Sentence Correction for CAT 2008

[srikar2097]

Originally Posted by medulla

Hi Puys,

Initially we had decided on only one question set a day...I think all of us are now comfortable enough to take two set of qustions a day... but i can see the confusion has started... see the previous post... @anil.. please dont take me personally... this can happen with anyone..

Just few suggestions to reduce the confusion on the threads in case there are two or more question sets a day...

Today there are two question sets:
one by medulla and one by shivam...

1. quote the respective post so that the appropriate title will come automatically.
2. Delete entire content (as we dont really need to quote the question. Title will tell the respective question and page no)
3. Write your answer/explanation etc.
4. submit.

This is the simplest procedure i could think. You are free to apply your own understanding...
This will help us anwering more than one question set a day.

But Puys... let us keep a limit of three a day... more than that will make the thread messy...

@ego,@srikar, @pooja and other Puys... What say?

One does not even need to press 'quote' and then delete the 'quoted' text ( to avoid repetition). There is a button at the end of each post called 'Quick Reply'. This is perfect. By default it does not quote. If you need to quote the text, you need to mark the check box. The best thing about this is that it happens in the same page and one does not need to wait for another page load...

Also this way carries over the same subject as the post to which one presses 'quick reply'. Hope this was helpful…

[shivam_01]

Today's Set

1) A fire in an enclosed space burns with the aid of reflected radiation that preheats the fuel, making ignition much easier and flames spreading more quickly. (A) flames spreading
(B) flame spreads
(C) flames are caused to spread
(D) causing flames to spread
(E) causing spreading of the flames
2.A firm that specializes in the analysis of handwriting claims from a one-page writing sample that it can assess more than three hundred personality traits, including enthusiasm, imagination, and ambition.
(A) from a one-page writing sample that it can assess
(B) from a one-page writing sample it has the ability of assessing
(C) the ability, from a one-page writing sample, of assessing
(D) to be able, from a one-page writing sample, to assess
(E) being able to assess, from a one-page writing sample,
3.A huge flying reptile that died out with the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago, the Quetzalcoatlus had a wingspan of 36 feet, believed to be the largest flying creature the world has ever seen.
(A) believed to be
(B) and that is believed to be
(C) and it is believed to have been
(D) which was, it is believed,
(E) which is believed to be
4.A Labor Department study states that the numbers of women employed outside the home grew by more than a thirty-five percent increase in the past decade and accounted for more than sixty-two percent of the total growth in the civilian work force.
(A) numbers of women employed outside the home grew by more than a thirty-five percent increase
(B) numbers of women employed outside the home grew more than thirty-five percent
(C) numbers of women employed outside the home were raised by more than thirty-five percent
(D) number of women employed outside the home increased by more than thirty-five percent
(E) number of women employed outside the home was raised by more than a thirty-five percent increase
5.A large rise in the number of housing starts in the coming year should boost new construction dollars by several billion dollars, making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago.
(A) making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago
(B) and make the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago
(C) making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than it was five years ago
(D) to make the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago
(E) in making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than it as five years ago

[coolabhishake]

Originally Posted by shivam_01

1) A fire in an enclosed space burns with the aid of reflected radiation that preheats the fuel, making ignition much easier and flames spreading more

My take:
1) (D) causing flames to spread
2) (C) the ability, from a one-page writing sample, of assessing
3) (B) and that is believed to be
4) (D) number of women employed outside the home increased by more than thirty-five percent
5) (C) making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than it was five years ago

[mahmood]

my take is
1. D
2. B
3. E
4. C
5. C

[arbit_rageur]

shivam_01-SC2-10/7/2008-pg72

My take

D
D
C
D
C

[trustrajib]

5.A controversial figure throughout most of his public life, the Black leader Marcus Garvey advocated that some Blacks return to Africa, the land that, to him, symbolized the possibility of freedom.
(A) that some Blacks return to Africa, the land that, to him, symbolized the possibility of freedom
So its the land which symbolizing the possibility of freedom not the return of blacks???
I feel something wrong in the structure of the sentence..
Puys!!!Put some light on it..

[sunil251]

shivam_01-SC2-10/7/2008-pg72

My Take
1)D
2)C
3)B
4)D
5)C

[raghav507]

shivam_01-SC2-10/7/2008-pg72

hi puys,
My Take:-
1)D
2)E
3)E
4)D
5)C

[Fabio capello]

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

[catbit]

shivam_01-SC2-10/7/2008-pg72

My Take

Q1 D causing flames to spread
Q2 D to be able, from a one-page writing sample, to assess
Q3 C and it is believed to have been
Q4 D number of women employed outside the home increased by more than thirty-five percent
Q5 C making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than it was five years ago