[Ambuj Chat]

[quote=piscean84;1186872]puys,

piscean84-SC1-23/7/08-pg88

My take:

166. (B)
167. (B)
168. (B)
169. (A)
170. (B)

[anuj0507]

my take

166)e
167)e
16b
169)a
170)b

[shivam_01]

Todays Set of Questions
answers at 6 PM...

1)Undergoing an extraordinary rebirth in the past two decades, today Eastern Europe’s fine horses are much sought after by collectors and breeders all over the world.

a. Undergoing an extraordinary rebirth in the past two decades, today Eastern Europe’s fine horses are much sought after by
b. Undergoing an extraordinary rebirth over the past two decades, today Eastern Europe’s fine horses are much sought after by
c. Having undergone an extraordinary rebirth in the past two decades, today Eastern Europe’s fine horses are much sought after for
d. Having undergone an extraordinary rebirth in the past two decades, today Eastern Europe’s fine horses are much sought after by

2) Show business, as anybody will tell you is all about relationships, but when relationships and business are intertwined, the relationships become subservient for the business.
a. but when relationships and business are intertwined, the relationships become subservient for
b. but when relationships and business is intertwined, the relationships become subservient to
c. but when relationships and business are intertwined, the relationships become subservient to
d. but when relationships and businesses are intertwined, the relationships become subservient for

3)Most philosophers believe that each one of us is responsible to choose one course of action over another, and the choice we make will always have a great effect on our life.
a. each one of us is responsible to choose one course of action over another
b. each one of us is responsible for choosing one course of action over another
c. each one of us is responsible for choosing one course of action over the other one
d. each one of us responsibly chooses one course of action over another

4)The result of these delays, even though it was due to factors beyond our control, were several people calling up to complain and asking for a refund of their money.
a. it was due to factors beyond our control, were several people calling up to complain and asking for a refund of
b. it was due to factors beyond control, were several people calling up to complain and asking for a refund of
c. they were due to factors beyond our control, was several people calling up to complain and asking for refunding

d. they were due to factors beyond our control, was several people calling up to complain and to ask for

a refund of

[dhanu_25]

Re: Shivam_01-SC6-25.7.2008-pg91

D
C:boat:
B
C

[piscean84]

puys,

Answers to the post piscean84-SC1-23/7/08-pg88

166. The prime lending rate is a key rate in the economy: not only are the interest rates on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses tied to the prime, but also on a growing number of consumer loans, including home equity loans.
(A) not only are the interest rates on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses tied to the prime, but also on
(B) tied to the prime are the interest rates not only on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses, but also on
(C) the interest rates not only on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses are tied to the prime, but also
(D) not only the interest rates on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses are tied to the prime, but also on
(E) the interest rates are tied to the prime, not only on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses, but also
Answer to Question 166
This sentence uses idiomatic paired coordinators, not only..., but also.., to relate two basic kinds of loans to the prime lending rate: (1) loans to small and medium-sized businesses and (2) consumer loans. B, the best choice, is the only one that maintains the necessary parallelism in the phrases following the paired coordinates: not only on..., but also on.... Choices C and E omit the on after but also. Choices A (not only are ..., but also on) and D (not only the interest rates ..., but also on) are not parallel either. Choice D especially garbles the meaning.

167. Neanderthals had a vocal tract that resembled those of the apes and so were probably without language, a shortcoming that may explain why they were supplanted by our own species.
(A) Neanderthals had a vocal tract that resembled those of the apes
(B) Neanderthals had a vocal tract resembling an ape's
(C) The vocal tracts of Neanderthals resembled an ape's
(D) The Neanderthal's vocal tracts resembled the apes’
(E) The vocal tracts of the Neanderthals resembled those of the apes
Answer to Question 167
The sentence requires a subject appropriate to both members of a compound predicate, the second member being and so were probably without language. B, the best choice, logically uses Neanderthals as the subject. Choice A also uses this subject, but the plural pronoun those does not agree with its singular antecedent, a
vocal tract. C, D, and E present the inappropriate subject vocal tracts, which cannot logically govern the second member of the predicate (i.e., vocal tracts cannot be said to be without language). Moreover, it is better to use the singular in referring to an anatomical feature common to an entire species; C, D, and E use the plural vocal tracts. D compounds the problem by giving multiple vocal tracts to one Neanderthal.


