Sentence Correction for CAT 2008

[nandu_47]

Hi Puys,
My take:
71) C
72) E
73) d
74) D
75) E

[Cakofonixx...]

Originally Posted by saurav_chat1234

4. million, as a part of a deal to make
5. million as part of a deal that will make

1.5 coz rates of the two groups shud b compared ..4 incorrectly compares the rates with the other innigrant groups itself.
2.1 again an issue of maintaining parallelism b/w that shud b compared ...trade balance with China is correctly contrasted with trade deficit with Mexico .
3.5 ...each year makes annually redundant ...so option 1, 2& 3 r ruled out.4 th option is obviosly wrong .
4.1 the sentence needs a participial phrase to modify the entire preceeding phrase, which bringing does .
5.5 dont hv ne explainiation ..sounds more kosher to me[/quote]

In Q5 , I think only those options will remain that have "will" ...coz its in future and not decided yet...so 1st and last remains...hence 5.

[CAT_Eyed]

My take on the 2 sets:

1.5
2.1
3.2
4.1
5.5

71.C
72.D
73.D
74.A
75.C

Waiting for the answers. Please post those.

Thanks,
CAT_Eyed.

[piscean84]

Hello Puys,

Answers to yesterdays set.

71. C
72. C
73. D
74. A
75. E

Answer to Question 71
The sentence speaks of a sequence of actions in the past: shareholders made their monthly payments and subsequently took turns drawing on the funds. Choice C, the best answer, uses parallel past-tense verb forms to express this sequence. Choices A and B violate parallelism by using taking where took is required. The wording in D results in a run-on sentence and does not specify what the members took turns doing. Similarly, E does not specify what the members drew, and taking turns produces nonsense when combined with the rest of the sentence.

Answer to Question 72
Choice A is faulty because an adverb such as twice cannot function as an object of the preposition by. B distorts the sentence's meaning, stating that the number of engineering degrees conferred increased on more than two distinct occasions. D's passive verb was ... doubled suggests without warrant that some unnamed agent
increased the number of engineering degrees. The past perfect tense in E, had... doubled, is inappropriate unless the increase in engineering degrees is specifically being viewed as having occurred further back in the past than some subsequent event. Choice C is best.

Answer to Question 73
In choices A and B, the pronoun them has no antecedent; furthermore, the (/clause in B must take should rather than would. In C, necessary militarily is awkward and vague. E is wordy and garbles the meaning with incorrect word order. Choice D is best: its phrasing is clear, grammatical, and idiomatic. Moreover, D is the
choice that most closely parallels the construction of the nonunderlined portion of the sentence. The sentence states that the Admiralty and the War Office met to consider x and y, where x is the noun phrase a possible Russian attempt. D provides a noun phrase, military action, that matches the structure of x more closely than do the corresponding noun elements in the other choices.

Answer to Question 74
The first independent clause of the sentence describes a general situation; in A, the best choice, a second independent clause clearly and grammatically presents an example of this circumstance. Choice B uses as an instance ungrammatically: as an instance requires o/to form such idiomatic constructions as "She cited x as an instance of y." Also, this construction cannot link infinitives such as to bend and to allow. The infinitive is again incorrect in C and D. C misuses like, a comparative preposition, to introduce an example. D requires by in place
of to be. E, aside from being wordy and imprecise, uses the pronoun which to refer vaguely to the whole preceding clause rather than to a specific noun referent.

Answer to Question 75
Choices A and B fail because the logic of the sentence demands that the verb in the main clause be wholly in the future tense: if x happens, y will happen. To compound the problem, the auxiliary verbs have been in A and have in B cannot properly be completed by to diminish. C, D, and E supply the correct verb form, but C and D conclude with faulty as clauses that are awkward and unnecessary, because will continue describes an action begun in the past. E is the best choice.

[piscean84]

Hello Puys,

Todays Set.

76. Gall's hypothesis of there being different mental functions localized in different parts of the brain is widely accepted today.

(A) of there being different mental functions localized in different parts of the brain is widely accepted today
(B) of different mental functions that are localized in different parts of the brain is widely accepted today
(C) that different mental functions are localized in different parts of the brain is widely accepted today
(D) which is that there are different mental functions localized in different parts of the brain is widely accepted today
(E) which is widely accepted today is that there are different mental functions localized in different parts of the brain

77. Though the term "graphic design" may suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they have come to signify widely ranging work, from package designs and company logotypes to signs, book jackets, computer graphics, and film titles.

(A) suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they have come to signify widely ranging
(B) suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, it has come to signify a wide range of
(C) suggest corporate brochure and annual report layout, it has signified widely ranging
(D) have suggested corporate brochure and annual report layout, it has signified a wide range of
(E) have suggested laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they have come to signify widely ranging

78. The root systems of most flowering perennials either become too crowded, which results in loss in vigor, and spread too far outward, producing a bare center.

