Sentence Correction for CAT 2008

[ashwatthama]

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My Answers:121 - E
122 - A
123 - C
124 - E
125 - D

[srikar2097]

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121) E - The given mentions 'who' which is singular, but uses it to refer to criminals which is plural. Hence is wrong. A repeats the same. B has a preposition error 'of their' instead of 'in their'. C and D has tense mismatch (ordered and preparing). E seems correct.

122) A - This one's a bit controversial. The given missing an article. 'Each' seemed more correct than 'every'. and 'their' is used for collective nouns (eg: Sharma's family are placed in their tent). But here we are referring to a single alphabet. So 'its'.

123) C - Original seems to have a parallel const. error. A, B suffer from the same problem. D, E change the structure (I think from active to passive for the second part, but first the same). Hence C

124) C - The orig. sentence after 'when' modifies "civil rights...". Civil rights… is not supported by harry. It's the reverse. Modifier error. A, B repeat the same error. D, E tense error/change.

125) D - Original sentence has 'not only' so it should have 'but also' . On this regard A, B, C are wrong. E changes the tense, so wrong. D is correct.

[CATboy22]

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moi take

121. E
122. A
123. C
124. C
125. D

looks like most of us have got same answers except for 122.

I found it very confusing ... "each" or "every" and again "its" or "their"

any thoughts on this ??????

[implex]

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121) E
122) A
123) C
124) C
125) D

[sid_dharth]

Originally Posted by piscean84

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My take

121. E
122. D
123. C
124. C
125. D

Cheers!!!
Siddharth

[Iota]

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Moi Take

121) E
122) A
123) C
124) C
125) D

[priya_dream]

Moi take :

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121) E
122) A
123) C
124) C
125) D

[medulla]

My take:

121. E - The usage is generally "ordered.. to"
122. A - All sentences except A have
"all..a..its/all..a..them/every...a...their/each..a...their" which are
wrong.
123. C - usage of two similar phrases.
124. C - not sure
125. D - usage of "not only... but also"

Keep posting...

[milindagrawal]

moi take

E
A
C
C
D

[Ambuj Chat]

My Take :

121.) E
122.) A ("Each Character" should be used to show exclusivity and since "Each Character" is singular, "Its" should be used not "Their")
123.) C (Both "Pollution of water by Landfills" and "Pollution of Air by incinerators" are parallel, no other options are parallel)
124.) C ("Black support for Democrats" is consistent with "Harry Truman's support" as mentioned in option "c")
125. D (Not only...but also is the correct idiom)