- d
- d
- d
- d
- e
- a
- e
Plz confirm the OAs
sumitgoel23,
plz confirm the OAs.
sumitgoel23,
plz confirm the OAs.
Is it E ?
A) "calendar stick" was carved in the past so instead of "have" it shpuld be simple past. Moreover, "basing them" seems odd.
B) It distorts the meaning by saying that "calendar stick" provides the evidence of north Indian. "them" does not has clear/unambiguous antecedent to calendars. instead of "have" it should have been "had"
C) "them" does not has clear/unambiguous antecedent to calendars.
D) It distorts the meaning by saying that "calendar stick" provides the evidence of north Indian
E) correct usage and conveys the meaning clearly
chhavikhurana,
Plz confirm the OA
the part "the first book by a Black woman and it was only the second published by an American woman." is a noun phrase in apposition.
so no need to include "it"
C) "only" as an adverb modifies "publish" rather than "the second". changes the meaning
D) looses parallelism with the first part - by black woman and ... by american woman
E) "only" modifies "the second" and maintains the parallelism -- hence correct
chhavikhurana,
Plz confirm the OA
A) - Though grammatically nothing seems wrong with it, but the agreement only reduced the amount it didn't prohibited the municipalities so it implies that act is still going on. " had been allowed to dump" conveys that they can't dump anymore.
B) distorts the meaning by ignoring "allow"
C) past tense should be used.
D) correct
E) again past tense
chhavikhurana,
Plz confirm the OA
1.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
a
a
d
d
c
d
d
now give me the explanation of whichever are correct!!!:gunsmilie:
a) correct idiom is "consequence of" -- notjing seems wrong with this option
b) incorrect idiom usage
c) incorrect idiom usage
d) it should be "close" instead of "near"
d,e) the second part of the sentence after comma is a noun phrase in apposition, so it should begin with "a consequence.."
Hello Puys,
Try this....
Although Napoleons army entered Russia with far more supplies than they had in their previous campaigns, it had provisions for only twenty-four days.
(A) they had in their previous campaigns
(B) their previous campaigns had had
(C) they had for any previous campaign
(D) in their previous campaigns
(E) for any previous campaign
2.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 Blacks returning to Africa which was the land that to him symbolized the possibility of freedom
(E) some Blacks return to the land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him, Africa
a
a
d
d
c
d
d
now give me the explanation of whichever are correct!!!:gunsmilie:
a)
b) "freedom to him" distorts the meaning by suggesting that freedom is meant only for Marcus
c) same as b, "which" is generally used for non-restrictive clause so it would have been better if there would have been a comma before "which". i feel there should have been "is" instead of "was"
d) "advocated" should be followed by "that". "is" instead of "was".
e) "advocated" should be followed by "that . "Africa" at the send makes no sense
3.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
a
a
d
d
c
d
d
now give me the explanation of whichever are correct!!!:gunsmilie:
the second part of the sentence after comma is a -ing participial phrase modifying the noun "radiation". We need parallelism in that phrase. hence possible options are
d) - "cause x to y" -- nothing problematic with this
e) - incorrect usage
Hence "d" wins
4.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
a
a
d
d
c
d
d
now give me the explanation of whichever are correct!!!:gunsmilie:
correct idiomatic usage is
claims that...
claims to be..
hence the answer D
6.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
a
a
d
d
c
d
d
now give me the explanation of whichever are correct!!!:gunsmilie:
it should be "number of women" rather than "numbers of women"
hence the correct options are D & E.
d) - nothing seems wrong
e) from this option it seems that some "invisible force", moreover usage of "increase" seems redundant after "raised", making it wordy.
Puys,
please help me explaining why the below two questions have the OAs C & D respectively.
i think the OAs should have been A & C respectively
5.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
7.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
chhavikhurana,
could you please re-confirm the OAs for above 2 Qs.
Hello Puys,
Try this....
Although Napoleons army entered Russia with far more supplies than they had in their previous campaigns, it had provisions for only twenty-four days.
