１． In order to evenly and effectively paint a rough surface, it is necessary to sand it and apply primer before applying the paint.
(A) it and apply primer before applying the paint
(B) it and prime it and paint it
(C) it, then prime it, then paint it
(D) the surface and apply primer before you
apply paint to the surface
(E) the surface, apply primer to the surface and then paint it
２． A decade after initiating the nation's most comprehensive and aggressive antismoking program, per capita consumption of cigarettes in California declined from over 125 packs annually per person to about 60, a drop more than twice as great as in the nation as a whole.
A. per capita consumption of cigarettes in California declined from over 125 packs annually per person to about 60, a drop more than twice as great as in the nation as a whole.
B. annual per capita consumption of cigarettes in California declined from over 125 packs to about 60, more than twice as great as that
C. California's annual per capita consumption of cigarettes declined from over 125 packs per person to about 60, more than twice as great as the drop
D. California has seen per capita consumption of cigarettes decline from over 125 packs annually to about 60, a drop more than twice as great as that
E. California has seen annual per capita consumption of cigarettes decline from over 125 packs per person to about 60, more than twice as great as that
３． According to scientists at the University of California, the pattern of changes that have occurred in human DNA over the millennia indicate the possibility that everyone alive today might be descended from a single female ancestor who lived in Africa sometime between 140,000 and 280,000 years ago.
(A) indicate the possibility that everyone alive today might be descended from a single female ancestor who
(B) indicate that everyone alive today might possibly be a descendant of a single female ancestor who had
(C) may indicate that everyone alive today has descended from a single female ancestor who had
(D) indicates that everyone alive today may be a descendant of a single female ancestor who
(E) indicates that everyone alive today might be a descendant from a single female ancestor who
Guys my question still stands unanswered,
Can u ppl plz help....
I need the difference between the following in details(both gramatically and usage-wise)....
"Equivalent in number" VS "as many as" 
Thanx!
Answers to shashankaggarwals questions...
the answers according to me are...
1. E
2. D
3. B
Hi Dear All , The answer to the byzantine....... is E( How?Dont ask, thats why I posted the question here and everyone came with a different answer)
Apart from this , I got two good SC while was surfing through the initial SC posts.
1.Although the income of farmers is expected to be lower this year than last year, their crop yields per acre far surpass last year.
(A) surpass last year
(B) surpasses last years
(C) surpasses that of last years
(D) surpass those of last year
(E) surpass that which occurred last year
2.If the claims of coastal nations to 200-mile territorial seas were accepted on a worldwide basis, more than thirty per cent of the worlds ocean area would come under the jurisdiction of one or other national states.
(A) one or other national states
(B) one or another national state
(C) one or the other national state
(D) some or another of the national states
(E) each and every national state
Will Post answers soon.
1. D ... becoz crop yields (plural)... surpass
2. B
１．In order to evenly and effectively paint a rough surface, it is necessary to sand it and apply primer before applying the paint.
(A) it and apply primer before applying the paint
(B) it and prime it and paint it
(C) it, then prime it, then paint it
(D) the surface and apply primer before you
apply paint to the surface
(E) the surface, apply primer to the surface and then paint it
I will stick with A.Though E also is convincing.
２．A decade after initiating the nation's most comprehensive and aggressive antismoking program, per capita consumption of cigarettes in California declined from over 125 packs annually per person to about 60, a drop more than twice as great as in the nation as a whole.
A. per capita consumption of cigarettes in California declined from over 125 packs annually per person to about 60, a drop more than twice as great as in the nation as a whole.
B. annual per capita consumption of cigarettes in California declined from over 125 packs to about 60, more than twice as great as that
C. California's annual per capita consumption of cigarettes declined from over 125 packs per person to about 60, more than twice as great as the drop
D. California has seen per capita consumption of cigarettes decline from over 125 packs annually to about 60, a drop more than twice as great as that
E. California has seen annual per capita consumption of cigarettes decline from over 125 packs per person to about 60, more than twice as great as that
Opening phrase is modifying california , so A,B,C is out.Annual is redundant when using per capita.so D.
３．According to scientists at the University of California, the pattern of changes that have occurred in human DNA over the millennia indicate the possibility that everyone alive today might be descended from a single female ancestor who lived in Africa sometime between 140,000 and 280,000 years ago.
(A) indicate the possibility that everyone alive today might be descended from a single female ancestor who
(B) indicate that everyone alive today might possibly be a descendant of a single female ancestor who had
(C) may indicate that everyone alive today has descended from a single female ancestor who had
(D) indicates that everyone alive today may be a descendant of a single female ancestor who
(E) indicates that everyone alive today might be a descendant from a single female ancestor who
D.The pattern is singular so indicates is required.Descendant of is right.
