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Q32·CSAT · Prelims 2024

Evaluating the validity of policy-related assumptions

Reading Comp.Health / Policy passageStatement-basedHard

Question

Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made:

1The horrors of modern life are the inevitable result of the progress of science.
2The aspect of truth likely to be overlooked is that science is what man has made it.

Options

a

1 only

b

2 only

Answer
c

Both 1 and 2

d

Neither 1 nor 2

Explanation

Assumption 1 frames modern horrors as an "inevitable result" of science , which directly contradicts the author's open-ended concluding question: "Is this the inevitable result of the progress of science or does the fault lie elsewhere?". Assumption 2 captures the underlying premise [cite: 1528, 1529]: because the author objects to treating science as an independent "abstract third party" blamed or praised at convenience , the author fundamentally assumes that science cannot be separated from human actions and creation.

When a text claims an entity cannot be divorced from humanity, it assumes that the entity's outcomes reflect human input and design.

Answer: (b).

Question details

Year

2024

Paper

CSAT

Question

Q32

Section

Reading Comprehension

Sub-topic

Health / Policy passage

Type

Statement-based

Difficulty

Hard

Source hint

Passage-based comprehension

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