Read the following passage and answer question no 1.
A construction company is building a pre-fabricated structure, which requires specialized crane operators for five different parts of the job. 6 operators are available R, S, T, U, V and W and each phase will take one day and will be done by a single operator. Though an operator may do more than one phase of the job, no operator will work 2 days in a row.
♦ Both R and S can handle any phase of the job.
♦ T can work only on days immediately following days on which S has worked.
♦ U can work only the days that T can.
♦ V can only work on the 3rd and 5th day of the job.
♦ W can only work on the 4th day of the job.
Question 1: If S works on the 1st day of the job, which of the following are true?
a. Only T or U can work on the 2nd day
b. T, U or R could work on the 2nd day
c. R, S or W could work on the 3rd day
Question 2: Our school should not spend its money on the new Verbal Advantage reading programme. After all, our students get all the reading practice then by studying history and science. The argument about depends on which of the following assumptions?
a. The Verbal Advantage programme would not help the students learn history and science.
b. Other reading programmes are just as effective but less expensive than the Verbal Advantage programme.
c. The Verbal Advantage programme involves only reading practice.
d. Teaching students history and science is more important than teaching them reading skills.
e. The students can already read well enough to study history and science.
Question 3: As any economist knows, healtyh people pose less of an economic burden to socity than unhealthy people. Not surprisingly, then, every rupee Indian government spends on prenatal care for undocumented immigrants will save taxpayers of India at least from that burden. Which of the following,if true, would best explain why the statistics cited above are not surprising?
a. The taxpayers of India pay for prenatal care of all immigrants.
b. Babies born in India to undocumented immigrant parents are entitled to infant care benefits from ths central government.
c. India benefites from prenatal care given to promote undocumented immigration.
d. Babies whose mothere did not receive prenatal care are just healthy as other babies.
e. Pregnant women who do not receive prenatal care are more likely to experience health problems than other pregnant women.
Question 4: Per capita income of a country is Tk. 35000. Per capita income is calculated by dividing total aggregate cash income by the total population. Average income for families headed by a female those have no husnband is Tk. 40000. Therefore, women wage earners earned more than the national average. Which of the following would, if true, weaken the above conclution?
a. Per capita income is calculated in real terms.
b. In 99% cases, families headed by a female include no other wage earner.
c. The overall average income and per capita income were the same.
d. Only a small proportion of the total wage earners are women, who run their family.
e. None of the above
Answers: 1. b, 2. d, 3. C, 4. b
