Hi vpitc, Can you please post OA for these questions
Thanks
Guys,
sorry for the late response
The OA for the first one is b and the second is d
Pl. post explanation for the first one
Guys,
sorry for the late response
The OA for the first one is b and the second is d
Pl. post explanation for the first one
1. A star will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole after it passes through a red giant stage, depending on mass.
(A) A star will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole after it passes through a red giant stage, depending on mass.
(B) After passing through a red giant stage, depending on its mass, a star will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
(C) After passing through a red giant stage, a stars mass will determine if it compresses itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
(D) Mass determines whether a star, after passing through the red giant stage, will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
(E) The mass of a star, after passing through the red giant stage, will determine whether it compresses itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
2. According to some analysts, whatever its merits, the proposal to tax away all capital gains on short-term investments would, if enacted, have a disastrous effect
on Wall Street trading and employment.
(A) its merits, the proposal to tax
(B) its merits may be, the proposal of taxing
(C) its merits as a proposal, taxing
(D) the proposals merits, to tax
(E) the proposals merits are, taxing
3. According to the professors philosophy, the antidote to envy is ones own work, always ones own work: not thinking about it, not assessing it, but simply doing it.
(A) ones own work, always ones own work: not thinking about it, not assessing it, but simply doing it
(B) always work; because you dont think about it or assess it, you just do it
(C) always ones own work: not thinking about or assessing it, but simply to do it
(D) not to think or assess, but doing ones own work
(E) neither to think about ones own work nor to assess it, it is always simply doing it
Please provide explanation for the above questions.
(A) A star will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole after it passes through a red giant stage, depending on mass.
(B) After passing through a red giant stage, depending on its mass, a star will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
(C) After passing through a red giant stage, a stars mass will determine if it compresses itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
(D) Mass determines whether a star, after passing through the red giant stage, will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
(E) The mass of a star, after passing through the red giant stage, will determine whether it compresses itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
2. According to some analysts, whatever its merits, the proposal to tax away all capital gains on short-term investments would, if enacted, have a disastrous effect
on Wall Street trading and employment.
(A) its merits, the proposal to tax
(B) its merits may be, the proposal of taxing
(C) its merits as a proposal, taxing
(D) the proposals merits, to tax
(E) the proposals merits are, taxing
3. According to the professors philosophy, the antidote to envy is ones own work, always ones own work: not thinking about it, not assessing it, but simply doing it.
(A) ones own work, always ones own work: not thinking about it, not assessing it, but simply doing it
(B) always work; because you dont think about it or assess it, you just do it
(C) always ones own work: not thinking about or assessing it, but simply to do it
(D) not to think or assess, but doing ones own work
(E) neither to think about ones own work nor to assess it, it is always simply doing it
Please provide explanation for the above questions.
1. A star will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole after it passes through a red giant stage, depending on mass.
(A) A star will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole after it passes through a red giant stage, depending on mass.
(B) After passing through a red giant stage, depending on its mass, a star will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
(C) After passing through a red giant stage, a stars mass will determine if it compresses itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
(D) Mass determines whether a star, after passing through the red giant stage, will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
(E) The mass of a star, after passing through the red giant stage, will determine whether it compresses itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
2. According to some analysts, whatever its merits, the proposal to tax away all capital gains on short-term investments would, if enacted, have a disastrous effect
on Wall Street trading and employment.
(A) its merits, the proposal to tax
(B) its merits may be, the proposal of taxing
(C) its merits as a proposal, taxing
(D) the proposals merits, to tax
(E) the proposals merits are, taxing
3. According to the professors philosophy, the antidote to envy is ones own work, always ones own work: not thinking about it, not assessing it, but simply doing it.
(A) ones own work, always ones own work: not thinking about it, not assessing it, but simply doing it
(B) always work; because you dont think about it or assess it, you just do it
(C) always ones own work: not thinking about or assessing it, but simply to do it
(D) not to think or assess, but doing ones own work
(E) neither to think about ones own work nor to assess it, it is always simply doing it
Please provide explanation for the above questions.
IMO
C
A
A
Provide the OA and then I will post my explanation, confused with 1.
1. A star will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole after it passes through a red giant stage, depending on mass.
(A) A star will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole after it passes through a red giant stage, depending on mass.
(B) After passing through a red giant stage, depending on its mass, a star will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
(C) After passing through a red giant stage, a stars mass will determine if it compresses itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
(D) Mass determines whether a star, after passing through the red giant stage, will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
(E) The mass of a star, after passing through the red giant stage, will determine whether it compresses itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
2. According to some analysts, whatever its merits, the proposal to tax away all capital gains on short-term investments would, if enacted, have a disastrous effect
on Wall Street trading and employment.
