vikram_1982 Sayswhat are the options?? :)
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Peak do you have the answers? Wanna check first the answers before giving the explanations.
Pls post ur answers with explanations....
Q1:
A recent review of pay scales indicates that CEO's now earn an average of 419 times more pay than blue collar workers, compared to a ratio of 42 times in 1980.
A.
B.that, on average, CEO's now earn 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, a ratio that compares to 42 times
C.that, on average, CEO's now earn 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, as compared to 42 times their pay,the ratio
D. CEO's who now earn an average 419 times more pay than blue-collar workers, as compared to 42 times their pay, the ratio
E. CEO's now earning an average of 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, compared to the ratio of 42 times
Q2:
The 32 species that make up the dolphin family are closely related to whales and in fact include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and is famous for its aggressive hunting pods.
A.
B. include the animal known as the killer whale, gowing as big as 30 feet long and
C. include the animal known as the killer whale, gowing up to 30 feet long and being
D. include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow as big as 30 feet long and is
E. include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and it is
Q3:
Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than it was in any previous election.
A.
B. a greater proportion than
C. a greater proprtion than they have been
D. which is greater than was so
E. which is greater than it has been
Q4:
Past assessments of the Brazilian rain forest have used satellite images to tally deforested areas, where farmers and ranchers have clear-cut and burned all the trees, but such work has not addressed either logging, which is the removal of only selected trees, as well as surface trees, burning down individual trees but do not denude the forest.
A.
B. which removes only selected trees, or surface fires that burn
C. which removes only selected trees, along with surface fires that burn
D. removing only selected trees, or surface fires, burning
E. removing only selected trees, as well as surfacr fires that burn
Q5:
To develop more accurate population forecasts, demographers have to know a great deal more than now about the social and economic determinants of fertility.
A.
B have to know a great deal more than they do now about the social and economical
C.would have to know a great deal more than they do now about the social and economial
D. would have to know a great deal more than they do now about the social and economic
E. would have to knwo a great deal more than now about the social and economical
My answers:
1. A
B, C, D and E, all have awkward sentence construction.
" a ratio that compares to.."in B
"..as compared to 42 times their pay, the ratio" in C and D
CEOs now earning an average of 419.. in E
2. D
Growing up to..is incorrect in B and C.Use of which is preferable instead of the -ing form.
A should be --which can grow to 30 feet long...the use of "be" is incorrect. Similarly, E is also out.
3. E
The underlined portion modifies "spending in presidential campaign..", so a greater proportion is incorrect in A, B and C. Use of preesent perfect in E is better than "than was so" in D.
4. B
Either should be follwed by OR..so A, C and E are out.
Here again, -ing construction in D is incorrect and use of which is more appropriate.
5. D
"would have to" sounds more accurate to me leaving choices C, D and E to choose from. Now social and economic is more logical, economical means thrifty..which is not related to economy...economic is a better choice to go well with social, so D.
My Answers:-
1)c
2)d
3)e
4)b
5)d
paki SaysPeak do you have the answers? Wanna check first the answers before giving the explanations.
Thnks goelravin/sid_misra....
k...let me post the answers...so tht we can discuss...
1)B
2)A
3)C
4)B
5)D
Source is scoretop tests....
Thnks goelravin/sid_misra....
k...let me post the answers...so tht we can discuss...
1)B
2)A
3)C
4)B
5)D
Source is scoretop tests....
Guys, first one is driving me crazy....I have confusion between A and B. C,D are definitely out as "their" can refer to either CEOs or workers. E also has a weird sentence construction...
Is "a ratio that compares to.." a correct construction?
For Q.2, I gave D as the answer but D is definitely wordy... as big as 30 feet long..should be as long as 30 feet...
For Q.3, one thing is sure that present perfect has to be used, so it has to be C or E. Can anyone explain why it should be C?
Q3:
Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than it was in any previous election.
A.
B. a greater proportion than
C. a greater proprtion than they have been
D. which is greater than was so
E. which is greater than it has been
I guess answer to question 3 is C .... because the subject here is plural that is 'television costs' ...so we should use 'than they have ' rather than 'than it has' ....
