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	24-Apr-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback CAT Question of the Day Answer the question based on the passage given below. People are language users: they read, write, speak, and listen; and they do all of these things in natural languages such as English, Russian, and Arabic. Many philosophers and linguists have been interested in knowing what accounts for this facility that language users have with their language. A language may be thought of as an abstract system, characterized either as a set of grammatical rules or as an axiomatic theoretical structure (think, for example, of the way one would characterize chess as a set of rules, or the way one conceives of geometry as an axiomatic system). So the question may be posed: What relationship do speakers of a language have to the abstract system that constitutes the language they speak? The most popular line of thought is to cast this relationship in terms of knowledge, specifically, knowledge about linguistic facts: those who have mastered English have knowledge about the syntax and semantics of English. Moreover, it is because they have this knowledge that they are able to read, write, speak, and have conversations in English.   Which of the following options can be considered as logically consistent with the view of "knowledge" as expressed in the passage above? OPTIONS     1) A man crosses the road safely by avoiding a vehicle speeding towards him without calculating the time, speed or distance involved in the process.   2) A bicyclist who successfully rides around a corner achieves this by using her knowledge about the physics involved in keeping her balance.   3) A person withdraws his/her hand after touching a hot surface despite not knowing the temperature.    4) None of the above. discuss | yesterday's solution | more questions Tip of the Day While practicing sums, learn to derive the formulae that are going to be used rather than memorizing them. Deriving formulae helps one to be prepared for logic-based sums that cannot be solved by standard formulae. more tips Last year's Question of the day (23-Apr-13) Consider a square board of dimensions (n × n) units; where n is an integer. (n – 1) horizontal and (n – 1) vertical lines are drawn on it so that the square is subdivided into n2 smaller squares of identical dimensions. There is another set of a large number of rectangular tiles of dimensions (2 × 1) units. It is required that the board be completely covered with the rectangular tiles and no tile lie partially outside the square. Statement A: If n is odd, it is not possible to accomplish the task, howsoever you arrange the tiles. Statement B: If n is even and two small squares (1 × 1) are cut, one each from the two adjacent corners of the board, it is still possible to cover the leftover part of the board with the tiles. Statement C: If n is odd and two small squares (1 × 1) are cut, one each from the two opposite corners of the board, it is not possible to cover the leftover part of the board with the tiles, howsoever you arrange the tiles. Identify the correct statement from the following. OPTIONS     1) Only statement A is correct.   2) Only statements A and C are correct.   3) Only statements A and B are correct.   4) All the three statements are correct. discuss TestFunda.com - LEARN with THE LEADER in Online MBA Test Prep Demo Lessons   |   Take a Demo Test   |   Buy Courses   |   Fun Learning Games   |   100-Percentilers About TestFunda.com - TestFunda is backed by www.ZeusLearning.com. 3 IIT-IIM graduates form the Management Team. - The 85+ member team has vast experience in MBA Coaching and Computer-Based Training and Testing. - For 12 years Zeus has created award-winning courseware for companies like Discovery Channel, Reader's Digest, Texas Instruments, Pearson Education. - The TestFunda Advisory Board comprises CEOs and MDs of international educational companies. About This Newsletter You received this email because you have registered with www.TestFunda.com. If you do not want to receive this email or want to sign up for other newsletters from TestFunda  click here. Please do not reply to this mail. Mails sent to this account will not be monitored. Post your comments and solutions under the Question of the Day forum. Problems getting this mail? To get this mail in your inbox, add noreply@testfunda.com to your contact list.       UNSUBSCRIBE / SUBSCRIBE | ABOUT | WHY TESTFUNDA | FAQ | PRIVACY | SUPPORT | CONTACT | DISCUSS   © Enabilon Learning Private Limited. All rights reserved