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Socialism stands for an organization of society, and more especially for an economic organization, radically opposed to, and differing from, the organization which prevails to-day. Capitalism in its present form is a comparatively modern phenomenon, owing its origin historically to the dissolution of the feudal system. The immediate causes of its accelerated development were the rapid invention of new kinds of machinery, and more especially that of steam as a motor power, which together inaugurated a revolution in the methods of production generally. Production on a small scale gave way to production on a large scale. The independent weavers, for example, each with his own loom, were wholly unable to compete with the mechanisms of the new factory; their looms, by being superseded, were virtually taken away from them; and these men, formerly their own masters, working with their own implements, and living by the sale of their own individual products, were compelled to pass under the sway of a novel class, the capitalists. Such was the rise of the capitalistic system; and when once it had been adequately organized, as it first was, in England, it proceeded to spread itself with astonishing rapidity, all other methods disappearing before it, through their own comparative inefficiency.
When socialists turn from capitalism to socialism, and speak of how socialism has risen and spread likewise, their language, as thus applied, has no meaning whatever unless it is interpreted in a totally new sense. Capitalism rose and spread as an actual working system, which multiplied and improved the material appliances of life in a manner beyond the reach of the older system displaced by it. Socialism, on the other hand, has risen and spread thus far, not as a system which is threatening to supersede capitalism by its actual success as an alternative system of production, but merely as a theory or belief that such an alternative is possible. Socialism has produced resolutions at endless public meetings; it has produced discontent and strikes; it has hampered production constantly. But socialism has never inaugurated an improved chemical process; it has never bridged an estuary or built an ocean liner; it has never produced or cheapened so much as a lamp or a frying-pan. It is a theory that such things could be accomplished by the practical application of its principles; but it is thus far a theory only, and it is as a theory only that we can examine it.
Q. Which of the following statements, if true, would strengthen the author's main argument?
A. There were a few attempts at operationalizing the tenets of socialism that were largely unsuccessful
B. Chicago, the birthplace of modern Socialism, has not a single example where the process of production was improved by the Socialistic principles
C. Independent weavers, who lost their small scale businesses, reorganized as a union to take back the control of the weaving industry from the capitalists
  • a)
    A only
  • b)
    A & B only
  • c)
    A & C Only
  • d)
    All of the above
Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?
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Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:Social...
Statement A if true would strengthen the author’s assertion that Socialism as an economic theory is not a working system and has not produced any efficiencies or improved the process of production. Similarly statement B further corroborates that point. Statement c neither supports nor contradicts the main point. Hence option B.
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Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:Socialism stands for an organization of society, and more especially for an economic organization, radically opposed to, and differing from, the organization which prevails to-day. Capitalism in its present form is a comparatively modern phenomenon, owing its origin historically to the dissolution of the feudal system. The immediate causes of its accelerated development were the rapid invention of new kinds of machinery, and more especially that of steam as a motor power, which together inaugurated a revolution in the methods of production generally. Production on a small scale gave way to production on a large scale. The independent weavers, for example, each with his own loom, were wholly unable to compete with the mechanisms of the new factory; their looms, by being superseded, were virtually taken away from them; and these men, formerly their own masters, working with their own implements, and living by the sale of their own individual products, were compelled to pass under the sway of a novel class, the capitalists. Such was the rise of the capitalistic system; and when once it had been adequately organized, as it first was, in England, it proceeded to spread itself with astonishing rapidity, all other methods disappearing before it, through their own comparative inefficiency.When socialists turn from capitalism to socialism, and speak of how socialism has risen and spread likewise, their language, as thus applied, has no meaning whatever unless it is interpreted in a totally new sense. Capitalism rose and spread as an actual working system, which multiplied and improved the material appliances of life in a manner beyond the reach of the older system displaced by it. Socialism, on the other hand, has risen and spread thus far, not as a system which is threatening to supersede capitalism by its actual success as an alternative system of production, but merely as a theory or belief that such an alternative is possible. Socialism has produced resolutions at endless public meetings; it has produced discontent and strikes; it has hampered production constantly. But socialism has never inaugurated an improved chemical process; it has never bridged an estuary or built an ocean liner; it has never produced or cheapened so much as a lamp or a frying-pan. It is a theory that such things could be accomplished by the practical application of its principles; but it is thus far a theory only, and it is as a theory only that we can examine it.Q.Which of the following statements, if true, would strengthen the authors main argument?A. There were a few attempts at operationalizing the tenets of socialism that were largely unsuccessfulB. Chicago, the birthplace of modern Socialism, has not a single example where the process of production was improved by the Socialistic principlesC. Independent weavers, who lost their small scale businesses, reorganized as a union to take back the control of the weaving industry from the capitalistsa)A onlyb)A & B onlyc)A & C Onlyd)All of the aboveCorrect answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?
