance industry, and that tech companies could be the biggest winners in this.

Starting off by mentioning the threats, the author has declared that yet the biggest winners
could be tech companies and, in justifying why so, he talks of how insurance is using
technology to change behaviour to reduce payouts.

Consider option A. This talks of how data available to individuals and firms is helping them
assess risk better. It doesnt carry forward the thought about helicopter parenting from the
penultimate line of the paragraph.
Option B talks of how smart devices are helping improve lives and lifestyles. This
substantiates the threat of better behaviour resulting from smart devices that the author
refers to while starting the paragraph. It doesnt conclude the paragraph.

Option D is ruled out as it talks of reducing uncertainty due to better insights into risks. This
is the basic premise on which this paragraph is based, but does not conclude the given
paragraph.

Option C talks of this sort of relationship and why the tech companies are better placed to
win business based on trust. This provides the reasoning for why the author thinks tech
companies are the biggest winners, so this is the correct concluding line.

19) D. This paragraph argues that resources spent-time, money and judiciary resources- are
justified on the basis that the death penalty is a deterrent and questions whether it is indeed
an effective deterrent. The author argues that it isnt, and says that any deterrent impacts are
diluted by the inordinate amount of time between the sentencing and execution. The
penultimate line talks of the 15 year gap between sentencing and execution.

We see that option A talks of the cost of handling a death penalty case. This is irrelevant to
the main idea of this paragraph- the deterrent effect of death penalty. So, this option is ruled
out.

Option B again talks of the time and resources involved. As seen before, this paragraph
starts by asking whether the resources spent have a deterrent effect. Option B is, therefore,
ruled out.

Option C starts a new idea altogether, i.e, how the resources used for the death penalty cases
could be better utilized. Again, this is not a conclusion for the given paragraph.

Option D is talks of a much more effective deterrent. This is the correct concluding line
for the paragraph, as it ties in with the main idea of the paragraph of a punishment that is a
powerful deterrent.

20) A. This paragraph starts with the prediction of a poor monsoon and goes on to discuss
the impact of this on Indias farm sector. The penultimate line states that monsoon rainfall
and its distribution are still crucial. Crucial to whom, is the question. The paragraph
discusses Indias farm sector so we are discussing how the monsoon is still crucial to the
farm sector.

Now let us consider the options given.

Option A- This discusses the impact they have on supplies and prices of most farm
commodities and rural demand for consumer goods. The penultimate line talks of monsoon
rainfall and its distribution. They could refer to these two factors. Hence option A seems
to be a good conclusion to the given paragraph.
Option B- This discusses the effect of the poor monsoon and subsequent food inflation on
RBI rate cuts. This statement introduces a new, related idea, i.e, the indirect impact of the
monsoon on inflation and rate cuts. This cannot be the line that completes the given
paragraph, which is discussing the monsoon and Indias farm sector.

Option C- This talks of the accuracy of IMDs forecasts. It looks like a possible contender to
complete the paragraph, as the paragraph started with the prediction of a bad monsoon.
However, this statement refers to the first stage monsoon forecast, while there is no
indication in the given paragraph whether the forecast discussed is the first stage one or the
second stage forecast. Furthermore, the paragraph has focused on the impact of a poor
monsoon on the farm sector. The given statement does not continue that line of thought.

Option D- This option talks of the climate change and the possibility of that affecting the
Indian monsoon. This is a completely different idea and can hence be ruled out as the right
choice.
Option A is the correct answer.
21) C. Correct idiomatic usage requires tenacity to stick.
22) D. Dangling modifier. We do not know who is designing a new home.
23) E
24) A. Change remarkable to remarkably.
25) B. Change I to me. (Object of the preposition against)
26) A
27) B
28) A
29) B
30) B
31) C
32) A
33) D
34) B
35) A
36) D
37) A
38) A
39) A
40) A