168. Today, because of improvements in agricultural technology, the same amount of acreage produces double the apples that it has in 1910.
(A) double the apples that it has
(B) twice as many apples as it did
(C) as much as twice the apples it has
(D) two times as many apples as there were
(E) a doubling of the apples that it did

Answer to Question 168
Choice B, the best answer, correctly uses the adverbial phrase twice as many... to modify the verb produces; properly employs many rather than much to describe a quantity made up of countable units (apples); and appropriately substitutes did for the understood produced to express the logically necessary past tense of produces. Choice A awkwardly substitutes the adjective double for twice; uses that without a clear referent; and misuses has to refer to events occurring in 1910. Choice C employs the incorrect much in a wordy construction and also misuses has. D is wordy and imprecise;... as there were in 1910 refers to all apples produced in 1910, regardless of location. E is illogical: since that refers to a doubling, E nonsensically asserts that the doubling occurred in 1910


169. Seismologists studying the earthquake that struck northern California in October 1989 are still investigating some of its mysteries: the unexpected power of the seismic waves, the upward thrust that threw one man straight into the air. and the strange electromagnetic signals detected hours before the temblor.
(A) the upward thrust that threw one man straight into the air, and the strange electromagnetic signals detected hours before the temblor
(B) the upward thrust that threw one man straight into the air, and strange electromagnetic signals were detected hours before the temblor
(C) the upward thrust threw one man straight into the air, and hours before the temblor strange electromagnetic signals were detected
(D) one man was thrown straight into the air by the upward thrust, and hours before the temblor strange electromagnetic signals were detected
(E) one man who was thrown straight into the air by the upward thrust, and strange electromagnetic signals that were detected hours before the temblor
Answer to Question 169
The correct answer will maintain parallelism in a coordinate series. Three mysteries are mentioned, and the first establishes the form required for the other two members of the series, a noun phrase introduced by the (the unexpected power ...). A, the best choice, correctly uses noun phrases introduced by the for the second and third members of the series (the upward thrust... and the strange electromagnetic signals ...). Choice B substitutes a clause (strange electromagnetic signals were detected...) for the third noun phrase, and C and D use clauses instead of noun phrases for both additional members of the series. E uses two noun phrases, but
they are not introduced by the. Furthermore, the phrase one man who ... does not logically identify one of the mysteries.

170. Although early soap operas were first aired on evening radio in the 1920's, they had moved to the daytime hours of the 1930's when the evening schedule became crowded with comedians and variety shows.
(A) were first aired on evening radio in the 1920's, they had moved to the daytime hours of the 1930's
(B) were first aired on evening radio in the 1920's, they were moved to the daytime hours in the 1930's
(C) were aired first on evening radio in the 1920's, moving to the daytime hours in the 1930's
(D) were aired first in the evening on 1920's radio, they moved to the daytime hours of the 1930's
(E) aired on evening radio first in the 1920's, they were moved to the 1930's in the daytime hours
Answer to Question 170
Choice B is the best answer. It maintains the passive voice and the past tense (were ... aired) established in the introductory clause. Choice D breaks this parallelism by shifting from passive to active voice (moved). Choice A also uses the active voice and inappropriately shifts to the past perfect tense (had moved); the past perfect should be used to indicate action completed before, not after, the action of were aired. In C, moving introduces a dangling participial phrase in place of an independent clause, thus producing a fragment. E drops were before aired and finishes the sentence with two prepositional phrases that distort the meaning.

