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by shipra » Wed Jun 11, 2008 2:47 am
Hey guyz,
m new here...m preparin on my own n really need help....can sum1 pls help

Q1. At one time, European and Japanese companies tried to imitate their American rivals. Today, American appliance manufacturers import European scientists to lead their research staffs; American automakers design cars that mimic the styling of German, Italian, and French imports; and American electronics firms boast in their advertising of “Japanese-style” devotion to quality and reliability. In the world of high technology, America has lost the battle for international prestige.
Each of the following statements, if true, would help to support the claim above EXCEPT:
(A) An American camera company claims in its promotional literature to produce cameras “as fine as the best Swiss imports.”
(B) An American maker of stereo components designs its products to resemble those of a popular Japanese firm.
(C) An American manufacturer of video games uses a brand name chosen because it sounds like a Japanese word.
(D) An American maker of televisions studies German-made televisions in order to adopt German manufacturing techniques.
(E) An American maker of frozen foods advertises its dinners as “Real European-style entrees prepared by fine French and Italian chefs.”

Y is the answer nt c?
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by gmatinjuly » Wed Jun 11, 2008 5:02 am
Shipra whats the OA ,

I think answer should be D ..

Keeping a japanse name implies they are trying to capitalise on the fact that its a japanese product.....

D just implies technique and studying/adopting necesaarily doesnt imply immitating or banking on somethign made by other countries..

Whats the original answer ...

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by netigen » Wed Jun 11, 2008 7:41 am
Ans is E, which is out of scope since it talks about food industry.

Note the conclusion is only about high tech industry.

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by albertrahul » Wed Jun 11, 2008 7:47 am
I think it should be E.
A, B, C and D talks about technology and all these are related to technology.

Only E talks about Food, hence I would go for E.

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by shipra » Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:14 pm
thanx a lot guys....
the OA is E...have a few doubts...wl post them soon...Thanx again...

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by TrizMA » Sun Jun 29, 2008 5:38 am
albert is right.

Conclusion: In the world of high technology, America has lost the battle for international prestige.

A to D show example of American imitiating rest of world technology or immitating their style for promoting techie products

E is not related to technology so it doesn't affect conclusion hence the answer

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by khanshainur » Wed May 11, 2016 12:42 am
I would go with option E as the correct option