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GRE RC Challenge #4-studies of African meteorites
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04 Nov 2014, 11:18
04 Nov 2014, 11:18
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As with impact structures, studies of African meteorites, as well as expeditions dedicated to the search for meteorites, have in the past generally been directed by non-African institutions. Obviously this has a lot to do with availability of funding for such work. It is, however, strongly felt that the widely noted lack of knowledge about the importance of the study of meteorites, of how to identify them, and of impact structures also contributes to this one-sided research situation.
Meteorites, especially the iron and stony-iron meteorites, can be recognized by their metallic or semi-metallic appearance, frequently grooved surface structure, and strong magnetism. It is important that, when such material is discovered, all information, for example about its position, orientation on the surface, time of fall, and any visual observations made or sound heard, be meticulously recorded.
Contamination from metal tools and chemical reagents must be avoided. That said, a small number of scientists, for example at the Universities of Cape Town, Cairo, and of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, have in the past actively studied meteorites. While these institutions display requisite expertise for the task, they tend to work in isolation.
Question
It can be inferred that in contrast to the universities mentioned, most other African universities have
A) been underfunded to the point that they are unable to conduct rigorous studies on meteorites
B) shown no interest in pursuing the study of meteorites
C) most likely contaminated the tools they use to gather information concerning impact sites
D) displayed less expertise regarding the study of meteorites
E) been more meticulous in documenting the details of meteorites impact sites
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Re: GRE RC Challenge #4
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Answer: (D)
There are a lot of tempting distractors here. The best answer is the one that can be definitively proved based on the information in the passage.
Only (D) does so: in the last paragraph the passage states, "...institutions have displayed the requisite expertise." Therefore, because these few universities are offered in contrast to other African universities, we can infer that these other universities have not had the requisite expertise.
(A) is close, but it goes too far, stating, 'unable to conduct...'
(B) is not supported by the passage.
(C) does relate to some difficulties universities would have in studying meteorites...but we can not conclude that this specific problem ('contamination of tools') plagues all of these other universities.
(E) is the opposite of what the passage implies.
There are a lot of tempting distractors here. The best answer is the one that can be definitively proved based on the information in the passage.
Only (D) does so: in the last paragraph the passage states, "...institutions have displayed the requisite expertise." Therefore, because these few universities are offered in contrast to other African universities, we can infer that these other universities have not had the requisite expertise.
(A) is close, but it goes too far, stating, 'unable to conduct...'
(B) is not supported by the passage.
(C) does relate to some difficulties universities would have in studying meteorites...but we can not conclude that this specific problem ('contamination of tools') plagues all of these other universities.
(E) is the opposite of what the passage implies.
Re: GRE RC Challenge #4
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04 May 2015, 00:52
04 May 2015, 00:52
soumya1989 wrote:
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Answer: (D)
There are a lot of tempting distractors here. The best answer is the one that can be definitively proved based on the information in the passage.
Only (D) does so: in the last paragraph the passage states, "...institutions have displayed the requisite expertise." Therefore, because these few universities are offered in contrast to other African universities, we can infer that these other universities have not had the requisite expertise.
(A) is close, but it goes too far, stating, 'unable to conduct...'
(B) is not supported by the passage.
(C) does relate to some difficulties universities would have in studying meteorites...but we can not conclude that this specific problem ('contamination of tools') plagues all of these other universities.
(E) is the opposite of what the passage implies.
There are a lot of tempting distractors here. The best answer is the one that can be definitively proved based on the information in the passage.
Only (D) does so: in the last paragraph the passage states, "...institutions have displayed the requisite expertise." Therefore, because these few universities are offered in contrast to other African universities, we can infer that these other universities have not had the requisite expertise.
(A) is close, but it goes too far, stating, 'unable to conduct...'
(B) is not supported by the passage.
(C) does relate to some difficulties universities would have in studying meteorites...but we can not conclude that this specific problem ('contamination of tools') plagues all of these other universities.
(E) is the opposite of what the passage implies.
I did not find A option with any extreme word and any word that makes it too far, pls can you explain me how it went too far, by stating Unable...........
