RC Drill Set 1, Question 3
In a series of presidential proclamations between 1902(466 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(18 more words not shown)
- Ato argue that(13 more words not shown)
- Bto provide evidence(16 more words not shown)
- Cto offer an(17 more words not shown)
- Dto describe a(20 more words not shown)
- Eto demonstrate that(21 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The sentence explains who was excluded by the adult-use requirement. Newer generations might finally understand English and the law, but that couldn't change whether they had personally used the land as adults before it entered the forest.
What we’re looking for
So why include this sentence? To show the practical effect of the condition: people the Act might seem designed to help still couldn't qualify.
Working the answers
- A
That broad lesson could be drawn from the story, but the sentence's job here is more specific. It explains how this eligibility rule excluded newer applicants, rather than using them to argue a general principle about good intentions.
- B
These are applicants under the Act, not beneficiaries of the 1968 court decision.
- C
The sentence describes the effect of a federal eligibility requirement, not an example of Native laws or values.
- DCorrect
Paragraph 3 directly supplies the consequence: younger generations were shut out by this condition. The preceding sentences explain the flaw: personal adult use had to precede the land's inclusion in the forest.
- E
The focus is on why newer Native applicants couldn't qualify. It isn't an assessment of the Act's long-term effect on the government's own land claims.
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