CJC 2025 JC2 GP PRELIM P2 - Suggested Answers

2025 CJC GP Prelims Paper 2 Suggested Answers. Version: 29 August 2025. 1 Answer all questions Your answers should be:  written in your own words as far as possible. Where you select the appropriate material from the passage for your answer, you must still use your own words to express it.  Written in continuous prose. From Passage 1 1. In paragraph 1, what does the author suggest are the possible consequences of groupthink? [3] From the passage Acceptable answers leading to collective (the question is already about groupthink) emotions of hatred and anger, [both ‘hatred’ and ‘anger’ must be captured] the loss of autonomy and the erasure of personal responsibility a. people would despise/ loathe/ feel resentment and fury/ rage [1] 0 marks = negative feelings (vague)/ disdain/ dislike/ angst/ frustration/ annoyed BOD 1= extreme/ intense dislike/ spite b. … which can lead to erosion/ deprivation/ overwhelm individuals' rationality/ agency/ independent thought/ independence/ control over their own actions [1] 0= individuality/ freedom (on its own =wrong context); losing/ lose = lifted BOD= take charge/ self-control c. … and remove/ reduce personal accountability/ ownership/ culpability [1] 0= reliability/ duty/ onus (wrong context) 2. In paragraph 3, what warning does the author offer about things we might have “come to accept unquestioningly as true” (line 18)? [2] From the passage Acceptable answers Any of us can be susceptible to the subtle social influence that induces groupthink [note: can use the word groupthink] a. … because anybody/ anyone/ any person BOD 1= people/ we/ everybody (accept “any” but not the lifting of “any of us”) …might be vulnerable/ fall prey to/ be an easy target for/ be affected by/ succumb to/ fall victim to/ be defenceless against/ be easily led to believe [note: just ‘believing’ is not the same as ‘susceptible’] [1] b. by the indirect/ unnoticeable/ not obvious/ indistinct. BOD 1= discreet / hidden 0= subconscious/ unknowingly/ discrete (opposite meaning) … social pressure/ impact/ manipulation/ (get swayed) that encourages groupthink [1]

2025 CJC GP Prelims Paper 2 Suggested Answers. Version: 29 August 2025. 2 3. In paragraph 4, what is the author suggesting by using the word “contagious” (line 20)? [2] From the passage Acceptable answers … negative emotions are contagious too. (L19-20) a) [Meaning] spreading [1] 0= affect others (only) [insufficient] … people in a mob barrel through the usual social restraints and erupt into disproportionate violence (clue) b) [Context] feelings of hatred/ anger/ animosity/ brutality/ aggressive feelings spread among themselves 0= bad (only)/ harmful/ adverse BOD 1= very bad (correct intensity) 4. In paragraph 5, why does the author use the word “even” (line 29)? [2] From the passage Acceptable answers Even prest