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Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:Socialism stands for an organization of society, and more especially for an economic organization, radically opposed to, and differing from, the organization which prevails to-day. Capitalism in its present form is a comparatively modern phenomenon, owing its origin historically to the dissolution of the feudal system. The immediate causes of its accelerated development were the rapid invention of new kinds of machinery, and more especially that of steam as a motor power, which together inaugurated a revolution in the methods of production generally. Production on a small scale gave way to production on a large scale. The independent weavers, for example, each with his own loom, were wholly unable to compete with the mechanisms of the new factory; their looms, by being superseded, were virtually taken away from them; and these men, formerly their own masters, working with their own implements, and living by the sale of their own individual products, were compelled to pass under the sway of a novel class, the capitalists. Such was the rise of the capitalistic system; and when once it had been adequately organized, as it first was, in England, it proceeded to spread itself with astonishing rapidity, all other methods disappearing before it, through their own comparative inefficiency.When socialists turn from capitalism to socialism, and speak of how socialism has risen and spread likewise, their language, as thus applied, has no meaning whatever unless it is interpreted in a totally new sense. Capitalism rose and spread as an actual working system, which multiplied and improved the material appliances of life in a manner beyond the reach of the older system displaced by it. Socialism, on the other hand, has risen and spread thus far, not as a system which is threatening to supersede capitalism by its actual success as an alternative system of production, but merely as a theory or belief that such an alternative is possible. Socialism has produced resolutions at endless public meetings; it has produced discontent and strikes; it has hampered production constantly. But socialism has never inaugurated an improved chemical process; it has never bridged an estuary or built an ocean liner; it has never produced or cheapened so much as a lamp or a frying-pan. It is a theory that such things could be accomplished by the practical application of its principles; but it is thus far a theory only, and it is as a theory only that we can examine it.Q.Which of the following statements, if true, would strengthen the authors main argument?A. There were a few attempts at operationalizing the tenets of socialism that were largely unsuccessfulB. Chicago, the birthplace of modern Socialism, has not a single example where the process of production was improved by the Socialistic principlesC. Independent weavers, who lost their small scale businesses, reorganized as a union to take back the control of the weaving industry from the capitalistsa)A onlyb)A & B onlyc)A & C Onlyd)All of the aboveCorrect answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? for CAT 2024 is part of CAT preparation. The Question and answers have been prepared according to the CAT exam syllabus. Information about Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:Socialism stands for an organization of society, and more especially for an economic organization, radically opposed to, and differing from, the organization which prevails to-day. Capitalism in its present form is a comparatively modern phenomenon, owing its origin historically to the dissolution of the feudal system. The immediate causes of its accelerated development were the rapid invention of new kinds of machinery, and more especially that of steam as a motor power, which together inaugurated a revolution in the methods of production generally. Production on a small scale gave way to production on a large scale. The independent weavers, for example, each with his own loom, were wholly unable to compete with the mechanisms of the new factory; their looms, by being superseded, were virtually taken away from them; and these men, formerly their own masters, working with their own implements, and living by the sale of their own individual products, were compelled to pass under the sway of a novel class, the capitalists. Such was the rise of the capitalistic system; and when once it had been adequately organized, as