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GAMSAT — The GAMSAT (Graduate Australian Medical School Admissions Test) is administered by ACER (Australian Council for Educational Research) and used for graduate-entry medical, dental, and health professional program admissions in Australia, Ireland, and the UK; it comprises three sections — Section I: Reasoning in Humanities and Social Sciences (75 questions, 100 min), Section II: Written Communication (2 essays, 65 min), and Section III: Reasoning in Biological and Physical Sciences (110 questions, 170 min) — with scores ranging 0–100 and no fixed pass mark, though competitive applicants typically score 50 or above.
31
Questions
170m
Time Limit
50.00%
To Pass
Question 1 of 31👑 VIP
Read the following passage and answer the question. "The relationship between language and power has long occupied the minds of linguists and social theorists. Language, far from being a neutral medium of communication, encodes the hierarchies, assumptions, and values of those who wield it most influentially. When institutional languages marginalise vernacular speech, the effect is not merely aesthetic but deeply political — it determines whose knowledge counts, whose reasoning is legible to authority, and ultimately, who may participate in civic life. The resistance movements of the twentieth century recognised this dynamic early: the reclamation of indigenous languages was understood not merely as cultural preservation but as an act of political self-determination." The author's primary purpose in this passage is to:
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