(A) they had in their previous campaigns
(B) their previous campaigns had had
(C) they had for any previous campaign
(D) in their previous campaigns
(E) for any previous campaign
i think this is subject verb agreement
they their don'tgo with singular Napolena's army..
so answer is E
1) I believe the answer is (B). Here we need a common "to". Here is the sentence with option (B) - During and immediately after the California gold rush, the way for a merchant to generate the most profit was to move a limited amount of scarce goods to San Francisco as quickly as possible, rather than carry larger loads more slowly, which determined the design of the clipper ship. - "rather" gets used to show two ways of doing things. Here we can ask "...generate the most profit was to.... rather than...".
2) I believe the answer is again (B). Sorry but I am not able to provide any explanation. Only can say that it sounds right.
3) I think the answer is (D). For parallelism, the answer is one of (C), (D) or (E). When we say literature, author is implied. So (D).
In 2 question ,
A). Despite them attempt in A and C is awkward, their attempt is the correct word .
b/w B and E , B is correct as 'it' canOT not refer to verb 'found' .
Only 'SO' can be used .
Hope it helps
now this
1.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
2.A little under a million years ago, the briny waters of the Baltic Sea began flooding into the cold North Atlantic: geologists are still debating whether the flood was gradual or created a cataclysm.
(A) whether the flood was gradual or created a cataclysm
(B) if the flood was gradual or created a cataclysm
(C) about whether the flood was gradual or cataclysmic
(D) whether the flood was gradual or cataclysmic
(E) whether the flood was gradual or it created a cataclysm
3.A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but that they will, or could, be made sufficiently safe in the future.
(A) that they will, or could,
(B) that they would, or could,
(C) they will be or could
(D) think that they will be or could
(E) think the power stations would or could
4.A migraine typically afflicts one side of the head, lasts for hours or days, and may recur as infrequently as once every other month or often, as daily.
(A) as infrequently as once every other month or often, as
(B) as infrequently as once every other month or as often as
(C) infrequently, as often as once every other month, or often, like
(D) infrequently, like once every other month, or often, like
(E) infrequently, like once every other month, or as often as
5.A new phenomena, which is visible at Managuas major intersections, are waves of vendors and beggars, which include many children and mob cars at the stoplights.
(A) A new phenomena, which is visible at Managuas major intersections, are waves of vendors and beggars, which include many children and
(B) Visible at Managuas major intersections are waves of vendors and beggars with many children, new phenomena that
(C) A new phenomenon visible at Managuas major intersections is waves of vendors and beggars, many of them children, who
(D) Phenomenally new waves of vendors, beggars, and many children are visible at Managuas major intersections, which
(E) A wave of vendors and beggars, many of whom are children, are visible at Managuas major intersections, where they are a new phenomenon and
6.A number of linguists contend that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the worlds five billion people can be traced back to a common root language.
(A) that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the worlds five billion people can be traced
(B) that the worlds five billion people speak thousands of languages of which all can be traced
(C) the worlds five billion people speak thousands of languages which are all traceable
(D) all of the thousands of languages spoken by the worlds five billion people to be traceable
(E) the ability to trace all of the thousands of languages that are spoken by the worlds five billion people
7.A patient accusing a doctor of malpractice will find it difficult to prove damage if there is a lack of some other doctor to testify about proper medical procedures.
(A) if there is a lack of some other doctor to testify
(B) unless there will be another doctor to testify
(C) without another doctors testimony
(D) should there be no testimony from some other doctor
(E) lacking another doctor to testify
8.A peculiar feature of the embryonic mammalian circulatory system is that in the area of the heart the cells adhere to one another, beating in unison and adopting specialized orientations exclusive of one another.
(A) beating in unison and adopting
(B) they beat in unison while adopting
(C) beat in unison, and adopt
(D) beating in unison yet adopting
(E) even though they beat in unison and adopt
9.A President entering the final two years of a second term is likely to be at a severe disadvantage and is often unable to carry out a legislative program.
