Hello,
I obtained 42 in Verbal with overall score of 750. I can share my "Self-prepared study notes" on Verbal and Quant to serious GMAT aspirants. Interested may please mail.
My answers are in Blue and the errors in the sentences in Red.
Hope that helps.
Regards,
Neha
Hi All,
Try these!!!
Cost/costs? and why?
While large banks can afford to maintain their own data-processing operations, many smaller regional and community banks are finding that the cost associated with upgrading data-processing equipment and with the development and maintenance of new products and technical staff are prohibitive.
A cost associated with
B costs associated with
C costs arising from
D cost of
E costs of
The rising of costs of data-processing operations at many financial institutions has created a growing opportunity for independent companies to provide these services more efficiently and at lower cost.
(A) The rising of costs
(B) Rising costs
(C) The rising cost
(D) Because the rising cost
(E) Because of rising costs
OA's
1)B(A,B,C all looks good to me,Please Note:- Both "as a result of and resulting from" are correct usage)
2)B
3)E( but i feel it should be D)
Hi All,
Try these!!!
Cost/costs? and why?
While large banks can afford to maintain their own data-processing operations, many smaller regional and community banks are finding that the cost associated with upgrading data-processing equipment and with the development and maintenance of new products and technical staff are prohibitive.
A cost associated with
B costs associated with
C costs arising from
D cost of
E costs of
Explanation-
The correct option must offer a noun that agrees in number with the plural verb are, the second-to-last word in the sentence, to produce the grammatical sequence costs....are prohibitive. Also, the best answer, will use the preposition with to complete the parallel construction costs associated with upgrading....and with the development....Choice B, the best answer,is the only option that meets both requirements.
The rising of costs of data-processing operations at many financial institutions has created a growing opportunity for independent companies to provide these services more efficiently and at lower cost.
(A) The rising of costs
(B) Rising costs
(C) The rising cost
(D) Because the rising cost
(E) Because of rising costs
Explanation-
The best answer is C. Choice A in unidiomatic. and B costs...has lack of subject-verb agreement. Choices D and E produce sentence fragments since Because makes the clause subordinate rather than independent.
I cross-checked the answers with other site. a whole thread is for the discussion for this ques only. esp b/w choices D and E. you can check that too.here's the link:
SC-Wages : Verbal GMAT Questions
And can you give the explanation for sentence 1?
Regards,
Neha
254)Dr. Sayre's lecture recounted several little-known episodes in the relations between nations that illustrates what is wrong with alliances and treaties that do not have popular support.
(A) relations between nations that illustrates
(B) relation of one nation with another that illustrates
(C) relations between nations that illustrate
(D) relation of one nation with another and illustrate
(E) relations of nations that illustrates
Dr. Tonegawa won the Nobel Prize for discovering how the body can constantly change its genes to fashion a seeming unlimited number of antibodies, each specifically targeted at an invading microbe or foreign substance.
(A) seeming unlimited number of antibodies, each specifically targeted at
(B) seeming unlimited number of antibodies, each targeted specifically to
(C) seeming unlimited number of antibodies, all specifically targeted at
(D) seemingly unlimited number of antibodies, all of them targeted specifically to
(E) seemingly unlimited number of antibodies, each targeted specifically at
Explanation-
Choices A,B and C incorrectly use the adjective form seeming to modify the participal adjective unlimited. B also uses the unidiomatic Preposition to instead of the correct at after targeted,while C violates sense by having all the antibodies specifically targeted at an, that is one, invading microbe or substance. Choice D correctly uses seemingly, but it repeats B's incorrect use of trageted to and C's illogical all...specifically. Only E, the best choice, correctly uses the form seemingly to modify unlimited the correct preposition at with targeted, and the logically correct each, which links the specific antibodies to specific microbes or substances.
Q) added / adding ?and why?
During the 1980's approximately $50 billion in private investment capital is estimated to have left Mexico and added to the strain on the country's debt-ridden economy.
(A) During the 1980's approximately $50 billion in private investment capital is estimated to have left Mexico and added
(B) During the 1980's it is estimated that approximately $50 billion in private investment capital left Mexico and added
(C) It is estimated that there was approximately $50 billion in private investment capital that left Mexico during the 1980's and added
(D) It is estimated that during the 1980's approximately $50 billion in private investment capital left Mexico, adding
(E) Approximately $50 billion in private investment capital is estimated as having left Mexico during the 1980's, adding
Dude, you are looking for wrong hints: added/adding!
the issue over is Idiom.
The correct idiom is "estimated to be"
and that is why A is the answer.
Rest all choices violates it and use unidimoatic "estimated that..."
hope that helps. answers in Blue as always.
