1000SC: Qn:60

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Qn:60

After a few weeks’ experience, apprentice jewelers can usually begin to discriminate, though not with absolute certainty, genuine diamonds from imitation diamonds.

(A) genuine diamonds from imitation diamonds
(B) genuine diamonds apart from imitations
(C) between genuine diamonds and imitation diamonds
(D) among genuine diamonds and imitation diamonds
(E) whether diamonds are imitation or genuine

Official Answer: C

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posted by Piscean at Tuesday, April 11, 2006

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Jhaaria - from IIT K 2001 said...: Discussion: Correct idiom is 'discriminate....between X and Y'

So C; April 20, 2006 10:07 PM
Abhinav said...: OA is C but I found evidence that even A is not wrong since discriminate X from Y is correct english.

See the following sources:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/discriminate
1. To perceive the distinguishing features of; recognize as distinct: discriminate right from wrong.
2. To make or constitute a distinction in or between: methods that discriminate science from pseudoscience.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/discriminate
3. to make or constitute a distinction in or between; differentiate: a mark that discriminates the original from the copy.; April 17, 2008 12:49 AM
Loks said...: This post has been removed by the author.; July 17, 2008 9:43 PM
Loks said...: A is right in my opinion.

The idiom "distinguish between x and y" is used to describe 2 different things.
Eg: The blind cannot distinguish between the colour green and red.

The idiom "distinguish x from y" is used for 2 similar things.
Eg: Only experts can distinguish the original mona lisa from a fake one.

In our question, the 2 diamonds are similar items, so it is "distinguish x from y"; July 17, 2008 9:45 PM
Monu said...: I choose C, maily because we don't say :

Don't discrimnate whites from Blacks
OR
Don't discrimnate whites apart from Blacks
OR
Don't discrimnate whites among Blacks
OR
Whether blacks are whites or browns

We say "Don't discrimnate between whites and blacks"

Option A is a good contender, but is not right because genuine and imitation are different things and there has to be the use of idiom "distinguish between X and Y"

Thus, option C is the right answer
Hope it clarifies...; September 03, 2008 11:18 AM
Anonymous said...: Hey Loks

we are discussing "discriminate" not "distinguish"

i think we can say

he can distginguish the lemons from the oranges

but not he can discriminate the lemons from the oranges; December 06, 2008 9:32 PM

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