Teacher: You are given a short paragraph, a question and two choices to answer from. Choose the correct answer based on the paragraph and write the answer(not the key).
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following example:
Paragraph: Many of the worlds people live with water scarcity, and that percentage will increase as populations increase and climate changes.
 Question: John's town used to have lots of water, back when there were only a few hundred people. However, now that the town holds several thousand people, the water availability is 
 Choices: A)scarce 
B)plentiful
Solution: scarce
Reason: Based on the information given in the paragraph, population growth will make water more scarce, so that is the correct answer.

Now, solve this instance: Paragraph: Machines make work easier by increasing the amount of force that is applied, increasing the distance over which the force is applied, or changing the direction in which the force is applied.
 Question: John observed that machines are not very helpful in performing work because they decrease the amount of force, and also make the distance the force is applied 
 Choices: A)Greater 
B)Lesser
Student:
Lesser