Directions : In the question given below, a passage is given followed by few statements. Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
Unlike the wildly popular Netflix chess-themed series The Queen's Gambit, female players have struggled to climb to the top of the real-life chess world. Just 37 of the more than 1,600 international chess grandmasters are women. The current top-rated female, Hou Yifan, is ranked 89th in the world, while the reigning women's world champion Ju Wenjun is 404th.
I. Female players tend to perform worse against male opponents than against female opponents, even after accounting for chess strength.
II. Women have been shown to exhibit higher risk aversion and lower competitiveness across many domains.
III. There is real chess and there is women's chess.
IV. There are societal and cultural pressures that put women off the game.
V. There are fewer female chess players to begin with.
VI. Chess-related Google searches have soared.
VII. Past research has shown a popular TV series can have a significant impact on real-world outcomes related to gender.
Which of the following is/are the plausible effects of the telecast of the series The Queen's Gambit given in the passage?
1.VI and VII
2.I, II and IV
3.V, VI and VII
4.VI only
5.I and VII
Correct Answer : 4
Solution :
VI- it can be an effect of the Netflix chess-themed series The Queen's Gambit, since it's popular, it might have led to an increase in the Google searches pertaining to chess (indicating towards the curiosity of population towards chess). II and IV- they are possible reasons for a wide gender disparity when it comes to chess at international level as they talk about risk-averse nature (internal) of women, in addition to societal and cultural pressure (external). I- it's an additional information indicating the performance of women against their male counterparts. III- it's a misogynistic remark and holds no significance. V- it might seem like a possible cause, but it fails to address the reason for the same. VII- it talks about an already conducted research and therefore, can't be said to be an effect of the given situation.
Hence, (d) is the right answer.
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