Veritas - Session Question - Raisins

reply2spg wrote:Veritas - Session Question

Raisins are made by drying grapes in the sun. Although some of the sugar in the grapes is caramelized in the process, nothing is added. Moreover, the only thing removed from the grapes is the water that evaporates during the drying, and
water contains no calories or nutrients. The fact that raisins contain more iron per food calorie than grapes do is thus puzzling.

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain why raisins contain more iron per calorie than do grapes?

(A) Since grapes are bigger than raisins, it takes several bunches of grapes to provide the same amount of iron as a handful of raisins does.
(B) Caramelized sugar cannot be digested, so its calories do not count toward the food calorie content of raisins.
(C) The body can absorb iron and other nutrients more quickly from grapes than from raisins because of the relatively high water content of grapes.
(D) Raisins, but not grapes, are available year-round, so many people get a greater share of their yearly iron intake from raisins than from grapes.
(E) Raisins are often eaten in combination with other iron-containing foods, while grapes are usually eaten by themselves.

No OA available

In First attempt I choose E, but I think it is D

Conclusion:The fact that raisins contain more iron per food calorie than grapes do is thus puzzling.
Caramelized sugar cannot be digested, so its calories do not count toward the food calorie content of raisins It clearly explains the the reason
Pick B

This question is in Powerscore CR Bible..OA B

Sugar in the grape is caramelized in the process means raisins have caramelized sugar. If we do not calculate the same I think it will weaken the iron content scenario and will not succeeded

aloneontheedge wrote:

reply2spg wrote:Veritas - Session Question

Raisins are made by drying grapes in the sun. Although some of the sugar in the grapes is caramelized in the process, nothing is added. Moreover, the only thing removed from the grapes is the water that evaporates during the drying, and
water contains no calories or nutrients. The fact that raisins contain more iron per food calorie than grapes do is thus puzzling.

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain why raisins contain more iron per calorie than do grapes?

(A) Since grapes are bigger than raisins, it takes several bunches of grapes to provide the same amount of iron as a handful of raisins does.
(B) Caramelized sugar cannot be digested, so its calories do not count toward the food calorie content of raisins.
(C) The body can absorb iron and other nutrients more quickly from grapes than from raisins because of the relatively high water content of grapes.
(D) Raisins, but not grapes, are available year-round, so many people get a greater share of their yearly iron intake from raisins than from grapes.
(E) Raisins are often eaten in combination with other iron-containing foods, while grapes are usually eaten by themselves.

No OA available

In First attempt I choose E, but I think it is D

Conclusion:The fact that raisins contain more iron per food calorie than grapes do is thus puzzling.
Caramelized sugar cannot be digested, so its calories do not count toward the food calorie content of raisins It clearly explains the the reason
Pick B

really....

selango wrote:This question is in Powerscore CR Bible..OA B

Yes..Resolve the Paradox problem set..Question no:3

Thanks, will check that. I am surprise because if that is the case then how come Veritas added that in its program?

selango wrote:Yes..Resolve the Paradox problem set..Question no:3

reply2spg wrote:Thanks, will check that. I am surprise because if that is the case then how come Veritas added that in its program?

selango wrote:Yes..Resolve the Paradox problem set..Question no:3

Critical reasoning question.

It may be possible that both Veritas and Powerscore had taken it from an exisiting source not known by anybody

You are very much into CR questions

abhigang wrote:Critical reasoning question.

It may be possible that both Veritas and Powerscore had taken it from an exisiting source not known by anybody

Hey guys,

This may be an old LSAT question - quite a few of those are out in the public domain and I know that we use some of them (and PowerScore, which also does LSAT, probably does, too).

This is one of my favorites to teach, because it brings up two major CR concepts that I think are absolutely essential to success:

1) Make sure that you read the question stem and know exactly what you're being asked to do. The most popular incorrect answer to this one is A, because "grapes are bigger than raisins" is TRUE. But it doesn't answer the question at all (why do raisins have more iron/calorie than grapes?), so even though it's true, it's incorrect. Make sure that you're aware of the question specifically, as the GMAT likes to try to pull you off track by making it easy to pose your own question.

2) Explain the Paradox, Strengthen, and Weaken questions usually come down to whether or not you fully identify the specific nature of the conclusion/paradox. Here, the paradox is that "raisins contain more IRON PER CALORIE than do grapes". If you're on board with that conclusion, check out the answer choices:

A) Deals with iron by volume (handfuls), and not iron per calorie

B) Deals with iron per calorie, so it's correct

C) Deals with iron per second

D) Deals with iron per meal

E) Deals with iron per year

The only one that supplies a ratio within the scope of the specific paradox is B. Simply understanding the question stem and the paradox should be enough to solve this one (and most others...).

A very good example. It's good to know which wrong answer choices people tend to pick so please keep telling us!