Further more ..
Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than it was in any previous election.
use of 'accounted' makes it an event of the past and therefore a much better answer should be with past perfect i.e.
Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992,a greater proprtion than they had been in any previous election.
Q2:
The 32 species that make up the dolphin family are closely related to whales and in fact include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and is famous for its aggressive hunting pods.
A.
B. include the animal known as the killer whale, gowing as big as 30 feet long and
C. include the animal known as the killer whale, gowing up to 30 feet long and being
D. include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow as big as 30 feet long and is
E. include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and it is
b and c are wrong because if we remove ' which can ' from the sentence than it brings ambiguity that whether dolphin family can grow ao the killer whale
d is also wrong becuase use of grow as big as 30 feel long chnages the meaning of sentence
e is also wrong because it is using two it .... 'and it is famous for its aggressive hunting pods'
Therfore i guess answer a is right
Hi Guys
I was an IAS aspirant but unfortunately I couldn't clear the exam. I had taken 2.5 years break from my job for preparing for IAS. So what should I say about this break in my career while applying for MBA colleges ...Do I stand any chance of getting in top 10-15 B schools with this blotted work ex ...
Overall
for : 2 years 1 month ... working
then: 2 year 4 moths...... break
since then working ...
Having lost his sight to sustained eyestrain, John Milton nevertheless composed Paradise Lost, considered by many to be the greatest English epic.
A. Having lost his sight to sustained eyestrain
B. With his sight lost to sustained eyestrain
C. Blinded by sustained eyestrain
D. Having been blinded by excessive eyestrain
E. Blinded with sustained eyestrain.
In this question, I assumed the meaning of "Blinded by" and "Blinded with" in C and E to take on the meaning "to not be able to see because of something, though his eyesight is fine" as in the example, "Blinded by his wealth, he committed the murder" where they arent talking about the eyes not being able to see but it is used in a different context.. With this line of reasoning I rejected choices C and E. However, the correct answer turned out to be C.
While I agree with the answer, I just feel that C causes some ambiguity and given that none of the other sentences are grammatically incorrect, A would be the best choice due to brevity.
Ur opinions on this????
Reply :
Having lost his sight to sustained eyestrain,
Having lost his sight can be easily replaced with Blinded ...
so my choices reduces to
Blinded to sustained eyestrain
Blinded with sustained eyestrain
Blinded by sustained eyestrain
Now according to your reasoning that is
" In this question, I assumed the meaning of "Blinded by" and "Blinded with" in C and E to take on the meaning "to not be able to see because of something, though his eyesight is fine" as in the example, "Blinded by his wealth, he committed the murder" where they arent talking about the eyes not being able to see but it is used in a different context.. With this line of reasoning I rejected choices C and E." is wrong because the word blinded is not used in idiomatic sense but scientific sense that a person is blind ..
take this as example
Blinded to cataract
Blinded with cataract
Blinded by cataract
so the third option seems right and therefore answer C is right i.e., Blinded by sustained eyestrain
Could some one explain this sentence to me:-
Incorrect: It is essential that you are on time.
Correct : It is essential that you be on time.
I think the first sentence is wrong because it does not have a verb . It just says that 'you are on time' ...some thing like 'you are GOD' ... a better sentence may be 'It is essential that you are present on time'.
The second sentence is right because it contains the verb ...in this case 'to be'
Can some one explain why the ans for Q3 can not be "B"?
BinoyThomas SaysCan some one explain why the ans for Q3 can not be "B"?
Q3:
Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than it was in any previous election.
A.
B. a greater proportion than
C. a greater proprtion than they have been
D. which is greater than was so
E. which is greater than it has been
Just check the sentence if the answer is B ->
Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than in any previous election.
In This case the modifier a greater proportion than in any previous election actually modifies presidential campaign of 1992 because it does not have a it which refers to subject ie televison costs.
Q. Legend has it that when the Mohawk Joseph Brant was presented to George III in 1776, he proudly refused to kiss the Kings hand, inasmuch as he regarded himself an ally, not a subject.
