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Q1:

CAT

Reading Comprehension

Medium

Q1:

Archaeology helps historians to interpret historical facts.

Archaeology helps historians to ascertain factual accuracy.

Archaeology helps historians to carry out their primary duty.

Archaeology helps historians to locate the oldest civilisations in history

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Q2:

CAT

Reading Comprehension

Medium

Q2:

the truth value of a fact is independent of the historian who expresses it.

facts, like truth, can be relative: what is fact for person X may not be so for person Y.

a fact, by its very nature, is objective and universal, irrespective of the context in which it is placed.

the order in which a series of facts is presented does not have any bearing on the production of meaning.

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Q3:

CAT

Reading Comprehension

Medium

Q3:

providing a nuanced interpretation by relying on the auxiliary sciences.

producing a detailed timeline of the various events that led to the Battle.

exploring the socio-political and economic factors that led to the Battle.

deriving historical facts from the relevant documents and inscriptions.

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Q4:

CAT

Reading Comprehension

Medium

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history can be objective like the sciences if it is derived from historical facts.

real history can be found in ancient engravings and archival documents.

history is like science: a selective system of cognitive orientations to reality.

only the positivist methods can lead to credible historical knowledge.

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Q5:

CAT

Reading Comprehension

Medium

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its failure to note historical instances in which the process of declining liberalism has managed to reverse itself.

its extreme pessimism about the future of liberalism today and predictions of an ultimate decline.

its repeated harking back to premodern notions of liberty.

its very narrow definition of liberalism limited to individual freedoms.

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Q6:

CAT

Reading Comprehension

Medium

Q6:

the unlikelihood of a return to the liberalism of the past as long as the rich continue to benefit from the decline in liberal values.

the way the debate around liberalism has been captured by the rich who have managed to insulate themselves from economic hardships.

the fact that the rise in liberalism had led to a greater interest in shared futures from unlikely social classes.

the hypocrisy of the liberal rich, who profess to subscribe to liberal values while cornering most of the wealth

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Q7:

CAT

Reading Comprehension

Medium

Q7:

"And technological advances are reducing ever more areas of work into meaningless drudgery."

"'The gap between liberalism's claims about itself and the lived reality of the citizenry' is now so wide that 'the lie can no longer be accepted.'"

"Democracy has degenerated into a theatre of the absurd."

"the creation of a business aristocracy, the rise of vast companies"

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Q8:

CAT

Reading Comprehension

Medium

Q8:

the essence of liberalism lies in greater individual self-expression and freedoms.

claims about liberalism's disintegration are exaggerated and misunderstand its core features.

if we accept that liberalism is a dying ideal, we must work to find a viable substitute.

liberalism was the dominant ideal in the past century, but it had to reform itself to remain so.

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Q9:

CAT

Reading Comprehension

Medium

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do not shed microfibres.

do not bleed toxins and dyes.

are sold by genuine vintage stores.

are of high quality and long lasting.

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Q10:

CAT

Reading Comprehension

Medium

Q10:

offers luxury clothing at cut-rate prices.

is not cost-effective for retailers.

is an anti-consumerist attitude.

has created environmental problems.

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Q11:

CAT

Reading Comprehension

Easy

Q11:

second-hand stores sold only high-quality clothes.

clothes were not thrown and burnt in landfills

Primark and Boohoo recycled their clothes for vintage stores.

customers bought all their clothes online.

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Q12:

CAT

Reading Comprehension

Medium

Q12:

luxury brands want to maintain their brand image.

the British don't buy second-hand clothing.

recycling is currently not financially attractive for luxury brands.

luxury brands do not like their product to be devalued.

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Q13:

CAT

Reading Comprehension

Medium

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a looming cultural threat.

a unifying force.

filling an entertainment gap.

an economic threat.

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Q14:

CAT

Reading Comprehension

Medium

Q14:

Research shows there is a wide variance in the popularity and viewing of Netflix shows across different EU countries.

Research shows that Netflix has been gradually losing market share to other streaming television service providers.

Research shows that Netflix hits produced in France are very popular with North American audiences.

Research shows that older women across the EU enjoy watching romantic comedies on Netflix, whereas younger women prefer historical fiction dramas.

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Q15:

CAT

Reading Comprehension

Medium

Q15:

European television productions have the potential to become global hits.

national broadcasters dominate in the EU in terms of total television viewing hours.

only half of Netflix's original programming in the EU is now produced in America.

Netflix has been able to transform itself into a truly European entity.

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Q16:

CAT

Reading Comprehension

Medium

Q16:

An Italian comedy show hosted by an international star.

An original German TV science fiction production.

A murder mystery drama set in North Africa and France.

A trans-Atlantic romantic drama set in Europe and America.

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CAT

Medium

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CAT

Medium

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CAT

Medium

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CAT

Medium

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Medium

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CAT

Medium

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Q23:

CAT

Medium

Q23:

Heatwaves pose an enormous risk; the media plays a pivotal role in alerting people to this danger.

Protection from heat waves is important but current reports and public policies seem ineffective.

People are vulnerable to heatwaves caused due to climate change, measures taken are ineffective.

News stories help in warning about heatwaves, but they have to become more effective.

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Q24:

CAT

Medium

Q24:

People create counterfactual alternatives to reality for various reasons, including reasoning about other people's beliefs.

Counterfactual thinking helps to reverse past and future actions and reason out false beliefs.

Counterfactual alternatives to reality are created for a variety of reasons and is part of one's developmental process.

Counterfactuals help people to prepare for the future by understanding intentions and making decisions.

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