(A) its merits, the proposal to tax
(B) its merits may be, the proposal of taxing
(C) its merits as a proposal, taxing
(D) the proposals merits, to tax
(E) the proposals merits are, taxing
3. According to the professors philosophy, the antidote to envy is ones own work, always ones own work: not thinking about it, not assessing it, but simply doing it.
(A) ones own work, always ones own work: not thinking about it, not assessing it, but simply doing it
(B) always work; because you dont think about it or assess it, you just do it
(C) always ones own work: not thinking about or assessing it, but simply to do it
(D) not to think or assess, but doing ones own work
(E) neither to think about ones own work nor to assess it, it is always simply doing it
Please provide explanation for the above questions.
Are the answers
1 D
2 A
3 B
Let me know if they are correct I will provide my explanations then
Are the answers
1 D
2 A
3 B
Let me know if they are correct I will provide my explanations then
A star will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole after it passes through a red giant stage, depending on mass.
According to some analysts, whatever its merits, the proposal to tax away all capital gains on short-term investments would, if enacted, have a disastrous effect
3. According to the professors philosophy, the antidote to envy is ones own work, always ones own work: not thinking about it, not assessing it, but simply doing it.
OA for the above are 1) D 2)A 3)A
I have some big doubts about 1st and 3rd. so please post how u ruled out the remaining 4 choices.
MissionPGPX Says1. A star will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole after it passes through a red giant stage, depending on mass.
(A) A star will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole after it passes through a red giant stage, depending on mass.
the last part of sentence: "after it passes through a red giant stage , depending on mass" sounds like the mass will determine if star will pass through red giant stage
(B) After passing through a red giant stage, depending on its mass, a star will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
again "depending on its mass" sounds like star may or may not pass thru depending on mass.
(C) After passing through a red giant stage, a stars mass will determine if it compresses itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
This sounds like star's mass will pass through red giant stage not star itself
(D) Mass determines whether a star, after passing through the red giant stage, will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
Correct !
(E) The mass of a star, after passing through the red giant stage, will determine whether it compresses itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole
Again sounds like mass of star will pass through red giant stage not star
(A) A star will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole after it passes through a red giant stage, depending on mass.
the last part of sentence: "after it passes through a red giant stage , depending on mass" sounds like the mass will determine if star will pass through red giant stage
(B) After passing through a red giant stage, depending on its mass, a star will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
again "depending on its mass" sounds like star may or may not pass thru depending on mass.
(C) After passing through a red giant stage, a stars mass will determine if it compresses itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
This sounds like star's mass will pass through red giant stage not star itself
(D) Mass determines whether a star, after passing through the red giant stage, will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
Correct !
(E) The mass of a star, after passing through the red giant stage, will determine whether it compresses itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole
Again sounds like mass of star will pass through red giant stage not star
I have noticed this too while deciding on the best option but avoided D as it has used "whther" to decide between three possibilties. We generally use whether to decide between two out comes, and mind you "if" is almost always wrong in GMAT while deciding the possibilities of outcomes. It is only used in conditional sentence.
Still looking for some better explanation of this question !
I am not sure how you got an impression that coal is an exception. As I had mentioned in my previous mail, coal belongs to a category of nouns called uncountable nouns. The list of nouns in this category is long (almost limitless) and that list would include garbage as well!! So, from a grammatical treatment perspective, coal and garbage would be no different.
On the other hand, the following would be in plural, since we have changed the sentence a bit to make the subject countable (containers).
Several million containers of garbage were dumped into the Yamuna.
The focus of any X OF Y type of structure should be if subject is X or Y.
If Several million tonnes is the focus (of whatever coal, garbage, pesticide, oil doesn't matter) then it is plural
If the focus is on coal, garbage, pesticide, oil then it is singular.
For example:
Several million tonnes of waste found in water have caused a grave ecological danger,
Here is the focus is on "several million" - the fact that such a large quantity was found which caused the problem and hence the subject.
The earlier example i took:
The colors of the rainbow are varied.
Here again the focus is on colors and not on the rainbow, which is not varied.
A large proportion of waste is harmless to humans.
In this case the focus is on waste. If the sentence had read "A small proportion..." it still would have been a singular
Arun
I have noticed this too while deciding on the best option but avoided D as it has used "whther" to decide between three possibilties. We generally use whether to decide between two out comes, and mind you "if" is almost always wrong in GMAT while deciding the possibilities of outcomes. It is only used in conditional sentence.
