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Objective Exams Trick 2 - Extreme Words

When extreme words are used in the statements, then these statements are most likely (about 99%) going to be wrong. For example, the statement “All the states of India have a coastline” can be considered incorrect 99.9%. Here extreme word “All” is used. Words such as All, None, nothing, etc constitute extreme words.

Examples

APPSC Group-II 2017 Mains Paper-III Economy and Development: Question 12

In India, Reserve money does not consist of
A) only currency with public
B) only bankers deposits as reserves with the RBI
C) other deposits with the RBI
D) Foreign exchange held by all persons present in India
Explanation
It consists of currency (notes and coins in circulation with the public and vault cash of commercial banks) and deposits held by the Government of India and commercial banks with RBI and other deposits with RBI.

Answer Options A, B, and D used the extreme word "All", "Only". Even though you don't know the real answer, 99% of the time, these will be wrong. Since the question is a negative sentence, your answers are A, B, and D.

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