Sentence Correction for CAT 2008

[medulla]

My take is:

141. C
142. D
143. E
144. D
145. B

[dhanu_25]

Originally Posted by piscean84

piscean84-SC1-16/7/08-pg78

moi answers

141.(B) Besides transplants involving identical twins with the same genetic endowment

142.(D) who demanded that it

143. (B) rather than a type that developed independently from


144.(E) have not been significant in a reduction of the gaps existing

145.(E) have a mandate to balance the state budget

[catbit]

141 E
142 D
143 B
144 A
145 D

[shumakar]

141. Unlike transplants between identical twins, whose genetic endowment is the same, all patients receiving hearts or other organs must take antirejection drugs for the rest of their lives.
(A) Unlike transplants between identical twins, whose genetic endowment is the same
(B) Besides transplants involving identical twins with the same genetic endowment
(C) Unless the transplant involves identical twins who have the same genetic endowment

(D) Aside from a transplant between identical twins with the same genetic endowment
(E) Other than transplants between identical twins, whose genetic endowment is the same

142. In one of the most stunning reversals in the history of marketing, the Coca-Cola company in July 1985 yielded to thousands of irate consumers demanding that it should bring back the original Coke formula.
(A) demanding that it should
(B) demanding it to
(C) and their demand to
(D) who demanded that it
(E) who demanded it to

143. Recently discovered fossil remains strongly suggest that the Australian egg-laying mammals of today are a branch of the main stem of mammalian evolution rather than developing independently from a common ancestor of mammals more than 220 million years ago.
(A) rather than developing independently from
(B) rather than a type that developed independently from
(C) rather than a type whose development was independent of
(D) instead of developing independently from
(E) instead of a development that was independent of

144. Efforts to equalize the funds available to school districts, a major goal of education reformers and many states in the 1970's, has not significantly reduced the gaps existing between the richest and poorest districts.
(A) has not significantly reduced the gaps existing
(B) has not been significant in reducing the gap that exists
(C) has not made a significant reduction in the gap that exists
(D) have not significantly reduced the gap that exists
(E) have not been significant in a reduction of the gaps existing

145. Most state constitutions now mandate that the state budget be balanced each year.
(A) mandate that the state budget be balanced
(B) mandate the state budget to be balanced
(C) mandate that the state budget will be balanced
(D) have a mandate for a balanced state budget
(E) have a mandate to balance the state budget


My take :

141.E
142.D
143.D
144.E
145.E

[arbit_rageur]

piscean84-SC1-16/7/08-pg78

E
D
B
A
B

[devils_own]

My answers:piscean84-SC1-16/7/08-pg78

141. E
142. D
143. B
144. D
145. E

[raghav507]

piscean84-SC1-16/7/08-pg78
hi puys,
my take...

141. D
142. C
143. B
144. D
145. D

[devils_own]

Hi shukumar,
It will be highly appreciated if you can avoid posting the entire question set and jsut post the answers after quoting the set name, for eg: in this case:piscean84-SC1-16/7/08-pg78, given at the beginning of the question set... repeating the entire set again makes the thread unweildy.
cheers

[samkris]

[quote=piscean84;1181071]piscean84-SC1-16/7/08-pg78
My Take
141 C
142 D
143 B
144 D
145 E

[trustrajib]

piscean84-SC1-16/7/08-pg78

Hello everybody!!!
141.C
142.D
143.B
144.D
145.E