it first was, in England, it proceeded to spread itself with astonishing rapidity, all other methods disappearing before it, through their own comparative inefficiency.When socialists turn from capitalism to socialism, and speak of how socialism has risen and spread likewise, their language, as thus applied, has no meaning whatever unless it is interpreted in a totally new sense. Capitalism rose and spread as an actual working system, which multiplied and improved the material appliances of life in a manner beyond the reach of the older system displaced by it. Socialism, on the other hand, has risen and spread thus far, not as a system which is threatening to supersede capitalism by its actual success as an alternative system of production, but merely as a theory or belief that such an alternative is possible. Socialism has produced resolutions at endless public meetings; it has produced discontent and strikes; it has hampered production constantly. But socialism has never inaugurated an improved chemical process; it has never bridged an estuary or built an ocean liner; it has never produced or cheapened so much as a lamp or a frying-pan. It is a theory that such things could be accomplished by the practical application of its principles; but it is thus far a theory only, and it is as a theory only that we can examine it.Q.Which of the following statements, if true, would strengthen the authors main argument?A. There were a few attempts at operationalizing the tenets of socialism that were largely unsuccessfulB. Chicago, the birthplace of modern Socialism, has not a single example where the process of production was improved by the Socialistic principlesC. Independent weavers, who lost their small scale businesses, reorganized as a union to take back the control of the weaving industry from the capitalistsa)A onlyb)A & B onlyc)A & C Onlyd)All of the aboveCorrect answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? covers all topics & solutions for CAT 2024 Exam. 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The independent weavers, for example, each with his own loom, were wholly unable to compete with the mechanisms of the new factory; their looms, by being superseded, were virtually taken away from them; and these men, formerly their own masters, working with their own implements, and living by the sale of their own individual products, were compelled to pass under the sway of a novel class, the capitalists. Such was the rise of the capitalistic system; and when once it had been adequately organized, as it first was, in England, it proceeded to spread itself with astonishing rapidity, all other methods disappearing before it, through their own comparative inefficiency.When socialists turn from capitalism to socialism, and speak of how socialism has risen and spread likewise, their language, as thus applied, has no meaning whatever unless it is interpreted in a totally new sense. Capitalism rose and spread as an actual working system, which multiplied and improved the material appliances of life in a manner beyond the reach of the older system displaced by it. Socialism, on the other hand, has risen and spread thus far, not as a system which is threatening to supersede capitalism by its actual success as an alternative system of production, but merely as a theory or belief that such an alternative is possible. Socialism has produced resolutions at endless public meetings; it has produced discontent and strikes; it has hampered production constantly. But socialism has never inaugurated an improved chemical process; it has never bridged an estuary or built an ocean liner; it has never produced or cheapened so much as a lamp or a frying-pan. It is a theory that such things could be accomplished by the practical application of its principles; but it is thus far a theory only, and it is as a theory only that we can examine it.Q.Which of the following statements, if true, would strengthen the authors main argument?A. There were a few attempts at operationalizing the tenets of socialism that were largely unsuccessfulB. Chicago, the birthplace of modern Socialism, has not a single example where the process of production was improved by the Socialistic principlesC. Independent weavers, who lost their small scale businesses, reorganized as a union to take back the control of the weaving industry from the capitalistsa)A onlyb)A & B onlyc)A & C Onlyd)All of the aboveCorrect answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?.
