Question 1

A passage explains why prices end in 9 (the left-digit effect), gives an experiment, notes that luxury shops avoid such prices, and ends: "a price is not only a number but a message." Best title? (A) Why Luxury Is Expensive; (B) Inside an American Catalogue; (C) The End of Round Numbers; (D) The…

Accepted Answer

Solution: (D) names the thesis and covers both halves (cheap signals and exclusive signals). (A) and (B) are single parts, and (C) claims too much.

Question 2

A passage describes stepwells' design, their social role, a famous carved stepwell, their colonial decline and calls to revive them. Best title? (A) The Queen's Stepwell at Patan; (B) Stepwells: Built Around the Seasons; (C) Colonial Water Policy; (D) India's Monsoon.

Accepted Answer

Solution: (B) fits every part, from design to revival, and echoes the closing idea ("built around the seasons"). (A) is one example, (C) one cause of decline, and (D) background only.

Question 3

A passage argues that streaks in apps can help habits but become harmful when the streak replaces the goal, and proposes testing whether features leave users free to stop. Best title? (A) Ban the Streak; (B) When the Count Becomes the Goal; (C) How Language Apps Work; (D) The Science of Habit.

Accepted Answer

Solution: (B). (A) reverses the author's "not to ban", (C) is the topic without the claim, and (D) is too broad.

Question 4

What are the common traps in Suitable title questions?

Accepted Answer

Catchy but wrong: titles that sound good but distort the claim. Too narrow: the most vivid example becomes the title. Too broad: a textbook-chapter title for a focused argument.

Suitable title

The idea

Textbook vs exam method

Textbook method

Exam method

What's ahead in Suitable title