IMAT Reading skills questions

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1. 1IMAT 2024 Q2

   Based on historical records, we can say that many ancient societies devised symbols to represent numbers and solutions to mathematical problems. Although thinkers began to take the first steps towards mathematics early on, it can be asserted that only with Greek civilisation did this discipline acquire the abstract and general characteristics that render it distinct and render it a unique science. It is noteworthy that mathematics evolved into an abstract and general science at a deliberate pace. Documents from pre-Greek civilisations indicate that solutions to mathematical problems were confined to specific, tangible cases. These documents convey the impression that mathematical concepts were communicated sporadically and non-methodically (occasionally even fortuitously), and were treated as useful information geared towards practical outcomes. MANARA, LUCCHINI, Momenti del pensiero matematico, Mursia Which of the following CANNOT be inferred from the text?
   1. ASince antiquity, mathematics has been characterized by abstractness and generality.
   2. BIn antiquity, mathematical notions were not communicated in a methodical manner.
   3. CSymbols representing numbers had already been adopted in antiquity.
   4. DIn antiquity, mathematical notions were geared towards practical outcomes.
   5. EThe evolution of mathematics has been an extremely slow process.
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2. 2IMAT 2024 Q4

   In which of the following is the verb passive?
   1. AThe deeds of Aeneas were sung by Virgil.
   2. BMany students read Greek tragedies in high school.
   3. CIn the Gallic Wars, Julius Caesar described in detail his military campaign to conquer Gaul.
   4. DIn one of his works, Plato associates solid forms to the four elements: octahedron to air, tetrahedron to fire, cube to earth, and icosahedron to water.
   5. EIn the Iliad, Homer sings the deeds of the Pelide Achilles.
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