(A) which results in loss in vigor, and spread
(B) resulting in loss in vigor, or spreading
(C) with the result of loss of vigor, or spreading
(D) resulting in loss of vigor, or spread
(E) with a resulting loss of vigor, and spread

79. George Sand (Aurore Lucile Dupin) was one of the first European writers to consider the rural poor to be legitimate subjects for literature and portray these with sympathy and respect in her novels.

(A) to be legitimate subjects for literature and portray these
(B) should be legitimate subjects for literature: portray these
(C) as being legitimate subjects for literature an portraying them
(D) as if they were legitimate subjects for literal; and portray them

(E) legitimate subjects for literature and to portray them

80. Salt deposits and moisture threaten to destroy the Mohenjo-Daro excavation in Pakistan, the site of an ancient civilization that flourished at the same time as the civilizations in the Nile delta and the river valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates.

(A) that flourished at the same time as the civilizations
(B) that had flourished at the same time as had the civilizations
(C) that flourished at the same time those had
(D) flourishing at the same time as those did
(E) flourishing at the same time as those were

Guys, as saurav has rightly said we can have a very condusive discussion over the questions untill the answers are posted so as everyone one can share thier perceptions about a question and different ways of getting to the solution. So i request each one of you to take time and give your solutions with explanations so as to have a good discussion and make this thread more active.

[ankaj]

Originally Posted by piscean84

Hello Puys,

Todays Set.

76. Gall's hypothesis of there being different mental functions localized in different parts of the brain is widely accepted today.



77. Though the term "graphic design" may suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they have come to signify widely ranging work, from package designs and company logotypes to signs, book jackets, computer graphics, and film titles.



78. The root systems of most flowering perennials either become too crowded, which results in loss in vigor, and spread too far outward, producing a bare center.



79. George Sand (Aurore Lucile Dupin) was one of the first European writers to consider the rural poor to be legitimate subjects for literature and portray these with sympathy and respect in her novels.



80. Salt deposits and moisture threaten to destroy the Mohenjo-Daro excavation in Pakistan, the site of an ancient civilization that flourished at the same time as the civilizations in the Nile delta and the river valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates.

Dont have a crystal clear explaination....but i think below are answers tried to explain them
76-c
77-
78-d...resulting and producing behaves same way...also, the the condition satisfying them is OR not And
79--c....with and potraying...instead, an potraying
80-a ...no chnage needed

@Piscean...though not according to what u expected

[coolabhishake]

Originally Posted by piscean84

Hello Puys,
72. The number of undergraduate degrees in engineering awarded by colleges and universities in the United States increased by more than twice from 1978 to 1985.

(A) increased by more than twice
(B) increased more than two times
(C) more than doubled
(D) was more than doubled
(E) had more than doubled

Answers to yesterdays set.

72. C

Answer to Question 72
Choice A is faulty because an adverb such as twice cannot function as an object of the preposition by. B distorts the sentence's meaning, stating that the number of engineering degrees conferred increased on more than two distinct occasions. D's passive verb was ... doubled suggests without warrant that some unnamed agent increased the number of engineering degrees. The past perfect tense in E, had... doubled, is inappropriate unless the increase in engineering degrees is specifically being viewed as having occurred further back in the past than some subsequent event. Choice C is best.

Hi,
I was not very clear regarding the explanation given for #72.
Can somebody explain why D is incorrect?

[saurav_chat1234]

discussion and make this thread more active.
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76.C that shud introduce the following clause
77. B simple present tense shud b used ; wide range of instead of widely ranging n the singular it to agree with the singular subject.
78. D ; many reasons , either or ; parallelism shud b maintained b/w become too crowded n spread too far outward similarly parallelism b/w producin a bare centre n resultin in n finally loss of vigor shud b used rather than loss in vigor .
79.E. ; when consider is used in the sense of regard or belief it shudnt b followed by any prepositions such as to , as etc.
80.A . same tense to show that the two civilizations existed at the same time

ciao

[piyushpth]

Originally Posted by piscean84

Hello Puys,

Todays Set.

76. Gall's hypothesis of there being different mental functions localized in different parts of the brain is widely accepted today.

My take is 76.C 77.B 78.B 79.C 80.B

[saurav_chat1234]

Originally Posted by coolabhishake

Hi,
I was not very clear regarding the explanation given for #72.
Can somebody explain why D is incorrect?

Active voice is always preferred over passive voice in written English .
so if u hv two options where option 1 says He doubled the seats n option 2 says Seats were doubled by him , then u'll hv to go with option 1 coz active voice is preferred over passive voice ..even though both the sentences r grammatically correct . Plus passive voice always suggests that sm action was performed by smone. So obviously choice D is logically wrong.
Hope its clear now