Regards,
Neha
OA's
1)B(A,B,C all looks good to me,Please Note:- Both "as a result of and resulting from" are correct usage)
2)B
3)E( but i feel it should be D)
bhalim SaysHi Sish-in, I agree with the answer in number 1 and 3 but I got A for number 2. Can you provide the explanation why "Contrary to" is wrong?
Hi Neha,
You are correct "estimated to be" is correct IDIOM ,but it is not the end of story.
(A) During the 1980's approximately $50 billion in private investment capital is estimated to have left Mexico and added
1)Estimation was done for 1980 and not in 1980 therefore both the option A and B (During the 1980's ....) are incorrect .
2)"and" is used here as a conjunction which wrongly joins a clause and a phrase.
3)"and" should be used here as a relative pronoun which appropriately refers to the antecedent.
Moreover,As 2 actions are not separate so using 'adding' makes sense.
Therefore even though option D being unattractive is the correct option.
Hope it helps.
Contrary to popular belief, victors in the ancient Greek Olympic Games received cash prizes in addition to their laurel wreaths.
A. Contrary to
B. In contrast with
C. Opposite of
D. Unlike
E. In spite of
OA's
1)B(A,B,C all looks good to me,Please Note:- Both "as a result of and resulting from" are correct usage)
2)B
3)E( but i feel it should be D)
bhalim SaysHi Sish-in, I agree with the answer in number 1 and 3 but I got A for number 2. Can you provide the explanation why "Contrary to" is wrong?
Following the destruction of the space shuttle Challenger, investigators concluded that many key people employed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and its contractors work an excessive amount of overtime that has the potential of causing errors in judgment.
(A) overtime that has the potential of causing
(B) overtime that has the potential to cause
(C) overtime that potentially can cause
(D) overtime, a practice that has the potential for causing
(E) overtime, a practice that can, potentially, cause
Florida will gain another quarter-million jobs this year alone, many of them in high-paying fields like electronics and banking, making the states economy far more diversified than ten years ago.
(A) high-paying fields like electronics and banking, making the states economy far more diversified than
(B) high-paying fields like electronics and banking, and making the states economy far more diversified than its economy
(C) high-paying fields such as electronics and banking, to make the states economy far more diversified than
(D) such high-paying fields as electronics and banking, making the states economy far more diversified than it was
(E) such high-paying fields as electronics and banking, and make the states economy far more diversified than it was
Even today, a century after Pasteur developed the first vaccine, rabies almost always kills its victims unless inoculated in the earliest stages of the disease.
(A) its victims unless inoculated
(B) its victims unless they are inoculated
(C) its victims unless inoculation is done
(D) the victims unless there is an inoculation
(E) the victims unless inoculated
Everyone participating in the early sociological study committed a crucial methodological error by failing to fully consider alternative ways of classifying their data.
(A) by failing to fully consider alternative ways of classifying their
(B) by failing fully to consider alternative ways of classifying their
(C) they failed to consider alternative ways to classify their
(D) by not fully considering alternative ways to classify the
(E) by not considering fully alternative ways of classifying his or her
Even though its per capita food supply hardly increased during two decades, stringent rationing and planned distribution have allowed the Peoples Republic of China to ensure nutritional levels of 2,000 calories per person per day for its population.
(A) Even though its per capita food supply hardly increased during
(B) Even though its per capita food supply has hardly increased in
(C) Despite its per capita food supply hardly increasing over
(D) Despite there being hardly any increase in its per capita food supply during
(E) Although there is hardly any increase in per capita food supply for
Even though the direct costs of malpractice disputes amounts to a sum lower than one percent of the $541 billion the nation spent on health care last year, doctors say fear of lawsuits plays major role in health-care inflation.
(A) amounts to a sum lower
(B) amounts to less
(C) amounted to less
(D) amounted to lower
(E) amounted to a lower sum
Even though Bla Bartks music has proved less popular than Igor Stravinskys and less influential than Arnold Schonbergs, it is no less important.
(A) Stravinskys and less influential than Arnold Schonbergs, it
(B) Stravinskys and less influential than Arnold Schonbergs, he
(C) Stravinskys is and less influential than Arnold Schonbergs is, it
(D) Stravinsky and not as influential as Arnold Schonberg, he
(E) Stravinsky and not as influential as Arnold Schonberg, it
Not at all sure for the following one but i think it's either E or A.
Even as they never forgave the Crusaders who overran their homeland, the Syrians have never absolved the French for taking territory from them.
(A) Even as they never forgave
(B) While they never forgave
(C) Just like they never forgave
(D) Similarly to not forgiving
(E) In spite of their never forgiving
1. For many people, household labor remains demanding even if able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle.
(A) even if able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle
(B) despite being able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle
(C) even if they can afford household appliances their grandparents would have found miraculous. "would have" is required.
