[reachmonil]

My answers:
A, C, D, D, C, E, E, E, C, B.

[jainm]

my take on the answers

1-a
2-c
3-d
4-b
5-c

will post the other 5 also if i do them...........

[aravindva]

my take on paramad's 3rd set:

1. A
2. E
3. D
4. B
5. B
6. D
7. E
8. C
9. A
10.B

[deepakraam]

My Take:

1.E
2.B
3.D
4.B
5.E
6.E
7.E
8.C
9.A
10.B

-Deepak.

[pratyush_sinha]

Originally Posted by akancha

hey what's wrong wid these sen10cs:
1. peer pressure may not always be bad influence
2.u learn from ur peers as they do so from u
3.but it also could become a millstone around your neck

1. peer pressure may not always be a bad influence
2.u learn from your peers as they do from you
3.but it could also become a milestone around your neck

[pratyush_sinha]

"The butterflies in the stomach before a school play or a big test motivate a child to work hard and do her best."

No there is nothing wrong with the child part. A child is generally treated as a female. But still there is something wrong.

and that is

"The butterflies in the stomach before a school play or a big test motivate a child to work hard and to do her best."

[pratyush_sinha]

1. Many economists predict that the next recession, when it comes, will be caused by Federal Reserve action taken to prevent an inflationary upsurge that would result if the economy were to expand at an annual rate of three percent or more.
(A) taken to prevent an inflationary upsurge that would result


If + past tense, would/could base verb" is a kind of conditional structure
(B) they took for preventing an inflationary upsurge that would result
(C) taken to prevent an inflationary upsurge resulting
(D) they took to prevent an inflationary upsurge resulting
(E) taken for preventing an inflationary upsurge that will result
2. Many environmentalists believe that the widespread planting of trees, along with the conservation of existing forests, would be one of the surest, easiest, and least expensive ways to begin to halt or even to reverse the buildup of carbon dioxide in the air.
(A) one of the surest, easiest, and least expensive ways to begin to halt or even to reverse
(B) one of the most sure, easy, and least expensive ways to begin a halt or even reverse
(C) one of the surest, easiest, and least expensive ways that would begin halting or even reversing
(D) a most sure, easy, and inexpensive way beginning the halting and even reversing of
(E) the most sure, easiest, and inexpensive way that would begin halting or even reversing
3. No matter how patiently they explain their reasons for confiscating certain items, travelers often treat customs inspectors like wanton poachers rather than government employees.
(A) travelers often treat customs inspectors like wanton poachers rather than government employees
(B) travelers often treat customs inspectors as wanton poachers instead of government employees
(C) travelers often treat customs inspectors as if they were not government employees but wanton poachers
(D) customs inspectors are often treated by travelers as if they were wanton poachers rather than government employees
(E) customs inspectors are often treated not like government employees but wanton poachers by travelers
4. One noted economist has made a comparison of the Federal Reserve and an automobile as racing through a tunnel, bouncing first off one wall, then the other: the car may get where it is going, but people may be hurt in the process.
(A) made a comparison of the Federal Reserve and an automobile as racing through a tunnel, bouncing
(B) made a comparison between the Federal Reserve and an automobile racing through a tunnel, bouncing
(C) compared the federal Reserve with an automobile as racing through a tunnel and which bounced
(D) compared the Federal Reserve to an automobile racing through a tunnel, bouncing
(E) compared the Federal Reserve with an automobile that races through a tunnel and it bounces
5. Puritan fanatics brought to civil and military affairs a coolness of judgment and mutability of purpose that some writers have though inconsistent with their religious zeal, but which was in fact a natural outgrowth of it.
(A) but which was in fact a natural outgrowth of it
(B) but which were in fact a natural outgrowth of it
(C) but which were in fact natural outgrowths of it
(D) but it was in fact a natural outgrowth of them
(E) which was in fact a natural outgrowth of it
6. Seeking to spur science education, elementary and secondary schools will receive $25 million over the next ten years from the National Science Foundation to promote science.
(A) elementary and secondary schools will receive $25 million over the next ten years from the National Science Foundation to promote science
(B) $25 million will be spent by the National Science Foundation over the next ten years to promote science in elementary and secondary schools
(C) over the next ten years $25 million will be spent on elementary and secondary schools by the National Science Foundation for promoting science
(D) the National Science Foundation is to spend $25 million over the next ten years for promoting science in elementary and secondary schools
(E) the National Science Foundation will spend $25 million over the next ten years to promote science in elementary and secondary schools
7. Some archaeologists claim that the tablets found at Ebla could force a revision of current theories on the origins of Judaism and Christianity, alter many scriptural interpretations, make all current Bible translations obsolete, and scholars may be required to credit the Old Testament with greater historical accuracy.
(A) scholars may be required to credit the Old Testament with greater historical accuracy
(B) crediting the Old Testament with greater historical accuracy may be required of scholars
(C) require that scholars are to credit the Old Testament with greater historical accuracy
(D) crediting the Old Testament with greater historical accuracy may be a scholarly requirement
(E) require scholars to credit the Old Testament with greater historical accuracy
8. Tektites, which may have been propelled to Earth from lunar volcanoes, are much like the volcanic glass obsidian, but their chemical composition is different than any terrestrial lava; they contain far less water than obsidian does and none of its characteristic microcrystals.
(A) is different than any terrestrial lava; they contain
(B) is different than any terrestrial lava’s, containing
(C) is different from that of any terrestrial lava; they contain
(D) differs from any terrestrial lava in containing
(E) differs from that of any terrestrial lava’s, containing

