10. Scientists do not live or work in isolation from the rest of the world. They toil in government laboratories, universities, and industry. Yet they espouse only what scientific evidence convinces them is true, not what the public wants to hear. In fact, nothing ruins scientific research faster than mixing it with political considerations.

    It can be inferred from the passage above that the author believes that

    (A) the public has no faith in the discoveries of scientists

    (B) scientists cannot be effective politicians

    (C) scientific conclusions have few political implications

    (D) political aims are likely to be irrelevant to scientific research

    (E) scientific research should be apolitical

    Questions 11-14

    The following buses and trains are the only forms of pubic transportation that can be used to go between town P and town Q:

    On the way from P to Q, the following stops are made. The buses stop atop at towns R, S, T, and U, in that order.

    Express trains stop at town T only.

    Early local trains stop at towns V, W, T, and X only, in that order.

    Late local trains stop at towns V, W, and X only, in that order.

    On the way from Q to P, the routes are reversed.

    The buses stop at towns U,T,S, and R, in that order.

    Express trains stop at town T only.

    Early local train stop at towns X,T,W, and V only, in that order.

    Late local trains stop at towns X, W, and V only, in that order.

    The bus station is at the train station in towns P, T, and Q.

    11. It is possible, without changing to another bus or train, to take a bus or train along the routes above between each of the following pairs of towns EXCEPT from

    (A) R to T

    (B) R to U

    (C) S to U

    (D) U to X

    (E) V to X

    12. In order to go from V to U along the routes above, it is necessary to take

    (A) a bus only

    (B) an early local train only

    (C) a local train and a bus

    (D) either an early or a late local train only

    (E) a local train and an express train

    13. To make the fewest possible stops in going from X to P along the routes above, it is necessary to take

    (A) an express train only

    (B) an early local train only

    (C) a late local train only

    (D) a local train and then a bus

    (E) an early local train and then an express train

    14. In order to go from X to R along the routes above, it is necessary to take first

    (A) a local train and later a bus

    (B) a bus and later a local train

    (C) an express train and later a bus

    (D) a bus and later an express train

    (E) a local train and later an express train