Any good grammar teacher for GMAT in Bangalore or Hyderabad.
Hi,
Is there any question set where we can find test with less number of Idiomatic questions?
Thanks for the replies.
Please help!
Q.
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
OA - A
Doubt - Why is the work sentence repeated?
Hi Folks,
I have a puzzling quandary. Manhattan Gmat SC says like cannot be used to introduce examples whereas Q65. of OG Verbal review identifies like as an "acceptable use". Is this limited to that sentence only, if yes then what makes that sentence different?
Thanks
Q. Although it was expected that workers under forty would show hostility to the
plan, the research report indicates that both younger and the older people approve
of governmental appropriations for Social Security.
(A) younger and the older people
(B) younger people and the older
(C) the younger and the older people
(D) younger and older people
(E) people who are younger and those who are older
OA - D. My ans - C
Q. Although it claims to delve into political issues, television can be superficial such as when each of the three major networks broadcast exactly the same statement
from a political candidate.
(A) superficial such as when each of the three major networks
(B) superficial, as can sometimes occur if all of the three major networks
(C) superficial if the three major networks all
(D) superficial whenever each of the three major networks
(E) superficial, as when the three major networks each
OA - E
Hi All,
Soni here , I have been passively reading the posts.
I am working in Software domain, and preparing for GMAT.
Can you help me with this one :
I have a sentence correction problem:
1. A substance derived from the Madagascar periwinkle, which has proved useful in
decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients, is cultivated in China as
part of a program to integrate traditional herbal medicine into a contemporary
system of health care.
(A) A substance derived from the Madagascar periwinkle, which has proved
useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients,
(B) A derivative, which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young
leukemia patients, of the Madagascar periwinkle,
(C) A Madagascar periwinkle derivative, which has proved useful in decreasing
mortality among young leukemia patients,
(D) The Madagascar periwinkle has a derivative which has proved useful in
decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients, that
(E) The Madagascar periwinkle, a derivative of which has proved useful in
decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients,
Please help me with this one.
Hi Soni,
The answer is E.
The only answer which states that the Madagascar periwinkle is cultivated and not the derivative is bound to give you the correct answer, which is only E. Rest all suggest that the derivative of the periwinkle is cultivated and not the periwinkle itself. Hope it helps.
Hi Adhiraj ,
Your answer is correct , but I dont understand wat is wrong with C.
E)The Madagascar periwinkle, a derivative of which(means a derivative of periwinkle right ??)
and
C)A Madagascar periwinkle derivative(a derivative of periwinkle ??)
both seem same to me
Hi Adhiraj,
Your answer is correct.
But I did'nt get it ...
The Madagascar periwinkle, a derivative of which (this means derivative of periwinkle right ?)
and A also suggests derivative of periwinkle is cultivated .
Can you help me to make it more clear ?
Hi Adhiraj,
Your answer is correct.
But I did'nt get it ...
The Madagascar periwinkle, a derivative of which (this means derivative of periwinkle right ?)
and A also suggests derivative of periwinkle is cultivated .
Can you help me to make it more clear ?
All except E imparts improper meaning :
C -
I will eliminate C for two reasons. First, it's the periwinkle, not the derivative, that is cultivated in China. Second, C awkwardly and imprecisely strings three nouns together: "Madagascar periwinkle derivative." It will sounds bad to any native speaker, and it's not clear what the first noun is modifying. Is it a derivative of the Madagascar periwinkle, or is it a Madagascar derivative of the periwinkle?
A - it imparts improper meaning,
1. the subject is the "substance" derived from Madagascar periwinkle, so the substance cannot be cultivated, the flower(Madagascar periwinkle) can be cultivated
regarding you query of "of which" --- yes it refer to derivates.
here "which" is a object of a prepostion. This is the other use of "which" other than as a non essential modifier in GMAT.
Hope this helps !!
Q. Although it was expected that workers under forty would show hostility to the
plan, the research report indicates that both younger and the older people approve
of governmental appropriations for Social Security.
(A) younger and the older people
(B) younger people and the older
(C) the younger and the older people
(D) younger and older people
(E) people who are younger and those who are older
OA - D. My ans - C
Both X and Y is the correct idioms - left with only C and D
article "the" refer to specific group of people --- here in the non underline portion no specific workers are referred to .... ("that workers under forty...)
so we cannot use the article "the" here ...
Q. Although it claims to delve into political issues, television can be superficial such as when each of the three major networks broadcast exactly the same statement
from a political candidate.
(A) superficial such as when each of the three major networks
(B) superficial, as can sometimes occur if all of the three major networks
(C) superficial if the three major networks all
(D) superficial whenever each of the three major networks
(E) superficial, as when the three major networks each
OA - E
What is the source of this SC ? If it is from 1000 sc, I would ask you to please ignore this one..how can television claim something ? 1000 sc is a bad source to study.
anyway the only competitor here is A and E -- In A there is a subject-verb disagreement
each of the three major networks ( singular ) broadcast ( plural )
E is correct . There are many other issues but I think its not worth discussing !! If you need any other help on this problem, please post it. I will address that.