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Capitalism rose and spread as an actual working system, which multiplied and improved the material appliances of life in a manner beyond the reach of the older system displaced by it. Socialism, on the other hand, has risen and spread thus far, not as a system which is threatening to supersede capitalism by its actual success as an alternative system of production, but merely as a theory or belief that such an alternative is possible. Socialism has produced resolutions at endless public meetings; it has produced discontent and strikes; it has hampered production constantly. But socialism has never inaugurated an improved chemical process; it has never bridged an estuary or built an ocean liner; it has never produced or cheapened so much as a lamp or a frying-pan. It is a theory that such things could be accomplished by the practical application of its principles; but it is thus far a theory only, and it is as a theory only that we can examine it.Q.Which of the following statements, if true, would strengthen the authors main argument?A. There were a few attempts at operationalizing the tenets of socialism that were largely unsuccessfulB. Chicago, the birthplace of modern Socialism, has not a single example where the process of production was improved by the Socialistic principlesC. Independent weavers, who lost their small scale businesses, reorganized as a union to take back the control of the weaving industry from the capitalistsa)A onlyb)A & B onlyc)A & C Onlyd)All of the aboveCorrect answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? defined & explained in the simplest way possible. 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The independent weavers, for example, each with his own loom, were wholly unable to compete with the mechanisms of the new factory; their looms, by being superseded, were virtually taken away from them; and these men, formerly their own masters, working with their own implements, and living by the sale of their own individual products, were compelled to pass under the sway of a novel class, the capitalists. Such was the rise of the capitalistic system; and when once it had been adequately organized, as it first was, in England, it proceeded to spread itself with astonishing rapidity, all other methods disappearing before it, through their own comparative inefficiency.When socialists turn from capitalism to socialism, and speak of how socialism has risen and spread likewise, their language, as thus applied, has no meaning whatever unless it is interpreted in a totally new sense. Capitalism rose and spread as an actual working system, which multiplied and improved the material appliances of life in a manner beyond the reach of the older system displaced by it. Socialism, on the other hand, has risen and spread thus far, not as a system which is threatening to supersede capitalism by its actual success as an alternative system of production, but merely as a theory or belief that such an alternative is possible. Socialism has produced resolutions at endless public meetings; it has produced discontent and strikes; it has hampered production constantly. But socialism has never inaugurated an improved chemical process; it has never bridged an estuary or built an ocean liner; it has never produced or cheapened so much as a lamp or a frying-pan. It is a theory that such things could be accomplished by the practical application of its principles; but it is thus far a theory only, and it is as a theory only that we can examine it.Q.Which of the following statements, if true, would strengthen the authors main argument?A. There were a few attempts at operationalizing the tenets of socialism that were largely unsuccessfulB. Chicago, the birthplace of modern Socialism, has not a single example where the process of production was improved by the Socialistic principlesC. Independent weavers, who lost their small scale businesses, reorganized as a union to take back the control of the weaving industry from the capitalistsa)A onlyb)A & B onlyc)A & C Onlyd)All of the aboveCorrect answer is option 'B'. 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The independent weavers, for example, each with his own loom, were wholly unable to compete with the mechanisms of the new factory; their looms, by being superseded, were virtually taken away from them; and these men, formerly their own masters, working with their own implements, and living by the sale of their own individual products, were compelled to pass under the sway of a novel class, the capitalists. Such was the rise of the capitalistic system; and when once it had been adequately organized, as it first was, in England, it proceeded to spread itself with astonishing rapidity, all other methods disappearing before it, through their own comparative inefficiency.When socialists turn from capitalism to socialism, and speak of how socialism has risen and spread likewise, their language, as thus applied, has no meaning whatever unless it is interpreted in a totally new sense. Capitalism rose and spread as an actual working system, which multiplied and improved the material appliances of life in a manner beyond the reach of the older system displaced by it. Socialism, on the other hand, has risen and spread thus far, not as a system which is threatening to supersede capitalism by its actual success as an alternative system of production, but merely as a theory or belief that such an alternative is possible. Socialism has produced resolutions at endless public meetings; it has produced discontent and strikes; it has hampered production constantly. But socialism has never inaugurated an improved chemical process; it has never bridged an estuary or built an ocean liner; it has never produced or cheapened so much as a lamp or a frying-pan. It is a theory that such things could be accomplished by the practical application of its principles; but it is thus far a theory only, and it is as a theory only that we can examine it.Q.Which of the following statements, if true, would strengthen the authors main argument?A. There were a few attempts at operationalizing the tenets of socialism that were largely unsuccessfulB. Chicago, the birthplace of modern Socialism, has not a single example where the process of production was improved by the Socialistic principlesC. Independent weavers, who lost their small scale businesses, reorganized as a union to take back the control of the weaving industry from the capitalistsa)A onlyb)A & B onlyc)A & C Onlyd)All of the aboveCorrect answer is option 'B'. 