Sentence Correction for CAT 2012

MBA CAT 2024
1807

@chemicalsaurabh

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/feelings

1808

The football team, tired after four hours of practice and wanted to reach home quickly, took a short cut.
A. tired after four hours of practice and wanted to reach home quickly, took a short cut.
B. tired after four hours of practice and wanting to reach home quickly, took a short cut.
C. tired after four hours of practice and because they wanted to reach home quickly, took a short cut.
D. tired after four hours of practice and wanting to reach home quickly, will take a short cut.
E. tiring after four hours of practice and wanting to reach home quickly, took a short cut.

puys pls explain in detail.

1809

I think A is correct ?

1810
@245857anu : Answer:A.
1811

OA answer is B.
Ref. from aristotle SC Grail.

1812
@245857anu said: OA answer is B. Ref. from aristotle SC Grail.Kindly explain.
1813

Amresh Bhai and prakash bhai , please pour in with your thoughts how to prepare for this section as i am very weak in this. With only 2 months remaining what should be my strategy, in AIMCATS i am faltering very badly, i can manage RC and other stuffs, but this is a nightmare, please help.......thanks in advance

1814
@chandrakant.k Thanx buddy, the link was of immense help. :)
1815

'Yesterday Kavya bought a pair of jeans which look stunning on her'

will it be look or looks??

1816
@ranjitgrv said:

'Yesterday Kavya bought a pair of jeans which look stunning on her'

will it be look or looks??

it shud be looked or looks..
1817
"the football team...."
@ amresh_maverick
answer should be a
please explain
1818
@ranjitgrv
it will be 'looks' as the phrase following it is singular....
1819
Which is the correct option in terms of grammar and usage

a) None of us were comfortable with what was happening.
(b) None of us was comfortable with what was happening.
(c) None among us were comfortable with what was happening.
(d) None amongst us were comfortable with what was happening.

Also provide explanation with the answer.
1820

(b) is correct

1821
@ranjitgrv said:

'Yesterday Kavya bought a pair of jeans which look stunning on her'

will it be look or looks??

According to parallelism....only looked will be correct contextual usage...
1822
@nitk2iima2 thoda aur explain karoge, y past tense only. Actually my doubt was with singlr/plrl, but ab tense pe baat aa gayi hai to...
1823
@ranjitgrv said:
@nitk2iima2 thoda aur explain karoge, y past tense only. Actually my doubt was with singlr/plrl, but ab tense pe baat aa gayi hai to...
Look waise to a pair of jeans is plural...but here the first clause of the sentence "yesterday Kavya bought a pair of jeans" is in simple past tense so wat follows should also be in simple past tense thats the parellelism Rule...
1824
@nitk2iima2 hmmmm, waise a pair of jeans singular verb lega: a pair of jeans is in the bag/ jeans are in the bag.... but jahan tak tense ka baat hai.... kavya jeans kal kharid k aaj bhi to pahan sakti hai, aur aaj hi stunning bhi dikh sakti hai???
1825
@ranjitgrv ...AFAIK... pair of trousers should take plural verb...and if ur logic for changing the sentence structure from kal to aaj and aaj to parso stands true then god help GRAMMAR... :D
1826
@nitk2iima2 said:
Look waise to a pair of jeans is plural...but here the first clause of the sentence \
Bhai are you sure because "A pair of jeans= singular" and "pair of jeans=Plural"