(A) likely to be at a severe disadvantage and is often unable to
(B) likely severely disadvantaged and often unable to
(C) liable to be severely disadvantaged and cannot often
(D) liable that he or she is at a severe disadvantage and cannot often
(E) at a severe disadvantage, often likely to be unable that he or she can
10.A prolific architect who worked from the turn of the century until the late 1950s, Julia Morgan designed nearly 800 buildings in California, perhaps most notably William Randolph Hearsts monumental estate at San Simeon.
(A) Julia Morgan designed nearly 800 buildings in California, perhaps most notably William Randolph Hearsts monumental estate at San Simeon
(B) perhaps the most notable of the nearly 800 buildings in California designed by Julia Morgan was William Randolph Hearsts monumental estate at San Simeon
(C) of the nearly 800 buildings in California designed by Julia Morgan, perhaps the most notable was William Randolph Hearsts monumental estate at San Simeon
(D) nearly 800 buildings in California were designed by Julia Morgan, of which William Randolph Hearsts monumental estate at San Simeon is perhaps the most notable
(E) William Randolph Hearsts monumental estate at San Simeon is perhaps the most notable of the nearly 800 buildings in California designed by Julia Morgan
first one
1.Mark twain .. one basically the question about the usage of as ,like ,that
that gives restictive clause to the sentence.So C
2.Second is about the usage of whether vs if.whether wins .. about whether and whether choice D ,about whether changes the meaning.
3.D .. think that they will or could,without the think ,they could refer to more than one person.
4.B as often as
5.C is .. not are .. singular plural .. which is not used to give important information..
6.A
7.C if is not used.. like this...
8.D
9.A
10.A
Hi ,
I am a new member to PG and to this forum .
My Profile :
Age : 25 Male
Exp : 2 1/2 years in IT
2 unsuccessful CAT attempts :(
So a typical IIM guy profile .
My Ans . are
1- c
2-d
3-D
4-B
5-C
6-A
7- C
8- D
9- A
10- A
what are the OA's ????
now this
1.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
2.A little under a million years ago, the briny waters of the Baltic Sea began flooding into the cold North Atlantic: geologists are still debating whether the flood was gradual or created a cataclysm.
(A) whether the flood was gradual or created a cataclysm
(B) if the flood was gradual or created a cataclysm
(C) about whether the flood was gradual or cataclysmic
(D) whether the flood was gradual or cataclysmic
(E) whether the flood was gradual or it created a cataclysm
3.A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but that they will, or could, be made sufficiently safe in the future.
(A) that they will, or could,
(B) that they would, or could,
(C) they will be or could
(D) think that they will be or could
(E) think the power stations would or could
4.A migraine typically afflicts one side of the head, lasts for hours or days, and may recur as infrequently as once every other month or often, as daily.
(A) as infrequently as once every other month or often, as
(B) as infrequently as once every other month or as often as
(C) infrequently, as often as once every other month, or often, like
(D) infrequently, like once every other month, or often, like
(E) infrequently, like once every other month, or as often as
5.A new phenomena, which is visible at Managuas major intersections, are waves of vendors and beggars, which include many children and mob cars at the stoplights.
(A) A new phenomena, which is visible at Managuas major intersections, are waves of vendors and beggars, which include many children and
(B) Visible at Managuas major intersections are waves of vendors and beggars with many children, new phenomena that
(C) A new phenomenon visible at Managuas major intersections is waves of vendors and beggars, many of them children, who
(D) Phenomenally new waves of vendors, beggars, and many children are visible at Managuas major intersections, which
(E) A wave of vendors and beggars, many of whom are children, are visible at Managuas major intersections, where they are a new phenomenon and
6.A number of linguists contend that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the worlds five billion people can be traced back to a common root language.
(A) that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the worlds five billion people can be traced
(B) that the worlds five billion people speak thousands of languages of which all can be traced
(C) the worlds five billion people speak thousands of languages which are all traceable
(D) all of the thousands of languages spoken by the worlds five billion people to be traceable
(E) the ability to trace all of the thousands of languages that are spoken by the worlds five billion people
7.A patient accusing a doctor of malpractice will find it difficult to prove damage if there is a lack of some other doctor to testify about proper medical procedures.