(A) as he regarded himself an ally, not
(B) that he regarded himself to be an ally rather than
(C) as he considered himself an ally, not
(D) that he considered himself to be ally instead of
(E) as he considered himself as an ally rather than
Why the answer is C and not E?
Q. Legend has it that when the Mohawk Joseph Brant was presented to George III in 1776, he proudly refused to kiss the Kings hand, inasmuch as he regarded himself an ally, not a subject.
(A) as he regarded himself an ally, not
(B) that he regarded himself to be an ally rather than
(C) as he considered himself an ally, not
(D) that he considered himself to be ally instead of
(E) as he considered himself as an ally rather than
Why the answer is C and not E?
Here I quote Kaplan..
'Considered as' is always wrong. 'Considered to be' is considered correct by most grammarians, it is considered wordy by GMAT.
Hence not E.
Q. Legend has it that when the Mohawk Joseph Brant was presented to George III in 1776, he proudly refused to kiss the Kings hand, inasmuch as he regarded himself an ally, not a subject.
(A) as he regarded himself an ally, not
(B) that he regarded himself to be an ally rather than
(C) as he considered himself an ally, not
(D) that he considered himself to be ally instead of
(E) as he considered himself as an ally rather than
Why the answer is C and not E?
You can narrow down the options by using "in as much" will be followed by "as" so that leaves us with option A, C and E.
The idiomatic usage for "regard" is "I regard him as a fool", i.e., one regards a person as something. So the correct usage here would be "consider" and not "regard" . Furthermore, "rather than" and "instead of" imply "in place of" or "preference".
So option C is correct.
Thanks for this wonderful thread!!
Good Explanation
Hi guys,
I did a SC and got the following wrong
question 1
Slips of the tongue do not necessarily reveal concealed beliefs or intentions but rather are the result from the competition between various processing mechanisms in the brain
a)..
b)and instead are the result from
c)being rather the result of
d)and rather result from
e)but rather result from
question 2
The new contract forbids a strike by the transportation union.
a)...
b)forbids the transportation union from striking
c)forbids that there be a strike by the transportation union
d)will forbid the transportation union from striking
e)will forbid that the transportation union strikes
question 3
The commission has directed advertisers to restrict the use of the word "natural" to foods that do not contain color or flavor additives, chemical preservatives, or nothing that has been synthesized.
a)..
b)nor anything that was
c)and nothing that is
d)or anything that has been
e)and anything
question 4
In cold-water habitats, certain invertebrates and fish convert starches into complex carbohydrates called glycerols, in effect manufacturing its own antifreeze.
a)..
b)effectively manufacturing antifreeze of its own
c)in effect manufacturing their own antifreeze.
d)so that they manufacture their own antifreeze
e)thus the manufacture of its own antifreeze
question 5
Bringing the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special governmentally sanctioned price increase during a period of wage and price controls.
a)...
b)What brought the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special price increase that the government sanctioned during a period of wage and price controls.
c)That which brought the ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special governmentally sanctioned price increase during a period of wage and price controls.
d)What has brought the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special price increase that the government sanctioned during a period of wages and price controls.
e)To bring the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War, there was a special price increase during a period of wages and price controls that government sanctioned.
question 6
Like Haydn, Schubert wrote a great deal for the stage, but he is remembered principally for his chamber and concert-hall music.
a)..
b)Like Haydn, Schubert also
c)As has Haydn, Schubert
d)As did Haydn, Schubert also
e)As Haydn did, Schubert also
question 7
The odds are about 4 to 1 against surviving a takeover offer, and many business consultants therefore advise that a company's first line of defense in eluding offers like these be to even refuse to take calls from likely corporate raiders.
a)..
b)that a company's first line of defense in eluding such offers be to refuse even
c)a company defending itself against offers of this kind that, as a first line of defense, they should even refuse
d)companies which are defending themselves against such an offer that, as a first line of defense, they should even refuse
e)that the first line of defense for a company who is eluding offers like these is the refusal even
question 8
Japan received huge sums of capital from the United States after the Second World War, using it to help build a modern industrial system.
a)...
