Pls help with some BB sentence completion..

[shubhangi22]

1. the struggle of the generations is one of the obvious constants of human affairs; therefore, it may be presumptuous to suggest that the rivalry between young and old in western society during the current decade is ___ critical.
A. perennially
B. disturbingly
C. uniquely
D. archetypally
E. captiously

2. Melodramas , which presented stark oppositions between innocence and criminality, virtue and corruption, good and evil, were popular precisely because they offered the audience a world __ of __.
A. bereft..theatricality
B. composed..adversity
C. full..circumstantiality
D.deprived..polarity
E. devoid..neutrality

3. Our new tools of systems analysis, powerful though they may be, led to __ theories, especially, and predictably, in economics and political science, where
productive approaches have long been highly ___.
A.pragmatic..speculative
B.inelegant..efficacious
C.explanatory..intuitional
D.wrongheaded..convergent
E.simplistic..elusive

need explanation as well...

[grefreak]

i think
1C
2C
3B
Do u hae answers?

[shubhangi22]

1:C
2:E
3:E

[shubhangi22]

please guys pls help me with these SCs

[hahahut]

I think at least the first two have been discussed in other posts. Do a search and see if you can get some info from there. My ways for Q1 and Q2 are:

1. The keyword from the first part is "constants". The tone of the sentence suggests we are looking for a word in contrast with "constants". So "uniquely" fits well.

2. Based on the pairs of comparisons, the blanks must have something to do with the sharp opposite. "Polarity" is easy to spot. But with "deprived", the overall meaning is negated. "Polarity" is pretty much the same as "no middle ground". So then E becomes the best option.

[goin4gre]

1. the struggle of the generations is one of the obvious constants of human affairs; therefore, it may be presumptuous(not actually correct) to suggest that the rivalry between young and old in western society during the current decade is (some word that says either surprising or unknown before)___ critical.
A. perennially
B. disturbingly
C. uniquely
D. archetypally
E. captiously

2. Melodramas , which presented stark oppositions between innocence and criminality, virtue and corruption, good and evil, were popular(why popular ???) precisely because(do such stark opposites exist in real world ??????No...real world is normal OR nuetral) they offered the audience a world __ of __.
A. bereft..theatricality
B. composed..adversity
C. full..circumstantiality
D.deprived..polarity
E. devoid..neutrality

3. Our new tools of systems analysis, powerful though(a powerful system with excessive features is supposed to be complex but this tool is....) they may be, led to __ theories, especially, and predictably, in economics and political science, where
productive approaches have long been highly (since the new tool is quite power ...this blank should have some negetive word for the existing)___.
A.pragmatic..speculative
B.inelegant..efficacious
C.explanatory..intuitional
D.wrongheaded..convergent
E.simplistic..elusive

[dholu3]

nicely put up goin4gre.........

[goin4gre]

Thank you Dholu3 !

[shaahid]

Originally Posted by goin4gre

1. the struggle of the generations is one of the obvious constants of human affairs; therefore, it may be presumptuous(not actually correct) to suggest that the rivalry between young and old in western society during the current decade is (some word that says either surprising or unknown before)___ critical.
A. perennially
B. disturbingly
C. uniquely
D. archetypally
E. captiously

Can you please explain what uniquely means here and how it relates to constants?

[goin4gre]

Hi Shaahid ,

Unique means something that is not similar to other ..... For example the freedom struggle in India during the 1940's was not unique or one of its kind at that period because such freedom fights and struggle were going on since last 150 years before India actually got freedom...
Similarly...if struggle between the generations was always present from a long long time and has been termed in the que as a obvious constants ....then it is NOT unique .... am i making sense... i hope this ex helps !