Hi shashank post the answers with OE.
1. D ... becoz crop yields (plural)... surpass
2. B
Both are right.please post the OE also.
Guys my question still stands unanswered,
Can u ppl plz help....
I need the difference between the following in details(both gramatically and usage-wise)....
"Equivalent in number" VS "as many as"
Thanx!
Dude its better that you post the question for further discussion here.I believe that both the options are right.May be the context is important in deciding one of the given option.
vikas130678 SaysHi shashank post the answers with OE.
Vikas !!! u rock man..
u get most SC bang on target.. i m impressed...can u please share how u achieved this accuracy ??:clap:
i m real bad with SC(s)...
all the answers u have suggested are correct.
i dont have the OE thats y i m posting here to know my mistakes.
Vikas !!! u rock man..u get most SC bang on target.. i m impressed...
can u please share how u achieved this accuracy ??:clap:
i m real bad with SC(s)...
all the answers u have suggested are correct.
i dont have the OE thats y i m posting here to know my mistakes.
Hi shashank ,
I will say - first finish OG 10,OG 11 while keeping all the backlog of your mistakes.Read all the explanations given in OG to understand the concepts.Though I am also focussing on OG right Now , I believe its PG which is the right forum to discuss your strengths and weekness through posting and answering questions.
One More question from OG-
While some academicians believe that business ethics should be integrated into every business course,
others say that students will take ethics seriously only if it would be taught as a separately required course.
(A) only if it would be taught as a separately required course
(B) only if it is taught as a separate, required course
(C) if it is taught only as a course required separately
(D) if it was taught only as a separate and required course
(E) if it would only be taught as a required course, separately
One More question from OG-
While some academicians believe that business ethics should be integrated into every business course,
others say that students will take ethics seriously only if it would be taught as a separately required course.
(A) only if it would be taught as a separately required course
(B) only if it is taught as a separate, required course
(C) if it is taught only as a course required separately
(D) if it was taught only as a separate and required course
(E) if it would only be taught as a required course, separately
Answer: B
Choice is between B and C (use of present tense). C uses adverb separately, where adjective is required.
Thx.
One More question from OG-
While some academicians believe that business ethics should be integrated into every business course,
others say that students will take ethics seriously only if it would be taught as a separately required course.
(A) only if it would be taught as a separately required course
(B) only if it is taught as a separate, required course
(C) if it is taught only as a course required separately
(D) if it was taught only as a separate and required course
(E) if it would only be taught as a required course, separately
The subjunctive mood be used since it is expressing something of a possibility.
The only should be before if--otherwise it distorts the meaning.
I would say B is correct.
Ok Puys , B is the answer.
Who Will Post the next question?
Hi Puys , Few questions from the previous Pages.I thought these questions worthful to discuss here-
1.Griffith's cameraman Bitzer was a mechanical wizard, and what skill was lacking in his visual composition was more than compensated by his ability to combine gadgets and props to produce the required cinematic effects.
(A) what skill was lacking in his visual composition was more than compensated by
(B) what skills he was lacking in visual composition, he more than compensated for in
(C) whatever his visual composition lacked, he more than compensated in
(D) whatever skills he lacked in visual composition, he more than compensated for by
(E) he more than compensated his lack of visual composition with
I think Answer is B/E, However My vote is likely to fall with E.
Hi Puys , Few questions from the previous Pages.I thought these questions worthful to discuss here-
1.Griffith's cameraman Bitzer was a mechanical wizard, and what skill was lacking in his visual composition was more than compensated by his ability to combine gadgets and props to produce the required cinematic effects.
(A) what skill was lacking in his visual composition was more than compensated by
(B) what skills he was lacking in visual composition, he more than compensated for in
(C) whatever his visual composition lacked, he more than compensated in
(D) whatever skills he lacked in visual composition, he more than compensated for by
(E) he more than compensated his lack of visual composition with
I think Answer is B/E, However My vote is likely to fall with E.
Griffith's cameraman Bitzer was a mechanical wizard, and what skill was lacking in his visual composition was more than compensated by his ability to combine gadgets and props to produce the required cinematic effects.
(A) what skill was lacking in his visual composition was more than compensated by
(B) what skills he was lacking in visual composition, he more than compensated for in
(C) whatever his visual composition lacked, he more than compensated in
(D) whatever skills he lacked in visual composition, he more than compensated for by
(E) he more than compensated his lack of visual composition with
A reading of the passage and quick look at the options suggest that the question is of "Comparision type", the keywords being "was more than compensated". The two things compared must be parallel. One of the things compared "His ability to...." is NOT in the underlined portion and hence our choice must parallel this construction.