Really confused between C/E
9. The failing of the book lies not in a lack of attention to scientific detail but in the depiction of scenes of life and death in the marine world with emotional overtones that reduce the credibility of the work.
(A) the depiction of scenes of life and death in the marine world with emotional overtones that
(B) fact that it depicts marine world scenes of life and death as having emotional overtones that
(C) depiction of scenes of life and death in the marine world, whose emotional overtones
(D) depiction of marine world scenes of life and death, which have emotional overtones and thus
(E) fact that if depicts scenes of life and death in the marine world, whose emotional overtones
10. The Immigration Service now has the discretionary power to keep families united even though all their members do not meet the five-year residency requirement.
(A) all their members do not meet the five-year residency requirement
(B) not all their members meet the five-year residency requirement
(C) all their members have not met the requirement for a five-year residency
(D) not all their members have resided for five years, a requirement
(E) all their members have not resided for five years, as required

[v-factor]

My take on SET#3
A
C
D
B
C
E
E
C
A
B

[krsh.vik]

1. Many economists predict that the next recession, when it comes, will be caused by Federal Reserve action taken to prevent an inflationary upsurge that would result if the economy were to expand at an annual rate of three percent or more.
(A) taken to prevent an inflationary upsurge that would result

2. Many environmentalists believe that the widespread planting of trees, along with the conservation of existing forests, would be one of the surest, easiest, and least expensive ways to begin to halt or even to reverse the buildup of carbon dioxide in the air.
(E) the most sure, easiest, and inexpensive way that would begin halting or even reversing

3. No matter how patiently they explain their reasons for confiscating certain items, travelers often treat customs inspectors like wanton poachers rather than government employees.
(B) travelers often treat customs inspectors as wanton poachers instead of government employees

4. One noted economist has made a comparison of the Federal Reserve and an automobile as racing through a tunnel, bouncing first off one wall, then the other: the car may get where it is going, but people may be hurt in the process.
(E) compared the Federal Reserve with an automobile that races through a tunnel and it bounces

6. Seeking to spur science education, elementary and secondary schools will receive $25 million over the next ten years from the National Science Foundation to promote science.
(E) the National Science Foundation will spend $25 million over the next ten years to promote science in elementary and secondary schools

7. Some archaeologists claim that the tablets found at Ebla could force a revision of current theories on the origins of Judaism and Christianity, alter many scriptural interpretations, make all current Bible translations obsolete, and scholars may be required to credit the Old Testament with greater historical accuracy.
(A) scholars may be required to credit the Old Testament with greater historical accuracy

[jainm]

My pick on 6-10

6-d
7-c
8-a
9-e
10-d

some one come up with the correct ans fast plzzzzzz