Logical Reasoning

PT14 · S4 · Q8 The years 1917, 1937, 1956, 1968, 1979, and 1990

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The years 1917, 1937, 1956, 1968, 1979, and 1990 are all notable for the occurrence of both popular uprisings and near-maximum sunspot activity.

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

8.

Which one of the following exhibits a pattern of reasoning most similar to that in the passage?

  1. The ancient Greeks sometimes attempted

    Trap

    6% picked this

  2. Martha, Sidney, and Hilary are

    Trap

    3% picked this

  3. Unusually cold weather last December

    Trap

    14% picked this

  4. The thirty healthiest people in

    Trap

    2% picked this

  5. Correct

    Acme’s most productive managers are

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

    Skill tested: Parallel · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

    75% picked this

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