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The independent weavers, for example, each with his own loom, were wholly unable to compete with the mechanisms of the new factory; their looms, by being superseded, were virtually taken away from them; and these men, formerly their own masters, working with their own implements, and living by the sale of their own individual products, were compelled to pass under the sway of a novel class, the capitalists. Such was the rise of the capitalistic system; and when once it had been adequately organized, as it first was, in England, it proceeded to spread itself with astonishing rapidity, all other methods disappearing before it, through their own comparative inefficiency.When socialists turn from capitalism to socialism, and speak of how socialism has risen and spread likewise, their language, as thus applied, has no meaning whatever unless it is interpreted in a totally new sense. Capitalism rose and spread as an actual working system, which multiplied and improved the material appliances of life in a manner beyond the reach of the older system displaced by it. Socialism, on the other hand, has risen and spread thus far, not as a system which is threatening to supersede capitalism by its actual success as an alternative system of production, but merely as a theory or belief that such an alternative is possible. Socialism has produced resolutions at endless public meetings; it has produced discontent and strikes; it has hampered production constantly. But socialism has never inaugurated an improved chemical process; it has never bridged an estuary or built an ocean liner; it has never produced or cheapened so much as a lamp or a frying-pan. It is a theory that such things could be accomplished by the practical application of its principles; but it is thus far a theory only, and it is as a theory only that we can examine it.Q.Which of the following statements, if true, would strengthen the authors main argument?A. There were a few attempts at operationalizing the tenets of socialism that were largely unsuccessfulB. Chicago, the birthplace of modern Socialism, has not a single example where the process of production was improved by the Socialistic principlesC. Independent weavers, who lost their small scale businesses, reorganized as a union to take back the control of the weaving industry from the capitalistsa)A onlyb)A & B onlyc)A & C Onlyd)All of the aboveCorrect answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? theory, EduRev gives you an ample number of questions to practice Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:Socialism stands for an organization of society, and more especially for an economic organization, radically opposed to, and differing from, the organization which prevails to-day. Capitalism in its present form is a comparatively modern phenomenon, owing its origin historically to the dissolution of the feudal system. The immediate causes of its accelerated development were the rapid invention of new kinds of machinery, and more especially that of steam as a motor power, which together inaugurated a revolution in the methods of production generally. Production on a small scale gave way to production on a large scale. The independent weavers, for example, each with his own loom, were wholly unable to compete with the mechanisms of the new factory; their looms, by being superseded, were virtually taken away from them; and these men, formerly their own masters, working with their own implements, and living by the sale of their own individual products, were compelled to pass under the sway of a novel class, the capitalists. Such was the rise of the capitalistic system; and when once it had been adequately organized, as it first was, in England, it proceeded to spread itself with astonishing rapidity, all other methods disappearing before it, through their own comparative inefficiency.When socialists turn from capitalism to socialism, and speak of how socialism has risen and spread likewise, their language, as thus applied, has no meaning whatever unless it is interpreted in a totally new sense. Capitalism rose and spread as an actual working system, which multiplied and improved the material appliances of life in a manner beyond the reach of the older system displaced by it. Socialism, on the other hand, has risen and spread thus far, not as a system which is threatening to supersede capitalism by its actual success as an alternative system of production, but merely as a theory or belief that such an alternative is possible. Socialism has produced resolutions at endless public meetings; it has produced discontent and strikes; it has hampered production constantly. But socialism has never inaugurated an improved chemical process; it has never bridged an estuary or built an ocean liner; it has never produced or cheapened so much as a lamp or a frying-pan. It is a theory that such things could be accomplished by the practical application of its principles; but it is thus far a theory only, and it is as a theory only that we can examine it.Q.Which of the following statements, if true, would strengthen the authors main argument?A. There were a few attempts at operationalizing the tenets of socialism that were largely unsuccessfulB. Chicago, the birthplace of modern Socialism, has not a single example where the process of production was improved by the Socialistic principlesC. Independent weavers, who lost their small scale businesses, reorganized as a union to take back the control of the weaving industry from the capitalistsa)A onlyb)A & B onlyc)A & C Onlyd)All of the aboveCorrect answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? tests, examples and also practice CAT tests.
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