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GATE 2021 CY – Question 10

General Aptitude · Verbal Aptitude: Grammar and Vocabulary · 2 marks · Multiple choice

Humans have the ability to construct worlds entirely in their minds, which don’t exist in the physical world. So far as we know, no other species possesses this ability. This skill is so important that we have different words to refer to its different flavors, such as imagination, invention and innovation. Based on the above passage, which one of the following is TRUE?

  1. No species possess the ability to construct worlds in their minds.
  2. The terms imagination, invention and innovation refer to unrelated skills.
  3. We do not know of any species other than humans who possess the ability to construct mental worlds.
  4. Imagination, invention and innovation are unrelated to the ability to construct mental worlds.

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Correct answer: (C) We do not know of any species other than humans who possess the ability to construct mental worlds.

Explanation

The passage explicitly limits the claim to present knowledge: no other species is known to possess this ability. Option C preserves that qualification. A contradicts the statement about humans, while B and D contradict the relationship between mental construction and imagination, invention and innovation. **C**.