Still looking for some better explanation of this question !
Oops, u just produced another doubt in my mind. u said whether is comparing 3 things in the sentence.
Mass determines whether a star, after passing through the red giant stage, will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
I am under the impression that the white dwarf is a kind of neutron star because of comma after a neutron star. So i am thinking the choice is between a white dwarf or a black hole. I think if it were 3 things than construction should have been like this: a white dwarf, a neutron star or a black hole.
but my guess is i m wrong. the meaning of all 3 is different. so here whether is used to decide between 3 things... i m confused here...
IMO
C
A
A
Provide the OA and then I will post my explanation, confused with 1.
@atrish22,
can you please provide explanation for your 3rd answer. You got it right, how did u rule out remaining 4 choices except A? Thanks... i m putting the question again:
3. According to the professors philosophy, the antidote to envy is ones own work, always ones own work: not thinking about it, not assessing it, but simply doing it.
(A) ones own work, always ones own work: not thinking about it, not assessing it, but simply doing it
(B) always work; because you dont think about it or assess it, you just do it
(C) always ones own work: not thinking about or assessing it, but simply to do it
(D) not to think or assess, but doing ones own work
(E) neither to think about ones own work nor to assess it, it is always simply doing it
I am confused between following two choices: which one is better for GMAT?
Although all the proceedings of the Communist party conference held in Moscow were not carried live, Soviet audiences have seen a great deal of coverage.
Although not all the proceedings of the Communist party conference held in Moscow were carried live, Soviet audiences have seen a great deal of coverage.
Although all the proceedings of the Communist party conference held in Moscow were not carried live, Soviet audiences have seen a great deal of coverage.
Although not all the proceedings of the Communist party conference held in Moscow were carried live, Soviet audiences have seen a great deal of coverage.
Help
Could someone please enumerate the differences between a clause and a phrase?
I got stuck in an OG 11 question that discusses the same but im not able to figure it
Thanks in advance 😃
@atrish22,
can you please provide explanation for your 3rd answer. You got it right, how did u rule out remaining 4 choices except A? Thanks... i m putting the question again:
3. According to the professor's philosophy, the antidote to envy is one's own work, always one's own work: not thinking about it, not assessing it, but simply doing it.
(A) one's own work, always one's own work: not thinking about it, not assessing it, but simply doing it
(B) always work; because you don't think about it or assess it, you just do it
(C) always one's own work: not thinking about or assessing it, but simply to do it
(D) not to think or assess, but doing one's own work
(E) neither to think about one's own work nor to assess it, it is always simply doing it
Hey Mission PGPX
I always try to cast my choice by eliminating other not so demanding choices. I did same here.
B). It seems to change the intended meaning of the original sentence, moreover "it" is redundant in second clause - "you don't think about it or assess it" should be like "you don't think about or assess it"
C). It lacks parallelism in participle - "thinking", "assessing" and then the infinitive "to do"
D). Same as C - " To think or assess" is not parallel with "doing"
E). It is bit awkward with the uses of so many "it".
A). Intended meaning is clear - antidote to envy is one's own work and then one' own work is listing some thing with the use of ":", "it" in every phrase is referring back to one's own work and participles are parallel with each other - "thinking, assessing and doing".
And dude share something with us about your GMAT experience, like what to do and what not to do as your experience is very fresh.
Oops, u just produced another doubt in my mind. u said whether is comparing 3 things in the sentence.
Mass determines whether a star, after passing through the red giant stage, will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
I am under the impression that the white dwarf is a kind of neutron star because of comma after a neutron star. So i am thinking the choice is between a white dwarf or a black hole. I think if it were 3 things than construction should have been like this: a white dwarf, a neutron star or a black hole.
but my guess is i m wrong. the meaning of all 3 is different. so here whether is used to decide between 3 things... i m confused here...
LOL ! One more doubt,
Experts please comment.
Hey Mission PGPX
I always try to cast my choice by eliminating other not so demanding choices. I did same here.
B). It seems to change the intended meaning of the original sentence, moreover "it" is redundant in second clause - "you don't think about it or assess it" should be like "you don't think about or assess it"
C). It lacks parallelism in participle - "thinking", "assessing" and then the infinitive "to do"
D). Same as C - " To think or assess" is not parallel with "doing"
E). It is bit awkward with the uses of so many "it".
