Sentence Correction for CAT 2012

MBA CAT 2024
1867
@245857anu I know grammar rules but more than that it's reading that helps.. Read as much as u can.. more than reasoning in my case it's intuitive.. As you develop reading habits you will come to know the structure of sentences..
1868
A. At it €™s core, Google is one massive computing infrastructure.
B. What the company excels, is in building and maintaining applications on top of this infrastructure,
C. only parts of which are known to us.
D. Almost every application, hence, have consistency across storage, classification, and categorization.

OPTIONS
1)A and B
2)B and C
3)A and D
4)A, B , and D
answer with little explaination for wrong sentence justifying....
1869
@yashasvi5 said:
I assume we have to find the wrong one.

Ans 4) A is wrong (its in place of it's)
B is wrong ( excels in is in place of excels, is in)
D is wrong ( we are talking about application so has in place of have)
1870
Sentecnce correction-

Among the reasons for the decline of New England agriculture in the last three decades
were the high cost of land, the pressure of housing and commercial development, and
basing a marketing and distribution system on importing produce from Florida and
California.


(A) basing a marketing and distribution system on importing produce from Florida and
California


(B) basing a marketing and distribution system on the imported produce of Florida and
California


(C) basing a system of marketing and distribution on the import of produce from Florida
and California


(D) a marketing and distribution system based on importing produce from Florida and
California


(E) a marketing and distribution system importing produce from Florida and California as
its base


Happy CATing :cheerio:
1871
@miseera said:
Sentecnce correction-
Among the reasons for the decline of New England agriculture in the last three decades
were the high cost of land, the pressure of housing and commercial development, and
basing a marketing and distribution system on importing produce from Florida and
California.
(A) basing a marketing and distribution system on importing produce from Florida and
California
(B) basing a marketing and distribution system on the imported produce of Florida and
California
(C) basing a system of marketing and distribution on the import of produce from Florida
and California
(D) a marketing and distribution system based on importing produce from Florida and
California
(E) a marketing and distribution system importing produce from Florida and California as
its base
Happy CATing
D---> Parallelism in structurally similar "reasons" for decline.
1872
@245857anu
are you sure ..
as oa E is already given
1873
@yashasvi5
A B D SEEM WRONG
in A it should b ...in it's core
b..'what' is wrong
in c 'have ' is wrong
1874
@purwar_ankit
Sorry but E was wrong answer.cross checked with the book.
1875
@yashasvi5 4?
1876
@yashasvi5 said:
A. At it €™s core, Google is one massive computing infrastructure.
B. What the company excels, is in building and maintaining applications on top of this infrastructure,
C. only parts of which are known to us.
D. Almost every application, hence, have consistency across storage, classification, and categorization.
OPTIONS
1)A and B
2)B and C
3)A and D
4)A, B , and D
answer with little explaination for wrong sentence justifying....
question is asking wrong sentences basically and oa is 4
1877
@miseera said:
Sentecnce correction-
Among the reasons for the decline of New England agriculture in the last three decades
were the high cost of land, the pressure of housing and commercial development, and
basing a marketing and distribution system on importing produce from Florida and
California.
(A) basing a marketing and distribution system on importing produce from Florida and
California
(B) basing a marketing and distribution system on the imported produce of Florida and
California
(C) basing a system of marketing and distribution on the import of produce from Florida
and California
(D) a marketing and distribution system based on importing produce from Florida and
California
(E) a marketing and distribution system importing produce from Florida and California as
its base
Happy CATing
is it D??
1878

bhai log is there any thread where can i find verbal questions like ---> 4 sentences will be given and we need to find out the sentence which is out of context............

1879
SET SC-3:

FIND THE INCORRECT SENTENCE/SENTENCES:

A. Rain or shine, summer or winter Mr.Sharma never misses his
morning walk.
B. He leaves his home at 5:00 a.m. and walks briskly for an hour.
C. He makes sure not to fall sick.
D. If it is winter, he wears woollen and if it rains he wears a raincoat
and carries an umbrella.
(1) Only C
(2) B and C
(3) A and C
(4) C and D

Plz give reasons as well.
1880
@amresh_maverick 4) C n D
1881
@amresh_maverick said: SET SC-3:FIND THE INCORRECT SENTENCE/SENTENCES:A. Rain or shine, summer or winter Mr.Sharma never misses his morning walk. B. He leaves his home at 5:00 a.m. and walks briskly for an hour. C. He makes sure not to fall sick. D. If it is winter, he wears woollen and if it rains he wears a raincoat and carries an umbrella. (1) Only C (2) B and C (3) A and C (4) C and DPlz give reasons as well.
I'll go with (3) A and C

There should be comma (,) following winter as in summer or winter, Mr. Sharma

Since only one option has A. i chose that option.

However, i think C is wrong because it should be He made sure not to fall sick or He makes sure never to fall sick.
1882
@amresh_maverick said: SET SC-3:FIND THE INCORRECT SENTENCE/SENTENCES:A. Rain or shine, summer or
4. C and D.

C (get sick / fall ill)
D (Rain in place of Rains)
1883
@amresh_maverick said: SET SC-3:FIND THE INCORRECT SENTENCE/SENTENCES:A. Rain or shine, summer or winter Mr.Sharma never misses his morning walk. B. He leaves his home at 5:00 a.m. and walks briskly for an hour. C. He makes sure not to fall sick. D. If it is winter, he wears woollen and if it rains he wears a raincoat and carries an umbrella. (1) Only C (2) B and C (3) A and C (4) C and DPlz give reasons as well.
option 3?
it should be get sick not fall sick..A me comma hona chahiye
1884
@gyrodceite said:
option 3? it should be get sick not fall sick..A me comma hona chahiye
The old woman fell/took/was taken sick (= became ill) while she was away and had to come home.

Source: Cambridge
1885
@amresh_maverick

SET SC-3:

shouldn't there be a comma in first and fourth sentences ?

in first after winter and in last after if it rains
1886
@miseera
MY TAKE
D