[piscean84]

puys,

piscean84-SC1-25/7/08-pg91

171. In 1527 King Henry VIII sought to have his marriage to Queen Catherine annulled so as to marry Anne Boleyn.
(A) so as to marry
(B) and so could be married to
(C) to be married to
(D) so that he could marry
(E) in order that he would marry

172. The energy source on Voyager 2 is not a nuclear reactor, in which atoms are actively broken apart; rather a kind of nuclear battery that uses natural radioactive decay to produce power.
(A) apart; rather
(B) apart, but rather
(C) apart, but rather that of
(D) apart, but that of
(E) apart; it is that of

173. Joan of Arc, a young Frenchwoman who claimed to be divinely inspired, turned the tide of English victories in her country by liberating the city of Orleans and she persuaded Charles VII of France to claim his throne.
(A) she persuaded Charles VII of France to claim his throne
(B) persuaded Charles VII of France in claiming his throne
(C) persuading that the throne be claimed by Charles VII of France
(D) persuaded Charles VII of France to claim his throne
(E) persuading that Charles VII of France should claim the throne

174. A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn were published, reveals that Twain provided financial assistance to one of the first Black students at Yale Law School.
(A) A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn were published,
(B) A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year of publication as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,

(C) A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published,
(D) Mark Twain wrote a letter in the same year as he published The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that
(E) Mark Twain wrote a letter in the same year of publication as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that

175. Two new studies indicate that many people become obese more due to the fact that their bodies burn calories too slowly than overeating.
(A) due to the fact that their bodies burn calories too slowly than overeating
(B) due to their bodies burning calories too slowly than to eating too much
(C) because their bodies bum calories too slowly than that they are overeaters
(D) because their bodies bum calories too slowly than because they eat too much
(E) because of their bodies burning calories too slowly than because of their eating too much

[raghav507]

piscean84-SC1-25/7/08-pg91

hi puys,
my take:-

171. D
172. B
173. D
174. C
175. D

[Varun Khullar]

Originally Posted by shivam_01

Todays Set of Questions

answers at 6 PM...

1)Undergoing an extraordinary rebirth in the past two decades, today Eastern Europe’s fine horses are much sought after by collectors and breeders all over the world.

a. Undergoing an extraordinary rebirth in the past two decades, today Eastern Europe’s fine horses are much sought after by
b. Undergoing an extraordinary rebirth over the past two decades, today Eastern Europe’s fine horses are much sought after by
c. Having undergone an extraordinary rebirth in the past two decades, today Eastern Europe’s fine horses are much sought after for
d. Having undergone an extraordinary rebirth in the past two decades, today Eastern Europe’s fine horses are much sought after by

2) Show business, as anybody will tell you is all about relationships, but when relationships and business are intertwined, the relationships become subservient for the business.
a. but when relationships and business are intertwined, the relationships become subservient for
b. but when relationships and business is intertwined, the relationships become subservient to
c. but when relationships and business are intertwined, the relationships become subservient to
d. but when relationships and businesses are intertwined, the relationships become subservient for

3)Most philosophers believe that each one of us is responsible to choose one course of action over another, and the choice we make will always have a great effect on our life.
a. each one of us is responsible to choose one course of action over another
b. each one of us is responsible for choosing one course of action over another
c. each one of us is responsible for choosing one course of action over the other one
d. each one of us responsibly chooses one course of action over another

4)The result of these delays, even though it was due to factors beyond our control, were several people calling up to complain and asking for a refund of their money.
a. it was due to factors beyond our control, were several people calling up to complain and asking for a refund of
b. it was due to factors beyond control, were several people calling up to complain and asking for a refund of
c. they were due to factors beyond our control, was several people calling up to complain and asking for refunding
d. they were due to factors beyond our control, was several people calling up to complain and to ask for

a refund of

dcbd:2gunfire:

[aseem83]

My take for Shivam_01-SC6-25.7.2008-pg91
D
C
B
C

and for piscean84-SC1-25/7/08-pg91

171. d
172. a
173. d
174. c
175. d

AsEeM

[raghav507]

Shivam_01-SC6-25.7.2008-pg91

hi puys,
my take:-

1. D
2. C
3. B
4. D