Hope this helps !!
Hi baku,
Thanks for the info. But if the 1000 series is not good then please suggest any other material that I can trust while studying.
Thanks.
Please help:
Based on accounts of various ancient writers, scholars have painted a sketchy
picture of the activities of an all-female cult that, perhaps as early as the sixth
century B.C., worshipped a goddess known in Latin as Bona Dea, the good
goddess.
(A) Based on accounts of various ancient writers
(B) Basing it on various ancient writers accounts
(C) With accounts of various ancient writers used for a basis
(D) By the accounts of various ancient writers they used
(E) Using accounts of various ancient writers
OA - E. My Ans - A
At the time of the Mexican agrarian revolution, the most radical faction, that of
Zapata and his followers, proposed a return to communal ownership of land, to
what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards.
(A) land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the
Spaniards
(B) land, a form of ownership of the pre-Columbians and respected by the
Spaniards
(C) land, respected by the Spaniards and a pre-Columbian form of ownership
(D) land in which a pre-Columbian form of ownership was respected by the
Spaniards
(E) land that had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the
Spaniards
Dint understand this at all.. :(
Based on accounts of various ancient writers, scholars have painted a sketchy
picture of the activities of an all-female cult that, perhaps as early as the sixth
century B.C., worshipped a goddess known in Latin as Bona Dea, the good
goddess.
(A) Based on accounts of various ancient writers
(B) Basing it on various ancient writers accounts
(C) With accounts of various ancient writers used for a basis
(D) By the accounts of various ancient writers they used
(E) Using accounts of various ancient writers
OA - E. My Ans - A
At the time of the Mexican agrarian revolution, the most radical faction, that of
Zapata and his followers, proposed a return to communal ownership of land, to
what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards.
(A) land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the
Spaniards
(B) land, a form of ownership of the pre-Columbians and respected by the
Spaniards
(C) land, respected by the Spaniards and a pre-Columbian form of ownership
(D) land in which a pre-Columbian form of ownership was respected by the
Spaniards
(E) land that had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the
Spaniards
Dint understand this at all.. :(
Please help:
Based on accounts of various ancient writers, scholars have painted a sketchy
picture of the activities of an all-female cult that, perhaps as early as the sixth
century B.C., worshipped a goddess known in Latin as Bona Dea, the good
goddess.
(A) Based on accounts of various ancient writers
(B) Basing it on various ancient writers accounts
(C) With accounts of various ancient writers used for a basis
(D) By the accounts of various ancient writers they used
(E) Using accounts of various ancient writers
OA - E. My Ans - A
well this is a kaplan one !!
comma + ing --- generally acts as a adverb modifier,
without comma + ing --- modifies the noun exactly before it.
I came across a awesome example on this topic :
joe killed the snake, using a stick --- here "using a stick" is acting as an adverb modifier modifying the whole clause "joe killed the snake"
How joe killed the sanke ? -- modifying an action -- using a stick
Applying this in this problem --
scholars have painted a sketchy picture of the activities of an all-female cult, how ?? using accounts of various ancients writers -- its an adverb modifier here
Moreover if we think this problem from meaning point -- Based on accounts of various ancient writers can modify pictures, books and not person !! so A is wrong
At the time of the Mexican agrarian revolution, the most radical faction, that of Zapata and his followers, proposed a return to communal ownership of land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards.
(A) land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards
(B) land, a form of ownership of the pre-Columbians and respected by the
Spaniards
(C) land, respected by the Spaniards and a pre-Columbian form of ownership
(D) land in which a pre-Columbian form of ownership was respected by the
Spaniards
(E) land that had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards
Dint understand this at all.. :(
The correct answer is A
E - "that had been a pre-Columbian" incorrectly modifies the land
D - "in which" here its a relative pronoun and start a subordinate clause but we are not clear what "which" is referring to -- "land" or "communal ownership of land". Moreover D is passive, generally its avoided when there is a better option
C - respected by the Spaniards and a pre-Columbian form of ownership
Parallelism error
B - There is a meaning error !!
A - I could not find any problem in this.
Now coming to your query on 1000 SC !! - I am not a very active in pagalguy but I am very active in Beatthegmat.com. 1000 sc is a famous document because it comes for free. But famous doesnt mean good.
You know who created this document ? Its by a company called scoretop.com, which was sued my GMAC couple of years back.