A). Intended meaning is clear - antidote to envy is one's own work and then one' own work is listing some thing with the use of ":", "it" in every phrase is referring back to one's own work and infinitives are parallel with each other - "thinking, assessing and doing".
And dude share something with us about your GMAT experience, like what to do and what not to do as your experience is very fresh.
hey atrish22,
thanks for the explanation. The original sentence sounded so wordy, that i didnt focus on it at all. This is the weakness i have to work on.
about my GMAT experience, I didnt do well in verbal. But i can say that overall difficulty level is increased, it will not give you 7** figure that smoothly as it was few years ago unless u have prepared for CAT or smthing tougher than GMAT. Be prepared to face lengthy RC passages followed by long inference questions, which will really test your understanding of the passage and logical reasoning. BF arguments are getting common now a days so dnt pressume u r doing good in verbal if you get too many. I got 3 BF questions. bottomline is u maintain 49 in quant and manage to get above 85% in SC and CR (no matter how tough the test is) then RC is in driving seat for your 7** score. I believe Quant, SC and CR, people can manage but RC will require smthing special out of you. u do 80% in RC in your G-day and u will be home. Again, its not smthing out of this world or rocket-science, but now u have to earn your score. My thinking, evenif you manage to get -20 from your target or expected score, then u should be happy to move ahead and spend good time on essays and application, unless u r targeting 760 or a perfect score.
I am confused between following two choices: which one is better for GMAT?
Although all the proceedings of the Communist party conference held in Moscow were not carried live, Soviet audiences have seen a great deal of coverage.
Although not all the proceedings of the Communist party conference held in Moscow were carried live, Soviet audiences have seen a great deal of coverage.
Both the questions are right in its own way - the first one says it was not covered at all (presumably by TV) and the second one says it was covered partially.
Aru
Help
Could someone please enumerate the differences between a clause and a phrase?
I got stuck in an OG 11 question that discusses the same but im not able to figure it
Thanks in advance :)
Is the difference between asking a question on a forum and googling for it
difference between a clause and a phrase - Google Search
Arun
I am confused between following two choices: which one is better for GMAT?
Although all the proceedings of the Communist party conference held in Moscow were not carried live, Soviet audiences have seen a great deal of coverage.
Although not all the proceedings of the Communist party conference held in Moscow were carried live, Soviet audiences have seen a great deal of coverage.
i think 2nd sentence is better..
'although all the proceedings were not carried live' could mean 'some(or not all) of the proceedings were carried life' or 'none of the proceedings was carried life'.
'although not all the proceedings were carried live' removes the above ambiguity..
@educationaisle/atrish
thanx 4 dat preposition pronoun rule.. learnt lot more on this rule coz of u guys..
is there some rules or keys for using 'although' other than in contrasting clauses??
For almost five thousand years after its beginning 2.5 million years ago, Homo habilis roamed the earth, lived in semi-permanent camps, gathered food and shared their economy.
A. For almost five thousand years after its beginning 2.5 million years ago,
B. Beginning 2.5 million years ago for a period of almost five thousand years,
C. Beginning a period of almost five thousand years 2.5 million years ago,
D. During five thousand years, a period beginning 2.5 million years ago,
E. Over a period of five thousand years beginning 2.5 million years ago,
A. For almost five thousand years after its beginning 2.5 million years ago,
B. Beginning 2.5 million years ago for a period of almost five thousand years,
C. Beginning a period of almost five thousand years 2.5 million years ago,
D. During five thousand years, a period beginning 2.5 million years ago,
E. Over a period of five thousand years beginning 2.5 million years ago,
check out this paragraph :
"Is it wrong for doctors to lie about therir patient's illness? aren't doctors just like other people we hire to do a job for us ? surely,we would not tolerate not being told the truth about the condition of our automobile from our mechanic we hired to fix it,or the condition of our roof from the carpenter we hired to repair it .just as these workers would be guilty of of violating their good faith contracts with us if they were to do this ,doctors who lie to their patients about theri illness violate these contracts as well and this clearly wrong"
what is the conclusion
1>Doctors who lie to their patients abt their illness violate their good faith contracts with their patients
2>doctors often lie to their patients abt their illnesses
3>doc. are just hired workers like mechanics and carpenters
4>it is wrong for docs. to lie abt their patients illnesses
5>docs like mechanics enter into good faith contracts with their patients
i think it is 3 but answer given is 4 ...
but why ??
the author himself looks confused.... the very first line is "IS IT WRONG ?"
the author is not sure and then in the last line he says "...and this is clearly wrong" so what are u supposed to make of it ??