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abhi.iitb
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Source for the below Questions is MGMAT test series. IMO "E" in both questions but answers are different. Need expert help to understand the solution for these questions and what is the mistake in my answer.
Measuring more than five feet tall and ten feet long, the Javan rhinoceros is often called the rarest large mammal on earth. Though the habitat of the Javan rhino once extended across southern Asia, now there are fewer than one hundred of the animals in Indonesia and fewer than a dozen in Vietnam. The decline of the species may have progressed too far to be reversed. For centuries, farmers who wished to cultivate the rhino's habitat viewed the animals as crop-eating pests and shot them on sight; during the colonial period, hunters slaughtered thousands for their horns, as poachers still do today. The surviving Vietnamese herd has diminished to the point that it can no longer maintain the genetic variation necessary for long-term survival. The Indonesian herd cannot be used to supplement the Vietnamese population because, in the millions of years since Indonesia separated from the mainland, the two groups have evolved into separate sub-species. The Indonesian rhinos are protected on the Ujung Kulon peninsula, which is unsettled by humans, and still thought to have sufficient genetic diversity to survive. The lack of human disturbance, however, allows mature forests to replace the shrubby vegetation preferred by the animals. Human benevolence may prove little better for these rhinos than past human maltreatment.
Q.1 Which of the following best expresses the author's attitude toward the likely fate of the Javan
Rhino?
A. optimistic about the Indonesian rhino's long-term survival
B. resigned to the eventual extinction of the species
C. uncertain about the on-going impact of farmers and hunters
D. pessimistic about the species' chances for survival
E. ambivalent about the long-term outcome for the Javan rhinoceros
Q.2 For what purpose does the author include the last sentence of the passage?
A. To demonstrate that the Indonesian herd has better odds of surviving than the
Vietnamese herd.
B. To support the contention that the Javan rhino species may not be able to recover
from its current state.
C. To establish that farmers and hunters are no longer killing Javan rhinos.
D. To reinforce the idea that the Indonesian herd of the Javan rhino species will
not survive.
E. To illustrate that human benevolence can be just as detrimental to the survival
of a species as can human maltreatment.
Measuring more than five feet tall and ten feet long, the Javan rhinoceros is often called the rarest large mammal on earth. Though the habitat of the Javan rhino once extended across southern Asia, now there are fewer than one hundred of the animals in Indonesia and fewer than a dozen in Vietnam. The decline of the species may have progressed too far to be reversed. For centuries, farmers who wished to cultivate the rhino's habitat viewed the animals as crop-eating pests and shot them on sight; during the colonial period, hunters slaughtered thousands for their horns, as poachers still do today. The surviving Vietnamese herd has diminished to the point that it can no longer maintain the genetic variation necessary for long-term survival. The Indonesian herd cannot be used to supplement the Vietnamese population because, in the millions of years since Indonesia separated from the mainland, the two groups have evolved into separate sub-species. The Indonesian rhinos are protected on the Ujung Kulon peninsula, which is unsettled by humans, and still thought to have sufficient genetic diversity to survive. The lack of human disturbance, however, allows mature forests to replace the shrubby vegetation preferred by the animals. Human benevolence may prove little better for these rhinos than past human maltreatment.
Q.1 Which of the following best expresses the author's attitude toward the likely fate of the Javan
Rhino?
A. optimistic about the Indonesian rhino's long-term survival
B. resigned to the eventual extinction of the species
C. uncertain about the on-going impact of farmers and hunters
D. pessimistic about the species' chances for survival
E. ambivalent about the long-term outcome for the Javan rhinoceros
Q.2 For what purpose does the author include the last sentence of the passage?
A. To demonstrate that the Indonesian herd has better odds of surviving than the
Vietnamese herd.
B. To support the contention that the Javan rhino species may not be able to recover
from its current state.
C. To establish that farmers and hunters are no longer killing Javan rhinos.
D. To reinforce the idea that the Indonesian herd of the Javan rhino species will
not survive.
E. To illustrate that human benevolence can be just as detrimental to the survival
of a species as can human maltreatment.
