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Verbal Ability - Comprehension

Exercise : Comprehension - Section 4
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Laws of nature are not commands but statements of acts. The use of the word "law" in this context is rather unfortunate. It would be better to speak of uniformities in nature. This would do away with the elementary fallacy that a law implies a law giver. If a piece of matter does not obey a law of nature it is punished. On the contrary, we say that the law has been incorrectly started.
1.
If a piece of matter violates nature's law, it is not punished because
it is not binding to obey it
there is no superior being to enforce the law of nature
it cannot be punished
it simply means that the facts have not been correctly stated by law
Answer: Option
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2.
Laws of nature differ from man-made laws because
the former state facts of Nature
they must be obeyed
they are natural
unlike human laws, they are systematic
Answer: Option
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3.
The laws of nature based on observation are
conclusion about the nature of the universe.
true and unfalsifiable.
figments of the observer imagination.
subject to change in the light of new facts.
Answer: Option
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4.
The author is not happy with word 'law' because
it connotes rigidity and harshness
it implies an agency which has made them
it does not convey the sense of nature's uniformity
it gives rise to false beliefs
Answer: Option
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