(A) what skill was lacking in his visual composition was more than compensated by
X was more than compensated by Y. X is "skill" which parallels Y "ability". But phrasing of X doesn't sound idiomatic. "What skill was lacking" would have been much better, if it were "whatever skill was lacking".
(B) what skills he was lacking in visual composition, he more than compensated for in
X, he more than compensated for in Y. In otherwords, "He more than compensated for X in Y". The construction doesn't sound idiomatic. "He more than compensated for X by Y" sounds right. Eliminate option B.
(C) whatever his visual composition lacked, he more than compensated in
He more than compensated X in Y. Sounds unidiomatic. Further X is not Skills or anything that he owns. It is something that Visual composition lacks. Comparing it with his ability is not logical.Rather it could have been compared with something that he added to the visual using his ability. Eliminate C.
(D) whatever skills he lacked in visual composition, he more than compensated for by
He more than compensated for X by Y. Sounds good. "Skills" is compared with "his ability".
(E) he more than compensated his lack of visual composition with
He more than compensated X with Y. Not sure whether this is right. Also, X alters the meaning by comparing "lack of visual composition" rather than "lack of skills in visual composition". I feel that the difference is significant.
Eliminate E.
A and D are the finalists. I will take 'D'.
Hi Phalanx ,
I am not sure of the right idiom -
X compensated for by y
X compensated for in y
However compensated for is right , so choice has to be B/D.
However what about the comma phrase-
1.what skills he was lacking in visual composition
2.whatever skills he lacked in visual composition
I believe the first one is a better phrase as it suggests an ongoing situation.
and what about the use of prepositional phrase-
In his ability or by his ability.Ability is abstract so dont u think by his ability sounds od* !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And have a look at the below sentence from grammar point of view.
She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident.
Hi Phalanx ,
I am not sure of the right idiom -
X compensated for by y
X compensated for in y
I too am not sure. But "by" sounds (quiet strongly) correct to me.
However what about the comma phrase-
1.what skills he was lacking in visual composition
2.whatever skills he lacked in visual composition
I believe the first one is a better phrase as it suggests an ongoing situation.
I really have trouble with these tenses.
Anyways, i did some research and looks like "past tense is preferred here". Past continuous tense is generally used to express that a longer action was interrupted by a shorter action.For instance "Tom was eating apple when the door bell rang". In our passage, we are trying to describe two actions "lacking skills" and "compensating" that went hand in hand. Hence past tense is preferred. Please correct me if i am wrong.and what about the use of prepositional phrase-
In his ability or by his ability.Ability is abstract so dont u think by his ability sounds od* !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think correct choice of preposition here also depends on the rest of the sentence. All the below sentences that use different prepositions sound correct to me.
I bank on his ability to speak fluently.
I was astonished by his ability to run fast.
I believe in his ability to handle tough customers.
And have a look at the below sentence from grammar point of view.
She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident.
Could you please highlight the part you want me to understand? The sentence states "she was compensated for X". There is no information of How she was compensated. May be sentences like "She was compensated for loss of her arm in the accident by a fat cheque" or something like that would be close to our passage.
Hi Puys , Few questions from the previous Pages.I thought these questions worthful to discuss here-
1.Griffith's cameraman Bitzer was a mechanical wizard, and what skill was lacking in his visual composition was more than compensated by his ability to combine gadgets and props to produce the required cinematic effects.
(A) what skill was lacking in his visual composition was more than compensated by
(B) what skills he was lacking in visual composition, he more than compensated for in
(C) whatever his visual composition lacked, he more than compensated in
(D) whatever skills he lacked in visual composition, he more than compensated for by
(E) he more than compensated his lack of visual composition with
I think Answer is B/E, However My vote is likely to fall with E.
i think idiom is compensated X with Y, so I go with E. Let me know if i m wrong..
Hi Guys the answer is B.
Though I am also not sure of the reasons .Though phalanx has posted explanations but still we have to reach the reason for that.
My answers.
1.E
2.D
3.D
i m new 2 d thread...but wil b regular now...writin GMAT on 15th april ...not taken date yet...
cheers guys...
i think answer 2 question no 1 sud b A..
bkoz it removes d redundancy present in E..
correct me ..if i m wrong...n plzz reason 4 it.
Hi Guys the answer is B.
Though I am also not sure of the reasons .Though phalanx has posted explanations but still we have to reach the reason for that.
vikas !!! can u tell from where have u taken this question ??