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Hatha yoga

by kaulnikhil » Thu Jan 14, 2010 3:10 am
Physician: Hatha yoga is a powerful tool for helping
people quit smoking. In a clinical trial, those who
practiced hatha yoga for 75 minutes once a week and
received individual counseling reduced their smoking
and cravings for tobacco as much as did those who
went to traditional self-help groups once a week and
had individual counseling.
Which one of the following is an assumption on
which the physician's argument relies?
(A) The individual counseling received by the
smokers in the clinical trial who practiced
hatha yoga did not help them quit smoking.
(B) Most smokers are able to practice hatha yoga
more than once a week.
(C) Traditional self-help groups are powerfril tools
for helping people quit smoking.
(D) People who practice hatha yoga for 75 minutes
once a week are not damaging themselves
physically.
(E) Other forms of yoga are less effective than
hatha yoga in helping people quit smoking.
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by gmatmachoman » Thu Jan 14, 2010 3:17 am
IMO D

I think this one is from XAT 09...

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by mehravikas » Thu Jan 14, 2010 4:33 pm
I think the answer would be 'C' here.

Author starts the argument by saying that Hatha Yoga is a powerful tool. The author then draws a comparison between Hatha yoga and traditional self-help groups. The author mentions that by attending clinical trials smokers have been able to reduce their smoking as much as did those who went to traditional self help group.

D seems to be irrelevant to the passage.

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by Testluv » Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:24 pm
great reasoning vikas! ;)
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by mehravikas » Thu Jan 14, 2010 6:05 pm
Thanks Guru ji :-)
Testluv wrote:great reasoning vikas! ;)

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by gmatmachoman » Thu Jan 14, 2010 9:11 pm
mehravikas wrote:I think the answer would be 'C' here.

Author starts the argument by saying that Hatha Yoga is a powerful tool. The author then draws a comparison between Hatha yoga and traditional self-help groups. The author mentions that by attending clinical trials smokers have been able to reduce their smoking as much as did those who went to traditional self help group.

D seems to be irrelevant to the passage.

Yeah Vikas...I really missed the whole point.....


felt bad...... :oops:

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by mehravikas » Thu Jan 14, 2010 9:50 pm
That happens to all of us...just don't feel bad about. Take it easy :-)
gmatmachoman wrote:
mehravikas wrote:I think the answer would be 'C' here.

Author starts the argument by saying that Hatha Yoga is a powerful tool. The author then draws a comparison between Hatha yoga and traditional self-help groups. The author mentions that by attending clinical trials smokers have been able to reduce their smoking as much as did those who went to traditional self help group.

D seems to be irrelevant to the passage.

Yeah Vikas...I really missed the whole point.....


felt bad...... :oops:

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by Testluv » Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:46 pm
That happens to all of us
Yep, it sure does, including me.

Don't feel bad Govardhan. When doing CR questions, the mindset you want to shoot for is: critical, ruthless, alert, and relaxed.

We want to be critical because if we are gullible, we won't have a hope in hell of poking a hole in the argument.

We want to be ruthless with the author: only give the author his stated evidence, and nothing else.

We need to be very alert, intense, and focussed when doing CRs. Of course, this is easier said than done. But if you are not feeling alert, either you shouldn't do a CR (because we don't want to positively reinforce a lackadaisical mindset for CR for test day), or give yourself a mental "slap"--maybe imagine Pavlov shocking you!--before practicing CRs.

But we also want to be relaxed because if we are nervous we will over-think and/or second-guess ourselves.
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by gmatmachoman » Thu Jan 14, 2010 11:39 pm
Many Thanks Deepak.

That was very nice of you & vikas giving the right dosage of advice

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by kaulnikhil » Fri Jan 15, 2010 3:30 am
mehravikas wrote:I think the answer would be 'C' here.

Author starts the argument by saying that Hatha Yoga is a powerful tool. The author then draws a comparison between Hatha yoga and traditional self-help groups. The author mentions that by attending clinical trials smokers have been able to reduce their smoking as much as did those who went to traditional self help group.

D seems to be irrelevant to the passage.
Cant it be A ??? If I say that individual counseling received by the
smokers in the clinical trial who practiced
hatha yoga did help them quit smoking. This means Hath Yoga didnt help them and it is because of clinical trial they reduced smoking

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by mehravikas » Fri Jan 15, 2010 12:49 pm
the argument is about the benfits of Hatha Yoga that is why the author mentions it is a powerful tool.
kaulnikhil wrote:
mehravikas wrote:I think the answer would be 'C' here.

Author starts the argument by saying that Hatha Yoga is a powerful tool. The author then draws a comparison between Hatha yoga and traditional self-help groups. The author mentions that by attending clinical trials smokers have been able to reduce their smoking as much as did those who went to traditional self help group.

D seems to be irrelevant to the passage.
Cant it be A ??? If I say that individual counseling received by the
smokers in the clinical trial who practiced
hatha yoga did help them quit smoking. This means Hath Yoga didnt help them and it is because of clinical trial they reduced smoking