CAT Question of the Day Answer the question based on the passage given below.
Finally, the fantastic worlds of modern fantasy are created by an author or group of authors, often using traditional elements, but usually in a novel arrangement and with an individual interpretation. Traditional tales with fantasy elements used familiar myths and folklore, and any differences from tradition were considered variations on a theme; the traditional tales were never intended to be separate from the local supernatural folklore. Transitions between the traditional and modern modes of fantastic literature are evident in early Gothic novels, the ghost stories in vogue in the 19th century, and Romantic novels, all of which used extensively traditional fantastic motifs, but subjected them to authors' concepts.
Which of the following is incorrect according to the passage? | OPTIONS | | |  | 1) | All fantastic worlds of modern fantasy are rooted in traditional folklore and myths. | | | 2) | Romantic novels are novels that have certain levels of fantastic elements in them. | | | 3) | The author or group of authors used traditional elements but interpreted them in their own way. | | | 4) | All fantastic worlds of modern fantasy are in a novel arrangement. | | | 5) | Variations on a theme were usually deviances from traditional folklore by authors. |
Tip of the Day In Verbal questions, learn to work with the options, especially question types such as choose the right word, FIJ, and Jumbled Sentences. This will help reduce the time taken to solve these questions. Last year's Question of the day (24-Jun-11) Choose an option that logically completes the paragraph.
In 1996, David Colander of Middlebury College, in Vermont, expressed his dissatisfaction with decades of economics by invoking a lofty analogy. He felt macroeconomists had clawed their way up a mountain, only to discover, when they broke through the clouds, that a neighbouring mountain would have taken them higher. _______. | OPTIONS | | | | | 1) | There was gentle resistance from some well-adjusted economists. | | | 2) | To get from one peak to the other, economists will have to lose a lot of altitude first. | | | 3) | To tackle questions in a fresh way, they may have to set aside many of their favourite techniques and methods. | | | 4) | Economists tend to cling to whatever assumptions are required to use the techniques they favour. |
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