Verification of Truth of the Statement Questions and Answers

Answer: C

Correct answer: Astonishment

The question asks what is always present, not what usually is. To wonder at something is to be astonished by it - the two go together by definition. A crowd, lumber and rusticity are unconnected.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Buying and selling

The question asks what is always present, not what usually is. A market is a place where buying and selling take place, so that exchange is what constitutes it. A roof belongs to covered markets alone, and the majority of the world’s markets are open air. Fixed shops are absent from a weekly market where traders set up and depart, which is nonetheless a market. A weighing scale is needed for goods sold by weight and not for goods sold by the piece.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Goods for sale

The question asks what is always present, not what usually is. A shop is a place where goods are offered for sale, so goods for sale are what define it. A cash register is a convenience of larger shops; a street vendor with a basket takes money in hand. Customers come and go, and a shop with none at a given moment is still a shop - indeed a shop that has never had one is still a shop. A signboard identifies a shop but does not constitute it, and many small establishments have none.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Hardness

The question asks what is always present, not what usually is. Diamond is the hardest natural substance, and that property belongs to every diamond. Brilliance depends on the cut, its uses vary, and diamond is a poor conductor of electricity.

Answer: B

Correct answer: A surface to travel on

The question asks what is always present, not what usually is. A road is a way prepared for travel, so a surface to travel on is what makes it one. Traffic lights are found at junctions in towns and on almost no rural road. Footpaths accompany urban roads and are absent from most country roads. A name is an administrative convenience, and a great many roads - farm tracks, forest roads - have none.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Whiteness

The question asks what is always present, not what usually is. Milk is white, and that whiteness - caused by the fat globules and casein scattering light - belongs to every sample of it. Cream can be skimmed off, curd is milk after it has set, and water is common to countless liquids.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Locks

The question asks what is always present, not what usually is. A jail exists to confine, and confinement means locks. Bars are one style of construction, a lawyer visits from outside, and the jailor is a person rather than a part of the place.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Legitimate

The question asks what is always present, not what usually is. Justice is giving each what is lawfully due, so what is legitimate is bound up in the idea itself. Magnanimity is generosity, which justice does not require; hypocrisy is its opposite; diminutiveness is irrelevant.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Courage

The question asks what is always present, not what usually is. Bravery is courage in the face of danger - the two words name the same quality. Experience, power and knowledge may accompany it but are not part of it.

Answer: B

Correct answer: A source of light

The question asks what is always present, not what usually is. A shadow is the region from which light is blocked, so a source of light is what it cannot exist without - in complete darkness there are no shadows at all. A sharp outline depends on the size of the source: a point source gives crisp edges, while a broad one gives a soft penumbra with no sharp boundary. Darkness is relative rather than a colour, and a shadow lit by a second source may be quite bright. A moving object is irrelevant - a stationary object casts a shadow perfectly well.