Practice Module 6
Question 1
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“Ready meals” should be labelled with health warnings in the same way as cigarettes are.
There has been a big rise in the number of ready meals being sold by the supermarkets. These
meals are quick and easy to use, but they tend to have high levels of salt, fat and preservatives
in them, which are not good for our long-term health.
1. Which one of the following, if true, would strengthen the above argument?
People buy ready meals because they do not know how to cook.
People who buy ready meals do not have time to cook for themselves.
People who buy ready meals are unaware of their unhealthy properties.
People who buy ready meals tend also to take little exercise.
People who buy ready meals would not respond to a health warning.
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
The argument is that ready meals should have health warnings, and the reason is because they
are unhealthy. The fact that people are unaware strengthens the link between the evidence
and the conclusion.
Question 2
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The UK government wishes to increase the number of young people from poorer families
entering university education. However, it has recently changed the way in which it provides
financial support for students. Whereas it used to provide grants that the student did not need
to repay, it now provides loans that the student must repay when he or she enters
employment. Research shows that students from poorer families are more likely to be
deterred from going to university by the prospect of debt.
2. Which one of the following is an inference that can be drawn from the passage above?
Students from poorer families are less interested in entering university.
Universities will not be willing to help meet the government’s target.
, The government’s action is likely to deter poorer students from going to university
more than richer.
The prospect of debt is a deterrent to all students, not just the poorer ones.
Maintenance grants were too expensive for the government to fund.
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
The passage states that the new financial support for students must be repaid, and states that
students from poorer families are more likely to be deterred by the prospect of debt. The link
between these two can be inferred, suggesting the government’s changes may deter poorer
students more, as suggested in Option C
Question 3
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A gardener decides to lay out his cabbage patch as a square grid. He has a lot of cabbages so
cannot be bothered to count them, but lays them out on the ground. On completing his square,
he finds he has 9 left over. He then lays them out again with one extra cabbage on each side
of the grid. He then finds that he is 12 cabbages short.
3. How many cabbages has he?
110
109
120
129
119
Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
Cabbages = n2 + 9 = (n+1)2-12, rearrangement gives 2n=20, n=10, cabbages = 109
Question 4
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A commuter bus taking people home from work loads up in town and then stops at various
places on its way to the edge of town. Nobody gets on the bus after the place where it loads
up, but 1/3 of the people on the bus get off at the first stop and at each subsequent stop up to
,the fourth, where the last 8 people get off.
4. How many people boarded the bus originally?
18
27
36
54
Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
If x people are on the bus, say 2x/3 people stay on the first stop, 4x/9 at the second and 8x/27
at the third, 8x/27=8, thus, x=27.
Question 5
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Twelve teams will take part in the Pitch Ball World Cup next month. They will compete in
two pools of six. Every team will play two matches against each of the other teams in the
same pool and one match against each team in the other pool. The winners of each pool will
then contest the final.
5. How many matches will be played altogether during the tournament?
67
91
97
109
193
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
First, every team will play 2 matches against the other 5 teams in their pool. So, team A must
play B, C, D, E and F twice, which is 10 matches, B must play C, D, E and F, which is 8
matches (don’t repeat A), etc. This makes a total of 10+8+6+4+2=30 in the pool, so a total of
60 with 2 pools. Also, each team plays each of the other teams in the other pool once, giving
, 6x6=36 extra matches (there are no repeats here). There is also the final. 60+36+1=97
matches.
Question 6
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Questions 6 to 10 refer to the following information:
The dates of two of the battles supposedly fought by the semi-legendary King Arthur have
caused confusion because there are inconsistencies in the early manuscripts. The Welsh
Annals give the Battle of Badon as “year 72” and the Battle of Camlann as “year 93”.
They also record the death of King Maelgwn of Gwynedd as “year 103”. There is definite
evidence from the calculation of the dates of Easter that “year 9” in the Welsh Annals
coincides with 455 AD in our modern dating system.
The dark age historian, Gildas, records these battles without any mention of Arthur. Records
indicate that Gildas was born in the year of the battle of Badon and wrote his book “On the
Ruin and Conquest of Britain” when he was 43.
However, Maelgwn was still alive when Gildas wrote his book, which is inconsistent with the
other dates given by Gildas and the Welsh Annals.
6. If the dates given in the Welsh Annals are correct, when was the Battle of Badon?
455 AD.
518 AD.
527 AD.
539 AD.
549 AD.
Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
If 455AD is year 9, then year 72 is 455+63=518AD.
Question 7
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Questions 6 to 10 refer to the following information:
The dates of two of the battles supposedly fought by the semi-legendary King Arthur have
caused confusion because there are inconsistencies in the early manuscripts. The Welsh
Annals give the Battle of Badon as “year 72” and the Battle of Camlann as “year 93”.
