VA Guide for CAT 2008

[getintoiimb]

moi take
1) D
2) C
3) B
4) E
5) B

[Iota]

Originally Posted by neversaydie_001

My answers are:
1.(D)
2.(C)
3.(B)
4.(E)
5.(B)

@ neversaydie,getintoiimb,naresh007 : congrats all correct answers.

ne one of u can go ahead and post some verbal questions.

here goes the xplanations.

1.Choice D is best. The phrasing a divorce that occurred when they were children correctly uses the relative clause that occurred to modify a divorce and includes a pronoun and verb (they were) that refer unambiguously to their antecedent, men and women.
Choice 'A' inappropriately uses the when phrase with occurring.thus relates the divorce to a child -- which is illogical. also singular child doesn't agree with the plural men and women.
Choice 'B' uses children but again usage of when is improper.
same with the choice 'C'.
Choice 'E' -- usage of has occurred is improper and each doen't properly refer to men and women.

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2. Choice 'C' is the best option.
Choice 'A' & 'B' usage of have doesn't agree with the singular subject number.
The absence of an area in B and E impairs clarity: the phrase beginning with about must modify a noun such as area that is logically equivalent to the number of acres given. In D and E up to is unidiomatic; the correct expres*sion is from x to y. In D, the size of Colorado's is unidiomatic, since of Colorado forms a complete possessive.

[Iota]

3. Clearly 'B' with the help of parallelism.

[Iota]

4.
For parallelism, the linking verb is should link two infinitives: The only way to salvage ... is to process. Choice A begins with an infinitive, but the plural pronouns them and they do not agree with the singular noun citrus. Choices B, C, and D do not begin with an infinitive, and all present pronoun errors: the plural pronouns cannot grammatically refer to citrus or fruit, nor can they refer to farmers without absurdity. The best choice, E, has parallel infinitives and uses fruit to refer unambiguously to citrus. E also expresses the cause-and-effect relationship between the return of warmer weather and the rotting of the fruit; A, C, and D merely describe these events as contemporaneous.

[Iota]

5.
Choices A, C, and E do not state the comparison logically. The expression as old as indicates equality of age, but the sentence indicates that the Brittany monuments predate the Mediterranean monuments by 2,000 years. In B, the best choice, older than makes this point of comparison clear. B also correctly uses the adjective supposed, rather than the adverb supposedly used in D and E, to modify the noun phrase Mediterranean predecessors.

[naresh007]

Well...Puy's find my quota of EU:


1. A “calendar stick” carved centuries ago by the Winnebago tribe may provide the first evidence that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them on systematic astronomical observation.
(A) that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them
(B) of the North American Indians who have developed advanced full-year calendars and based them
(C) of the development of advanced full-year calendars by North American Indians, basing them
(D) of the North American Indians and their development of advanced full-year calendars based
(E) that the North American Indians developed advanced full-year calendars based

2. A 1972 agreement between Canada and the United States reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump into the Great Lakes.
(A) reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump
(B) reduced the phosphate amount that municipalities had been dumping
(C) reduces the phosphate amount municipalities have been allowed to dump
(D) reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities are allowed to dump
(E) reduces the amount of phosphates allowed for dumping by municipalities

3. A collection of 38 poems by Phillis Wheatley, a slave, was published in the 1770’s, the first book by a Black woman and it was only the second published by an American woman.
(A) it was only the second published by an American woman
(B) it was only the second that an American woman published
(C) the second one only published by an American woman
(D) the second one only that an American woman published
(E) only the second published by an American woman

4. A common disability in test pilots is hearing impairment, a consequence of sitting too close to large jet engines for long periods of time.
(A) a consequence of sitting too close to large jet engines for long periods of time
(B) a consequence from sitting for long periods of time too near to large jet engines
(C) a consequence which resulted from sitting too close to large jet engines for long periods of time
(D) damaged from sitting too near to large jet engines for long periods of time
(E) damaged because they sat too close to large jet engines for long periods of time

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
(B) that some Blacks return to the African land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him
(C) that some Blacks return to Africa which was the land which symbolized the possibility of freedom to him
(D) some Black’s returning to Africa which was the land that to him symbolized the possibility of freedom
(E) some Black’s return to the land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him, Africa

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Originally Posted by Iota

@ neversaydie,getintoiimb,naresh007 : congrats all correct answers.

ne one of u can go ahead and post some verbal questions.

here goes the xplanations.

1.Choice D is best. The phrasing a divorce that occurred when they were children correctly uses the relative clause that occurred to modify a divorce and includes a pronoun and verb (they were) that refer unambiguously to their antecedent, men and women.
Choice 'A' inappropriately uses the when phrase with occurring.thus relates the divorce to a child -- which is illogical. also singular child doesn't agree with the plural men and women.
Choice 'B' uses children but again usage of when is improper.
same with the choice 'C'.
Choice 'E' -- usage of has occurred is improper and each doen't properly refer to men and women.

[Iota]

Originally Posted by naresh007

Well...Puy's find my quota of EU:


1. A “calendar stick” carved centuries ago by the Winnebago tribe may provide the first evidence that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them on systematic astronomical observation.
(A) that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them
(B) of the North American Indians who have developed advanced full-year calendars and based them
(C) of the development of advanced full-year calendars by North American Indians, basing them
(D) of the North American Indians and their development of advanced full-year calendars based
(E) that the North American Indians developed advanced full-year calendars based



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Keep Rockin...n...Keep Solvin

1. E
2. A
3. E
4. A
5. A

[getintoiimb]

moi take
1. E
2. A
3. E
4. A
5. A

[tzsrivastava]

Hi All,
Apart frm exercises that dedicated puys are posting, from today onwards, I would be posting a few points on the practical usage of English. I would update it every now and then. Please go through it on a daily basis and learn as much as you can...happy reading

Let' start:-

beside and besides
Beside is a preposition meaning 'at the side of', 'by' or 'next to'
Why is the cat sitting beside the chair?

Besides is used when we add new information to what is already known.
Besides aerobics, I have to do crunches and push ups.

Besides can also be used as a discourse marker meaning 'also', 'in any case',and 'as well'. It is often used to add a stronger, more conclusive argument to what has gone before. In this case, besides usually goes at the beginning of the clause.
It's too late to go out now. Besides, it's starting to rain.
I don't like this dress; besides,it's too expensive.

Tarun
PS: let me know if u think that theses posts wont be useful