In this question, a passage is given followed by a statement. Read the passage carefully and judge the statement based on the given passage. Using knives and shears, a pair of Russian spacewalkers on Tuesday cut samples of material around a mysterious hole in a Soyuz spacecraft docked on International Space Station that a Moscow official suggested could have been deliberately sabotaged. The 2 mm cavity on the Soyuz spaceship docked to ISS caused an air leak detected in August, two months after the craft's last voyage. Roscosmos space agency said the aim was to discover whether the small but dangerous hole had been made on Earth or in space, to cut away the insulation covering the hole, take out a sample of the material around it to analyze, and put new insulation over the area. Roscosmos chief stated that an investigation had ruled out a manufacturing error. Choose the appropriate one from the following options
The veteran cosmonauts struggled but eventually succeeded in their mission. Before this spacewalk, astronauts had only been able to examine the hole from inside the spacecraft. What made it especially hard is that the Soyuz spacecraft, unlike the ISS, was not designed to be repaired in spacewalks and has no outside railings for astronauts to hold onto.
Statement:
The Soyuz spacecraft was designed to be repaired in spacewalks.
A - The statement is definitely true
B - The statement is probably true
C - The statement cannot be determined
D - The statement is definitely false
Analyzing Soyuz Spacecraft Repair Design
The question asks to evaluate the statement: "The Soyuz spacecraft was designed to be repaired in spacewalks" based on the provided passage.
Passage Information on Soyuz Design
- The passage describes Russian spacewalkers cutting material around a hole in the Soyuz spacecraft docked to the International Space Station (ISS).
- It explicitly mentions the difficulty of the task: "What made it especially hard is that the Soyuz spacecraft, unlike the ISS, was not designed to be repaired in spacewalks and has no outside railings for astronauts to hold onto."
Statement Evaluation
The statement claims the Soyuz spacecraft was designed for spacewalk repairs.
The passage directly contradicts this, stating it "was not designed to be repaired in spacewalks".
Therefore, the statement is definitively false based on the information provided in the passage.
Important Questions from Passage Based Questions
Read the following passage and answer the questions based on it.
As climate change affects seasonal patterns, water management and distribution become important. Rainwater harvesting has become particularly important in urban areas these days. This process involves collecting and storing rainwater for later use. It recovers groundwater levels, prevents water wastage during the monsoon, reduces soil erosion and helps in the availability of drinking water. Above all, it promotes the method of water conservation.
This paragraph supports which of the following statements the most?
A. Climate change has adversely affected humanity.
B. Forests help maintain groundwater levels.
C. Rainwater harvesting is the need of the hour.
D. There are not enough water reserves for urban areas.
In this question, a passage is given followed by a statement. Read the passage carefully and judge the statement based on the given passage.
China evolved a national working strategy to fight pollution. Under this, they placed a number of restrictions on the use of coal. Thermal power stations were shut down and people were not allowed to burn coal even for household consumption. Also, apart from creating norms for vehicular emissions, a number of precautionary measures that could keep air pollution in check were put in place. For the record, 1,37,000 people in China lost their lives because of PM 2.5 vehicular emissions just this year.
While it is true that Beijing’s air quality has improved, the government is far from achieving its targets. The Chinese government has acknowledged that pollution has not reduced to the extent that it was targeting in as many as 231 out of 338 Chinese cities. To overcome this, another three-year working strategy has been prepared.
Statement:
Thermal Power stations were shut down in China to fight pollution.
A - If the statement is definitely true.
B -If the statement is probably true.
C -If the statement cannot be determined.
D -If the statement is definitely false.
In this question, a passage is given followed by a statement. Read the passage carefully and judge the statement based on the given passage.
Farmers in Kerala have been facing great economic loss due to loss in life and reduction in milk yield due to Foot and mouth Disease every year. Besides this the State incurred large economic losses as a result of the inability to produce and ship processed animal products. It was estimated that the country is losing over Rs 4000 Crore annually due to FMD.Under these circumstances Government of Kerala took the stern decision to implement control of this dreaded disease in the State.
Since the State does not have the economic resources to implement such a large scale project on its own, it was decided to approach an external agency such as National Dairy Development Board to provide infrastructural and monetary support.Consequent to a series of discussions at Government level, NDDB agreed in principle to launch a joint venture programme to control Foot and Mouth Disease in the state.
Statement:
The state decide to approach an external agency to implement a large scale project of controlling FMD because the state wanted to give a chance to the external agencies.
Choose the appropriate one from the following options
A - If the statement is definitely true.
B -If the statement is probably true.
C -If the statement cannot be determined.
D -If the statement is definitely false.
In this question, a passage is given followed by a statement. Read the passage carefully and judge the statement based on the given passage.
For Binny Bansal, the end of his long run as co-founder of India’s most successful startup came Saturday when he began calling colleagues to say he was done. The 37-year-old was stunned that officials from Walmart Inc., his startup’s new owner, were probing details of an affair years earlier. An investigation found no evidence of wrongdoing. Nevertheless, a decade after he created e-commerce leader Flipkart, he was calling to say goodbye.
His ouster, announced Tuesday from Walmart’s hometown of Bentonville, Ark., left workers at Flipkart, half a world away in Bangalore, stunned and struggling to make sense of the cryptic explanation. They worried about Walmart’s motivations and wondered if other Flipkart leaders would exit.
Statement:
Flipkart is one of India's most successful startups.
Choose
A - If the statement is definitely true.
B -If the statement is probably true.
C -If the statement cannot be determined
D -If the statement is definitely false.
Which of the following inferences can be drawn from the above excerpt?
