4 Unstated Detail Questions

“UNSTATED” DETAIL QUESTIONS
How to identify Which of the following is not stated...?

the question Which of the following is not mentioned...?
Which of the following is not discussed...?
All of the following are true except....
Where to find The answers to these questions are found in order in the
the answer passage.
How to answer 1. Choose a key word in the question.
the question 2. Scan the appropriate place in the passage for the key word
or related idea.
3. Read the sentence that contains the key word or idea
carefully.
4. Look for the answers are definetly true according to the
passage. Eliminate those answers.
5. Choose the answer that is not true or not discussed in the
passage.
Example
The passage:
In English, there are many different kinds of expression

that people use to give a anem to anything whose name is
unknown or momentarily forgotten. The word gadget is one such
Lin word. It was first used by British sailors in the 1850s and
e probably came from the French word gachette, which was a
(5) small hook. In everyday use, the word has a more general
meaning. Other words are also used to give a name to something
unnamed or unknown, and these words tend to be somewhat
imaginative. Some of the more commonly used expressions are a
what-d’ye-call-it, a whatsis, a thingamabob, a thingamajig, or a
(10 doohickey.
)
The question:
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as an expression for something that
is not known
(A) A what-is-it
(B) A gadget
(C) A thingamabob
(D) A doohickey
Exercise
PASSAGE ONE (Questions 1-2)
Blood plasma is a clear, almost colorless liquid. It consists of blood

from which the red and white cells have been removed. It is often used in
transfusions because a patient generally needs the plasma portion of the
Lin blood more that the other components.
e Plasma differs in several important ways from whole blood. First of
(5) all, plasma can be mixed for all donors and does not have to be from the
right blood group, as whole blood does. In addition, plasma can be dried and
stored, while whole blood cannot.
1. All of the following are true about blood plasma EXCEPT that
(A) It is a deeply colored liquid
(B) Blood cells have been taken out of it
(C) Patients are often transfused with it
(D) It is generally more important to the patient that other parts of whole blood
2. Which of the following is NOT stated about whole blood?
(A) It is different from plasma
(B) It cannot be dried
(C) It is impossible to keep it in storage for a long time
(D) It is a clear, colorless liquid
PASSAGE TWO (Question 3-4)
Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman was an American journalist at the turn of

the centrury who wrote for the newpaper New York World under the pen
name Nellie Bly, a name which was taken from the Stephen Foster song
Lin Nelly Bly. She achieved fame for her exposés and in particular for the bold
e and adventuresome way that she obtained her stories.
(5) She felt that the best way to get the real story was from the inside
rather than as an outside observer who could be treated to a prettified
version of reality. On one occasion she pretended to be a thief so that she
would get arrested and see for herself how female prisoners were really
treated. On another occasion she faked mental illness in order to be
(10 admitted to a mental hospital to get the real picture on the treatment of
) mental illness.
3. Which of the following in NOT true about Nelly Bly?
(A) Nellie Bly’s real name was Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman.
(B) Nellie Bly was mentally ill.
(C) The name Nellie Bly came from a song.
(D) The name Nellie Bly was used on articles that Seaman wrote.
4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as something that Nellie did to get a good
story?
(A) She acted like a thief.
(B) She got arrested by the police.
(C) She pretended to be ill.
(D) She worked as a doctor in a mental hospital.
PASSAGE THREE (Question 5-6)
Dekanawinda’s role as a supreme lawgiver in the Iroquois has given

him the status of demigod within the Indian nation. Born into the Hutpon
tribe, Dekanawida caused great fear in his parents, who tried to drown him
Lin in his youth after a prophecy was made indicating that he would bring great
e sorrow to the Huron nation. Dekanawida was to survive this attempted
(5) drowning but later left his parents’ home and tribe to live among the
Iroquois.
One of his achievements with the Iroquois was the institution of a law
among the Iroquois that virtually ended blood feuds among the nation’s
families. Wampum, strings of beads made of polished shells, was a valued
(10 commodity in the Iroquois culture; according to policies established by
) Dekanawida, wampum had to be paid to the family of a murder victim by
the family of the killer. Since the killer was also put to death, the family of
the killer had to pay the victim’s family in wampum for two deaths, the
death of the murder victim and the death of the killer. These strict policies
implemented by Dekanawida helped him to establish him as a wide
(15 lawgiver and leader of the Iroquois nation.
)
5. According to the passage, Dekanawida was NOT

(A) A lawmaker
(B) A Huron by birth
(C) A near deity
(D) Drowned when he was young
6. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage about wampum?
(A) It was used extensively by the Huron.
(B) It had a high value to the Iroquois.
(C) It was given to amurder victim’s family.
(D) It was made of polished shells.

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“UNSTATED” DETAIL QUESTIONS

How to identify Which of the following is not stated...?

In English, there are many different kinds of expression

PASSAGE ONE (Questions 1-2)

Blood plasma is a clear, almost colorless liquid. It consists of blood

PASSAGE TWO (Question 3-4)

Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman was an American journalist at the turn of

PASSAGE THREE (Question 5-6)

Dekanawinda’s role as a supreme lawgiver in the Iroquois has given

5. According to the passage, Dekanawida was NOT

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