In 1985 there were 20 deaths from automobile accident per 1,000 miles traveled. A total of 20,000 miles were traveled via automobiles in 1985. In the same year, 800 people died in airplane crashes and 400 people were killed in train disasters. A statistician concluded that it was more dangerous to travel by plane, train, and automobile, in that order.
Which of the following refuses the statistician's conclusions?
A :
There is no common denominator by which to compare the number of deaths resulting from each mode of travel.
B :
One year is insufficient to reach such a conclusion.
C :
More people travel by car than any other mode of transport, therefore, the probability of a car accident is greater.
D :
The probability of being killed in a train disaster and as a result of a car crash is the same.
Answer: D Probability 20/1000 and 400/20000 is the same.
Q. No. 14:
Product shipments of household appliances are expected to rise to $17 billion next year, an average annual increase of 8.0 percent over the past five years. The real growth rate, after allowing for probable price increases, is expected to be about 4.3 percent each year, resulting in shipments this year of $ 14 billion in 1987 dollars.
Each of the following, if true, could help to account for this trend EXCEPT:
Answer: D The demand for electrical goods is increasing. This would not be possible if tax advantages decreased and consumers had less income to spend.
Q. No. 15:
Each year's increase or decrease in the trade deficit (merchandise imports greater than exports) is calculated in relation to the previous year's. In 1976, imports of private vehicles were 10 percent higher than in 1975, while imports of vehicles including commercial vans was 15 percent higher than in 1975. That 15 percent increase was one and half times the increase recorded in 1975.
If the formation above is accurate, which of the following must be true?
A :
In 1976, the increase, if any, of commercial vehicle imports was smaller than the increase in imports of private vehicles.
B :
In 1976, the increase, if any, of commercial vehicle imports was greater than the increase in imports of private vehicles.
C :
In 1975, more commercial vehicles were imported than private vehicles.
D :
The average number of private vehicles imported in 1975 declined.
Answer: B The increase was 15%, so we can say that the number was higher.
Q. No. 16:
Granted we all need self confidence and a good self image. However when confidence turns to conceit, people invite the proverbial downfall. Some invert ideologists train their pupils to develop an unjustified adulation of their own personal judgement causing whole societies to collapse from ideologies that nurture internal thought conceit.
Which of the following statements best highlights the above mentioned problem?
A :
We can be impartial in one area of our lives and plagued by prejudice in another.
B :
It takes wrenching experiences to tear us away from our own thought conceit.
C :
People have difficulty recognizing thought conceit in themselves.
D :
Not all educators teach respect for self discipline and humility.
Answer: D It is mentioned in the para that invert ideologists are to be blamed for thought conceit.
Q. No. 17:
Men are like stars, some generate their own light while other reflects the brilliance they receive.
The statement that best elucidates the above is
A :
There are some men who have exceptional intellectual and creative power and do great things without dependence. There ae others who just follow their footsteps.
B :
Men who are capable of doing wonderful things, have originality, are imitated by the less fortunate ones.
C :
Some men are born highly intellectual and virtuous and achieve the best by their own efforts. Those who do not have these, try to follow them.
D :
Men who are born geniuses lives great lives and achieve great positions in life. Many other look at their work and try to be like them.
Answer: A "Own light" means that intelligent people are independent ("without dependence").
Q. No. 18:
Men living in the same neighbourhood may live vastly different lives. But it is not the neighbourhood which is quarrelsome, but the main within us. And we have it in our power to change our neighbourhood into a pleasant one by simply changing our own way.
According to the author, the world is
A :
one of the loveliest and quietest places
B :
an unpleasant and turbulent place
C :
one's own excessive sensitivity that makes it a bad place