GS-2 Verbal Reasoning Question 24

[deb]

FOR the following question,

24. According to the passage, the success of a colonizer in a colony CANNOT be attributed to:

I. the colonizer's adventurous nature.
II. the colonizer's ability to grasp local customs and languages.
III. the level of education of the colonizer

where in the passage does it support III?

merci.

[admin]

P2: "You go to a colony because jobs are guaranteed, wages high, careers more rapid and business more profitable. The young graduate is offered a position" suggests that whatever a person was able to get in their home country, they get even more in a colony. Thus the "young graduate" gets more success in the colony than they would get at home.

[willj]

This question asks which of the following CANNOT be attributed to the success of the colonizer.

The answer given is C I and II only.

I-The colonizer's adventurous nature
II-The ability to grasp local customs and language.

I put A, I was the only thing not contributing to success, because in the passage it states that the colonizer always choices a place where his native language is spoken. Thus, local language would play a role in his success as a colinizer.

[admin]

I think it would be easier for you to understand if you consider an example. In the passage it discusses (P3) Europeans and their colonies. For example, an Englishmen going to an African or Asian colony. Now they may go there because that particular colony may speak English, but clearly wherever they go, English would not be the local language. In fact, they would have chosen that particular country so they could avoid learning local customs and languages since they could get away with using their own language.

[sanktank78218]

The author also contrasts the "adventurous nature" of the stereotypical colonizer against that of the modern-day colonizer in P1, so this must also be a trait that CANNOT describe the colonizer.

[Guest]

The answer says that the success of a colonizer in a colony CAN be attributed to the "level of the education of the colonizer." While P2 does mention the "young graduate" obtaining more success in the colonies than at home, it does not say that his success is due to his level of education. In fact, P2 also mentions other groups that also have success in the colonies - the "public servant," "the businessman," "the industrialist," - all of whom may have different levels of education. Given that, why can the success of a colonizer be attributed to his level of education?

[acebshaw2450]

[jeanne7524]