(D) although they could afford household appliances their grandparents would find miraculous "would have" missing
(E) even if they are able to afford household appliances which would have been a miracle to their grandparents. "which" Changes meaning. It ambiguosly pointing to "appliances" or "affordability" + wordy
The sentence wants to say that the 'appliances' are supposed to be seen as miraculous instead of the 'affording'
Also, with "household labor remains", "they can" looks consistent as opposed to "they could"
Here we are comparing something as if it is a miracle and "miraculous" is one word to say all that.
2) For many travelers, charter vacations often turn out to cost considerably more than they originally seemed.
(A) they originally seemed
(B) they originally seem to
(C) they seemingly would cost originally
(D) it seemed originally
(E) it originally seemed they would
I googled for this answer, this particular ques has lots of confusion.
Ple read Stacey Koprince's reply in the following link :
It's the best explanation and removes all the confusion.
SC question - Page 2
4 Formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity do not apply to new small businesses in the same way as they do to established big businesses, because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium.
(A) Formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity do not apply to new small businesses in the same way as they do to established big businesses, because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium.
(B) Because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium, formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity do not apply to new small businesses in the same way as they do to established big businesses.
(C) Because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium, new small businesses are not subject to the same applicability of formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity as established big businesses.
(D) Because new small businesses are growing and are seldom in equilibrium, formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity do not apply to them in the same way as to established big businesses.
(E) New small businesses are not subject to the applicability of formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity in the same way as established big businesses, because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium.
Explanation-
In A, they after because is ambiguous; it seems illogically to refer to Formulas because they and Formulas are each the grammatical sunject of a clause and because the previous they refers to Formulas. In A and B, do not apply to...in the same way as they do to is wordy and awkward. D, the best choice sayd, more concisely in the same way as to. Also in B, because they refers to formulas, the intoductory clause states confusedly that the formulas are growing. In C and E, subject to the applicablility of.... is wordy, awkward, and imprecise; furthermore, are is preferable either before or after established big businesses to complete the comparison. Finally, the referent of they is not immediately clear in E.
Hi Neha,
Regarding Cost Vs costs
From SC sentences it appears that 'cost' is singular and 'costs' plural.
i tried to get this thing clear on net but actually got more confused .
Below is the information i could gather,see if it makes sense .
To Cost - Irregular Verb Definition - UsingEnglish.com
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Conjugation of 'To Cost'
Base Form:CostPast Simple:CostPast Participle:Cost3rd Person Singular:CostsPresent Participle/Gerund:Costing
eg:- it costs five dollars.
Hi,
try these!!!
1. For many people, household labor remains demanding even if able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle.
(A) even if able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle
(B) despite being able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle
(C) even if they can afford household appliances their grandparents would have found miraculous
(D) although they could afford household appliances their grandparents would find miraculous
(E) even if they are able to afford household appliances which would have been a miracle to their grandparents
2 For many travelers, charter vacations often turn out to cost considerably more than they originally seemed.
(A) they originally seemed
(B) they originally seem to
(C) they seemingly would cost originally
(D) it seemed originally
(E) it originally seemed they would
3 For most consumers, the price of automobile insurance continues to rise annually, even if free of damage claims and moving violations.
(A) even if
(B) despite being
(C) even if they are
(D) although they may be
(E) even if remaining
4 Formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity do not apply to new small businesses in the same way as they do to established big businesses, because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium.
(A) Formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity do not apply to new small businesses in the same way as they do to established big businesses, because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium.
(B) Because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium, formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity do not apply to new small businesses in the same way as they do to established big businesses.
(C) Because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium, new small businesses are not subject to the same applicability of formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity as established big businesses.
(D) Because new small businesses are growing and are seldom in equilibrium, formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity do not apply to them in the same way as to established big businesses.
(E) New small businesses are not subject to the applicability of formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity in the same way as established big businesses, because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium.
Hi,
Related to question 2,
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2 For many travelers, charter vacations often turn out to cost considerably more than they originally seemed.
(A) they originally seemed
(B) they originally seem to
(C) they seemingly would cost originally
(D) it seemed originally
(E) it originally seemed they would
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It seems that the sentance here is saying that "often turn out to cost...".
I am confused in between (B) they originally seem to and (E).
We are talking here about the cost of the charter vacations(Plural) and not simply cost. So the answer should start with they as in options (B) but (E) also looks good.
Hi Neha,
Regarding Cost Vs costs
From SC sentences it appears that 'cost' is singular and 'costs' plural.
i tried to get this thing clear on net but actually got more confused .
Below is the information i could gather,see if it makes sense .
To Cost - Irregular Verb Definition - UsingEnglish.com
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Conjugation of 'To Cost'
Base Form:CostPast Simple:CostPast Participle:Cost3rd Person Singular:CostsPresent Participle/Gerund:Costing
eg:- it costs five dollars.