- (Topic 3)
Unfortunately. most of the (i) _____ suburbia comes from metropolitan critics who glimpse it only fleethigly. Accustomed to the more structured forms of the city, they see only visual (ii) _____ . And failing to recognize the interactions customary in an urban setting in the social and community life of suburbanites, they see social (iii) _____ and miss the real diversity and richness.
Correct Answer:
BEF
- (Topic 3)
Instances of "galactic cannibalism"—mergers in which large galaxies completely consume smaller ones—may be fairly common. Tidal forces produced by the Milky Way's powerful gravity, for example, appear to be dismantling and engulfing a dwarf galaxy in the constellation Sagittarius, producing large clumps and streamers of stars connecting the two galaxies. Astronomers have also observed two dense clusters of stars and gas at the heart of the Andromeda galaxy, an apparent "double nucleus" that may contain the remnant of a cannibalized dwarf galaxy. But this twin-lobed appearance could also be created by two parts of a single nucleus bisected by a lane of dust. Scientists believe that only about 25 percent of such apparent double nuclei actually represent galactic cannibalism. Many of the rest result from the illusion of proximity that occurs when objects at different distances appear along the same line of sight: others consist of debris from galactic "collisions." in which one galaxy has passed through another without merging, causing waves of new star formation.
The passage suggests that a galactic collision differs from galactic cannibalism in that
Correct Answer:
D
CORRECT TEXT - (Topic 1)
Claim: Governments must ensure that their major cities receive the financial support they need in order to thrive.
Reason: It is primarily in cities that a nation's cultural traditions are preserved and generated.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim and the reason on which that claim is based.
Solution:
The claim introduces a major fact of statement that elucidates that the financial support of the government should be concentrated towards the cities and the reason explains a statement that the importance of doing so is for the well fare and the well being in protecting the cultural and the traditional values of the nation.
It is extremely crucial that the traditional and the cultural values of the nation are protected as they create an identity for the individual and also the nation as the whole. But the statement that the cities are the only representation of the cultural and tradition is flawed. I believe that the cultural and the traditional variations and the facts that are ought to be preserved needs to be focused on the towns and the villages also as they contain the roots of the nation. City on the other hand does hold significant buildings, monuments and the historically significant structures that ought to be protected for the safeguarding of the cultural and the traditional importance of the nation.
It is also important for the nation as a whole to protect the facts especially monuments and historical structures that reflect the traditional aspects and the cultural values of the nation. Government funding plays a key role in the establishment of the same as the financial aspects are crucial in protecting the nature of the tradition and culture.
It is also important that the villages. cultural groups and minorities and the linguistic oriented cultural groups are protected and funds should be allocated for the well being and the development of the same. It is essential that the government funds that are allocated must be carefully spent on the factors that influence the cultural and traditional aspects of the nation.
For example, money should be allocated in order to teach, propagate and the spread the local and vernacular languages. Many European countries have been actively doing the same, for over a period of time.
It is also essential for the people as the tradition and culture creates a form of identity for them and the protection of the cultural and the traditional values and aspects strengthens their identity among the world nations.
Does this meet the goal?
Correct Answer:
A
- (Topic 2)
The manufacturing cost of the item that takes the most time to manufacture is approximately what percent greater than the cost of the item that takes the least time to manufacture?
Correct Answer:
D
- (Topic 2)
Sets A and B contain 40 and 30 elements, respectively, and 16 of the elements in B are not in A. Set C is the set of all elements that are in .-1 or in B or in both. One element is to be selected at random from C. What is the probability that the selected element will be a member of both A and B ?
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Correct Answer:
C