There are couple of reason for not using 1000 sc :
- most of the OA given is wrong ( e.g : problem no. 2 the correct answer is D but according to 1000 sc its A ), i did some but left after that
- its piracy
- Some of the questions that they have stolen from kaplan,GMAT are good but some which they prepared are aweful. That is the reason 1000 sc is a banned document in manhattangmat.com forum. Please refer some link on 1000sc :
1000 sc, 1000 rc, 1000 cr
1000 SC #733 • Manhattan GMAT Forums
SC 1000 • Manhattan GMAT Forums
1000 SC #956 • Manhattan GMAT Forums
Regarding other source : Og-12 and VR-2 have more than enough question for practice. If you need more there are many trusted materials available such as kaplan advance, kaplan verbal workbook, MGMAT SC question bank, grockit question bank, mangoosh question bank, kaplan gmat quiz, e-gmat.....
But I honestly think that OG-12 and VR-2 along with MGMAT SC is more than enough. If you require some more in depth concept go for "doing grammar"
550 to 720 in 5 weeks ? Experts pls. Help !!
How to improve my SC skills?
I hope that I am not violating any forum rules !!
Actually this is from OG.
By the way, if it is still not absolutely clear, A seems to suggest that "scholars" are based on accounts of various ancient writers. This is clearly not correct.
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Thanks,
Ashish
GMAT Faculty @ EducationAisle
GMAT - 99th Percentile, MBA - ISB
Hi Ashish,
Sorry for sharing the wrong info.
Actually I came across a problem in Kaplan, based on the same concept.
Thank you !!
I came across a problem related to pronouns from Manhattan SC (Pg. 73 Q8 ) which goes something like this:
1. We finally chose the coffee table towards the back of the store, which we thought would complement our living room furniture.
We were supposed to mark all the pronouns, their antecedents and find out if something's is amiss. The explanation states that the underlined which refers to the store instead of the table and hence the sentence is wrong. Can someone please explain why?
I came across a problem related to pronouns from Manhattan SC (Pg. 73 Q8 ) which goes something like this:
1. We finally chose the coffee table towards the back of the store, which we thought would complement out living room furniture.
We were supposed to mark all the pronouns, their antecedents and find out if something's is amiss. The explanation states that the underlined which refers to the store instead of the table and hence the sentence is wrong. Can something please explain why?
"Which" can refer to the noun or noun phrases guided by the meaning and usage of the sentence.
In this sentence, "towards the back of the store" is a prepositional phrase and acting as an adverb modifier. Adverb of place - Where ? and choose is an transitive verb.
So which should refer to the table, here which can either refer to
- back of the store, or
- store.
And both are illogical from meaning point.
Please refer the Dickenson letter sc from OG-12 ( #26). It is based on the same concept.
Hope this helps !!
Hi , i can not know how parallelism apply to the following question. Please suggest which option is correct & why ?
Q.Sunspots,vortices of gas associated with strong electromagnetic activity,are visible as dark spots on the surface of the sun but have never been sighteed on the sun's poles or equator.
(A) are visible as dark spots on the surface of the sun but have never been
sighted on
(B) are visible as dark spots that never have been sighted on the surface of
the sun
(C) appear on the surface of the sun as dark spots although never sighted at
(D) appear as dark spots on the surface of the sun,although never having
been sighted at
(E) appear as dark spots on the sun's surface,which have never been
sighted on
The Answer is 'A' but i do not know how 'are visible' & 'have never been sighted' are parallel. Please help. Thanks
I came across a problem related to pronouns from Manhattan SC (Pg. 73 Q8 ) which goes something like this:
1. We finally chose the coffee table towards the back of the store, which we thought would complement our living room furniture.
We were supposed to mark all the pronouns, their antecedents and find out if something's is amiss. The explanation states that the underlined which refers to the store instead of the table and hence the sentence is wrong. Can someone please explain why?
which is a pronoun whose antecedent is immediately preceding it 😃 (as MH SC explains later)
Hi , i can not know how parallelism apply to the following question. Please suggest which option is correct & why ?
Q.Sunspots,vortices of gas associated with strong electromagnetic activity,are visible as dark spots on the surface of the sun but have never been sighteed on the sun's poles or equator.
(A) are visible as dark spots on the surface of the sun but have never been
sighted on
(B) are visible as dark spots that never have been sighted on the surface of
the sun
(C) appear on the surface of the sun as dark spots although never sighted at
(D) appear as dark spots on the surface of the sun,although never having
been sighted at
(E) appear as dark spots on the sun's surface,which have never been
sighted on
The Answer is 'A' but i do not know how 'are visible' & 'have never been sighted' are parallel. Please help. Thanks
For parallelism, you dont have to match the verb tense, the tenses are dependent on meaning and context of the sentence.
"Parallelism" means structurally parallel :
X and Y -- if X is verb + noun, then Y should also be verb + noun. But the tenses in the verbs may be different - the tenses are meaning dependent.
Hope this helps !!