TC question from "Verbal Misc - Double Trouble"

GRE Verbal Problem Solving
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Hey,
I had a question from week3, Verbal Misc - Double Trouble live class.

For this question I created a phrase :
“People hate you not because you are dumb but because you do dumb things”

Now I changed this sentence to have a “not” which question has and resulted in :-

“People hate you not because you are not intelligent but because you do dumb things”

Because of this reasoning I think the the blanks should be antonyms because of the not present just before the blank. Please let me know where I made a mistake.

Thanks in advance

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2

In a contrast, the blanks do not necessarily have to be antonyms, but your logic seems correct other than that.

3

In that case shouldn’t first blank be positive and second be negative?

But the solution to the question is both positive.
“hardworking…minute”

4

Is minute necessarily positive?

5

Ahh got it. I took as positive. With more practice of TC I am able to understand this logic better.
Thank you very much!

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6

I didn’t understand the explanation of the answer D.

If the person is criticized for not being hardworking, how can she work minutely(meticulously)? I considered “Not hardworking = Lazy”. Please let me know where I’m assuming wrong.

7

It says “not because she was not hardworking” - this means she was NOT criticized for being (not hard working OR lazy)

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