(A) if there is a lack of some other doctor to testify
(B) unless there will be another doctor to testify
(C) without another doctors testimony
(D) should there be no testimony from some other doctor
(E) lacking another doctor to testify
8.A peculiar feature of the embryonic mammalian circulatory system is that in the area of the heart the cells adhere to one another, beating in unison and adopting specialized orientations exclusive of one another.
(A) beating in unison and adopting
(B) they beat in unison while adopting
(C) beat in unison, and adopt
(D) beating in unison yet adopting
(E) even though they beat in unison and adopt
9.A President entering the final two years of a second term is likely to be at a severe disadvantage and is often unable to carry out a legislative program.
(A) likely to be at a severe disadvantage and is often unable to
(B) likely severely disadvantaged and often unable to
(C) liable to be severely disadvantaged and cannot often
(D) liable that he or she is at a severe disadvantage and cannot often
(E) at a severe disadvantage, often likely to be unable that he or she can
10.A prolific architect who worked from the turn of the century until the late 1950s, Julia Morgan designed nearly 800 buildings in California, perhaps most notably William Randolph Hearsts monumental estate at San Simeon.
(A) Julia Morgan designed nearly 800 buildings in California, perhaps most notably William Randolph Hearsts monumental estate at San Simeon
(B) perhaps the most notable of the nearly 800 buildings in California designed by Julia Morgan was William Randolph Hearsts monumental estate at San Simeon
(C) of the nearly 800 buildings in California designed by Julia Morgan, perhaps the most notable was William Randolph Hearsts monumental estate at San Simeon
(D) nearly 800 buildings in California were designed by Julia Morgan, of which William Randolph Hearsts monumental estate at San Simeon is perhaps the most notable
(E) William Randolph Hearsts monumental estate at San Simeon is perhaps the most notable of the nearly 800 buildings in California designed by Julia Morgan
my picks are
c
d
d
b
c
a
c
d
a
a
Plz confirm the OAs
hi Puys, give a try to below.
Although the Supreme Court ruled as long ago as 1880 that Blacks could not be excluded outright from jury service, nearly a century of case-by-case adjudication has been necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be drawn from a fair cross section of the community.
(A) has been necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be
(B) was necessary for developing and enforcing the principle of all juries being
(C) was to be necessary in developing and enforcing the principle of all juries to be
(D) is necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be
(E) will be necessary for developing and enforcing the principle of all juries being
Although the Supreme Court ruled as long ago as 1880 that Blacks could not be excluded outright from jury service, nearly a century of case-by-case adjudication has been necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be drawn from a fair cross section of the community.
(A) has been necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be
(B) was necessary for developing and enforcing the principle of all juries being
(C) was to be necessary in developing and enforcing the principle of all juries to be
(D) is necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be
(E) will be necessary for developing and enforcing the principle of all juries being
hi Puys, give a try to below.
Although the Supreme Court ruled as long ago as 1880 that Blacks could not be excluded outright from jury service, nearly a century of case-by-case adjudication has been necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be drawn from a fair cross section of the community.
(A) has been necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be
(B) was necessary for developing and enforcing the principle of all juries being
(C) was to be necessary in developing and enforcing the principle of all juries to be
(D) is necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be
(E) will be necessary for developing and enforcing the principle of all juries being
my pick is B
Plz confirm the OA
hi Puys, give a try to below.
Although the Supreme Court ruled as long ago as 1880 that Blacks could not be excluded outright from jury service, nearly a century of case-by-case adjudication has been necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be drawn from a fair cross section of the community.
(A) has been necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be
(B) was necessary for developing and enforcing the principle of all juries being
(C) was to be necessary in developing and enforcing the principle of all juries to be
(D) is necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be
(E) will be necessary for developing and enforcing the principle of all juries being
C is the answer ----pretty much clear
My Pick is B
whats the OA ?