According to the passage, which groups are explicitly stated to have…
2013
According to the passage, which groups are explicitly stated to have representatives on the Steering Committee?
Choose the answer from codes given below :
(i) Representatives from different political parties.
(ii) Representatives from the leftist parties.
(iii) Representatives from the women’s organizations.
(iv) None of the above.
Codes :
Answer: A. (i), (iii) — CONCEPT For a factual reading-comprehension question, separate an explicit assertion in the passage from a later comment about one group. Membership is…
- A.
(i), (iii)
- B.
(i), (ii)
- C.
(i), (ii), (iii)
- D.
(iv)
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Correct answer: A
CONCEPT
For a factual reading-comprehension question, separate an explicit assertion in the passage from a later comment about one group. Membership is supported only when the passage actually states that the group was on the committee.
APPLICATION
The passage explicitly says that representatives from different political parties and representatives from women’s organizations were on the committee.
It then says that the leftists claimed a proprietary right over Aruna. This describes their attitude; it does not separately state that representatives from leftist parties were appointed as a membership category.
Therefore statements (i) and (iii) are supported, while statement (ii) is not supported as a separate membership statement and statement (iv) conflicts with the explicit membership sentence.
CONTRAST
(i), (ii) replaces the explicitly named women’s organizations with the later comment about leftists.
(i), (ii), (iii) treats the later reference to leftists as a third, separately stated membership group.
(iv) conflicts with the passage because two kinds of representatives are explicitly named.
CROSS-CHECK
As a cross-check, the grammatical subject of “were on the committee” contains exactly two coordinated groups: representatives from different political parties and representatives from women’s organizations.
RESULT
Hence the supported code is (i), (iii).