New questions, released by the Mail on Sunday, show some of the tough questions Cambridge applicants could face this autumn as they prepare for interview.

1. Calves farmed for veal are reared in extremely cruel conditions and have a short and miserable life. Other meats are available such as a lamb and meat eaters who are concerned about cruelty to animals should avoid veal and consume one of these alternatives.

Which one of the following is an underlying assumption about the above argument?

A) Animals should be allowed to live as long as possible before being eaten
B) Calves should not be reared for consumption of their meat
C) The methods used to rear other animals for meat are not equally cruel
D) Animals have a right to be treated humanely
E) Meat eaters who are concerned with cruelty to animals do not eat veal

2. There are any number of theories to explain these events and, since even the experts disagree, it is ----- the rest of us in our role as responsible scholars to ----- dogmatic statements

Each of the following pairs of words can be inserted into the blank, but which pair makes the best sense?

A) Paradoxical for/refrain from
B) Arrogant of/compensate from
C) Appropriate for/abstain from
D) Incumbent on/issue forth

3. Albert says: ‘Everything Caroline says is true.’
Betty says: ‘Everything I say is false.’
Caroline says: ‘Everything David says is true.’
David says: ‘Everything Caroline says is false.’

Who is the only one who could be telling the truth?

A) Albert
B) Betty
C) Caroline
D) David

4. Above is Thomas Leslie Fuller’s brass paperweight, which shows his initials. Which one of the options on the right is not a side view on the paperweight when it is placed flat on the table (either side up)?

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