NinetynineCAT 2024 Slot 1 VARC Q22 Para Summary
Question 22 of the Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) section, CAT 2024 Slot 1, with CAT's official answer and a worked solution.
The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the passage.
Scientific research shows that many animals are very intelligent and have sensory and motor abilities that dwarf ours. Dogs are able to detect diseases such as cancer and diabetes and warn humans of impending heart attacks and strokes. Elephants, whales, hippopotamuses, giraffes, and alligators use low-frequency sounds to communicate over long distances, often miles. Many animals also display wide-ranging emotions, including joy, happiness, empathy, compassion, grief, and even resentment and embarrassment. It's not surprising that animals share many emotions with us because we also share brain structures, located in the limbic system, that are the seat of our emotions.
Scientific research shows that many animals are very intelligent and have sensory and motor abilities that dwarf ours. Dogs are able to detect diseases such as cancer and diabetes and warn humans of impending heart attacks and strokes. Elephants, whales, hippopotamuses, giraffes, and alligators use low-frequency sounds to communicate over long distances, often miles. Many animals also display wide-ranging emotions, including joy, happiness, empathy, compassion, grief, and even resentment and embarrassment. It's not surprising that animals share many emotions with us because we also share brain structures, located in the limbic system, that are the seat of our emotions.
- AAnimals can show emotions which are typically associated with humans.
- BThe similarity in brain structure explains why animals show emotions typically associated with humans.
- CThe advanced sensory and motor abilities of animals is the reason why they can display wide-ranging emotions.
- DAnimals are more intelligent than us in sensing danger and detecting diseases.
Answer: (B) The similarity in brain structure explains why animals show emotions typically associated with humans. Para Summary MCQ
Solution
- The passage lists animals' abilities and emotions and ends with its point: it is not surprising that animals share our emotions, because we share the limbic brain structures that are the seat of emotion.
- B captures the claim together with its explanation, the similar brain structure.
- A gives only the observation. C invents a causal link between sensory ability and emotion, and D overstates the comparison of intelligence.