b)Japan received huge sums of capital from the United States after the Second World War and used it to help in building
c)Japan used the huge sums of capital it received from the United States after the Second World War to help build
d)Japan's huge sums of capital received from the United States after the Second World War were used to help it in building
e)Receiving huge sums of capital from the United States after the Second World War, Japan used it to help
The correct ans and my ans were
1) e c
2) a b
3) d c
4) c c
5) b d
6) a e
7) b a
c c
Pls explain the reasoning
Find my explanations inline....hope they help....:)
Hi guys,
I did a SC and got the following wrong
question 1
Slips of the tongue do not necessarily reveal concealed beliefs or intentions but rather are the result from the competition between various processing mechanisms in the brain
a)..
b)and instead are the result from
c)being rather the result of
d)and rather result from
e)but rather result from
1)e c
c can be ruled out by a straight rule that being is most of the time wrong in GMATland. Besides this c has awkward meaning. I suppose u chose this option becoz of "result of".
question 2
The new contract forbids a strike by the transportation union.
a)...
b)forbids the transportation union from striking
c)forbids that there be a strike by the transportation union
d)will forbid the transportation union from striking
e)will forbid that the transportation union strikes
sorry can't help with explanation of this one...even I m a bit confused...
question 3
The commission has directed advertisers to restrict the use of the word "natural" to foods that do not contain color or flavor additives, chemical preservatives, or nothing that has been synthesized.
a)..
b)nor anything that was
c)and nothing that is
d)or anything that has been
e)and anything
3) d c
U can find better exp in OG....btw anything shld be used rather than nothing in this kinda usage
question 4
In cold-water habitats, certain invertebrates and fish convert starches into complex carbohydrates called glycerols, in effect manufacturing its own antifreeze.
a)..
b)effectively manufacturing antifreeze of its own
c)in effect manufacturing their own antifreeze.
d)so that they manufacture their own antifreeze
e)thus the manufacture of its own antifreeze
4) c c
:)
question 5
Bringing the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special governmentally sanctioned price increase during a period of wage and price controls.
a)...
b)What brought the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special price increase that the government sanctioned during a period of wage and price controls.
c)That which brought the ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special governmentally sanctioned price increase during a period of wage and price controls.
d)What has brought the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special price increase that the government sanctioned during a period of wages and price controls.
e)To bring the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War, there was a special price increase during a period of wages and price controls that government sanctioned.
5) b d
b is the correct answer choice becoz use of present perfect is wrong here....as the Ford was brought back from the bankruptcy after second wrld war by the increase....this was one time activity that finsihed in past....
question 6
Like Haydn, Schubert wrote a great deal for the stage, but he is remembered principally for his chamber and concert-hall music.
a)..
b)Like Haydn, Schubert also
c)As has Haydn, Schubert
d)As did Haydn, Schubert also
e)As Haydn did, Schubert also
6) a e
it shld be like instead of as because nouns are being compared rather than noun clause....e is comparing wht hayden did with schubert which is wrong comparison logically
question 7
The odds are about 4 to 1 against surviving a takeover offer, and many business consultants therefore advise that a company's first line of defense in eluding offers like these be to even refuse to take calls from likely corporate raiders.
a)..
b)that a company's first line of defense in eluding such offers be to refuse even
c)a company defending itself against offers of this kind that, as a first line of defense, they should even refuse
d)companies which are defending themselves against such an offer that, as a first line of defense, they should even refuse
e)that the first line of defense for a company who is eluding offers like these is the refusal even
7) b a
even shld qualify "to take calls" rather than refuse...also like is used for comparison of nouns...here the essence is to refer to the offers mentioned rather than similar offers
question 8
Japan received huge sums of capital from the United States after the Second World War, using it to help build a modern industrial system.
a)...
b)Japan received huge sums of capital from the United States after the Second World War and used it to help in building
c)Japan used the huge sums of capital it received from the United States after the Second World War to help build
d)Japan's huge sums of capital received from the United States after the Second World War were used to help it in building
e)Receiving huge sums of capital from the United States after the Second World War, Japan used it to helpc c
:)
The correct ans and my ans were
1) e c
2) a b
3) d c
4) c c
5) b d
6) a e
7) b a
Pls explain the reasoning