Prathiksha wrote:
can someone explain qn 1 & 2 ?
thanks in advance
Sharanyasharanya wrote:
can someone please explain Q1?
Official Explanation
7. The author of the passage would consider which of the following to be most similar to Burroughs’ reasoning?
Explanation
Only this choice is analogous to Burroughs’ portrayal of language as a parasitic virus that makes life less interesting. Therefore, an adult who possesses language would be less likely than a newborn baby to be able to experience interesting things that produce excitement and delight.
Answer: E
8. Select the sentence of the passage in which the author expresses skepticism about established wisdom about a topic.
Explanation
(Sentence 8: Disrupting the “natural” … recombinant DNA.)
In this sentence, by his use of quotation marks, the author calls the established wisdom about what is natural and what flaws are into question. The effect is as if he is making quotation marks with his fingers when mentioning those terms.