nuttyvarun Sayscould you share the source..??.. bcoz I am not really convinced with the OA.. thanks!!
I got this q from test magic forum.
I got this q from test magic forum.
Help me with this one....
According to his own account, Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi, the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty, modeled the face of the statue like his mothers and the body like his wifes.
(A) modeled the face of the statue like his mothers and the body like his wifes
(B) modeled the face of the statue after that of his mother and the body after that of his wife
(C) modeled the face of the statue like his mother and the body like his wife
(D) made the face of the statue after his mother and the body after his wife
(E) made the face of the statue look like his mother and the body look like his wife
IMO A.
Please post OA?
And this one
1. A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but that they will, or could, be made sufficiently safe in the future.
(A) that they will, or could,
(B) that they would, or could,
(C) they will be or could
(D) think that they will be or could
(E) think the power stations would or could
IMO E.
They in all the options does not have a clear reference.
Help me with this one....
According to his own account, Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi, the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty, modeled the face of the statue like his mothers and the body like his wifes.
(A) modeled the face of the statue like his mothers and the body like his wifes
(B) modeled the face of the statue after that of his mother and the body after that of his wife
(C) modeled the face of the statue like his mother and the body like his wife
(D) made the face of the statue after his mother and the body after his wife
(E) made the face of the statue look like his mother and the body look like his wife
IMO: B
Modelled after is the right usage, more preferred than "modelled like".
Compared to rest of the choices, B is not concise. But has better clarity of meaning IMO.
And this one
1. A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but that they will, or could, be made sufficiently safe in the future.
(A) that they will, or could,
(B) that they would, or could,
(C) they will be or could
(D) think that they will be or could
(E) think the power stations would or could
IMO: D
This one is tricky!
in context to 'future' ....D is the only choice that has the "will be" that supports this context. One might confuse that "they" is unclear, but it surely is...as "majority" is singular and 'they' refers clearly to one and only plural noun..."power stations".
While E is tempting and sounds right, "....would or could be" is wrong usage. Needs to have "....would be or could be" atleast.
siddharthaduggirala SaysOnly vikram got this right OA is E.
The United States petroleum industry's cost to meet environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of the decade.
(A)The United States petroleum industry's cost to meet environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of the decade. -by the end of the decade modifies 'price per barrel incorrectly'
(B) The United States petroleum industry's cost by the end of the decade to meet environmental regulations is estimated at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum. -by the end of the decade modifies 'The United States petroleum industry's cost' incorrectly
(C) By the end of the decade, The United States petroleum industry's cost of meeting environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum. -by the end of the decade modifies the verb 'to project' incorrectly
(D) To meet environmental regulations, the cost to The United States petroleum industry is estimated at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of the decade. -by the end of the decade modifies 'price per barrel incorrectly'
(E) It is estimated that by the end of the decade the cost to The United States petroleum industry of meeting environmental regulations will be ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum.
Shud be E ...explanations inline
Wow! Sid, thanks.
Darth, thanks for the clear explanation.
Like i mentioned in my post, i was a little skeptical about it. Glad we nailed it.
IMO: D
This one is tricky!
in context to 'future' ....D is the only choice that has the "will be" that supports this context. One might confuse that "they" is unclear, but it surely is...as "majority" is singular and 'they' refers clearly to one and only plural noun..."power stations".
While E is tempting and sounds right, "....would or could be" is wrong usage. Needs to have "....would be or could be" atleast.
I would also choose D,as best choice.
However i am not convinced,In D, is "they" referring to power stations or journalists? Isn't it ambiguous?
Help me with this one....
According to his own account, Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi, the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty, modeled the face of the statue like his mothers and the body like his wifes.
(A) modeled the face of the statue like his mothers and the body like his wifes
(B) modeled the face of the statue after that of his mother and the body after that of his wife
(C) modeled the face of the statue like his mother and the body like his wife
(D) made the face of the statue after his mother and the body after his wife
(E) made the face of the statue look like his mother and the body look like his wife
IMO : A
A and B are close enough. In B not sure whether "after that of " is properly used.. so going with A
please explain if i am missing something.
And this one
1. A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but that they will, or could, be made sufficiently safe in the future.
(A) that they will, or could,
(B) that they would, or could,
(C) they will be or could
(D) think that they will be or could
(E) think the power stations would or could
IMO: D
Vikram,
I agree with your answer and explanation but would to point out a mistake in your explanation.
"Majority" is plural here like it is in most of the circumstances. Majority of a collective noun is always plural and majority is always used with countable items.
You can find the evidence of above rule in this sentence itself. Majority of... view nuclear power...
In light of this fact, "they" is indeed little ambiguous but other options are even worse. Hence D as best of the worst.
Please feel free to counter argue :)
IMO: D
This one is tricky!
in context to 'future' ....D is the only choice that has the "will be" that supports this context. One might confuse that "they" is unclear, but it surely is...as "majority" is singular and 'they' refers clearly to one and only plural noun..."power stations".
While E is tempting and sounds right, "....would or could be" is wrong usage. Needs to have "....would be or could be" atleast.
For 1, yes you are missing something. 
Modeled after is correct idiom. "that of his mother" is needed to indicate that the face of the statue was modeled after the "face of his mother".
IMO : A
A and B are close enough. In B not sure whether "after that of " is properly used.. so going with A
please explain if i am missing something.
IMO: D
Vikram,
I agree with your answer and explanation but would to point out a mistake in your explanation.
"Majority" is plural here like it is in most of the circumstances. Majority of a collective noun is always plural and majority is always used with countable items.
You can find the evidence of above rule in this sentence itself. Majority of... view nuclear power...
In light of this fact, "they" is indeed little ambiguous but other options are even worse. Hence D as best of the worst.
Please feel free to counter argue :)
BizzareNym,
Counter argue? haha....read on
When I saw your post, I thought:
Ever had this feeling that you read a question, start attacking choices, based on the rule set that you deciphered in your head, and knocked off the wrong choices one by one, and finally arrived at a choice and decided and posted that answer.....And Voila, that very same, first and single most important point that you based your decisions upon, itself turns out to be a wrong premise, but you somehow still end up implementing the right strategy?
Well this one for me was like that.
You are absolutely right..."Majority" was plural here. And I considered it to be singular !! (Correction other Puys...watch out !)
But as you mentioned, the other 4 choices were worse. In a country of blind, one eyed man is the king!
But If there was one another choice which was not as bad, I would have fallen prey for it.
A little confession, it was.
Help me with this one....
According to his own account, Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi, the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty, modeled the face of the statue like his mothers and the body like his wifes.
(A) modeled the face of the statue like his mothers and the body like his wifes
(B) modeled the face of the statue after that of his mother and the body after that of his wife
(C) modeled the face of the statue like his mother and the body like his wife
(D) made the face of the statue after his mother and the body after his wife
(E) made the face of the statue look like his mother and the body look like his wife
shud be B
'modeled after' is the correct idiom.
A, C, E are out. D compares face/body with mother/wife.
And this one
1. A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but that they will, or could, be made sufficiently safe in the future.
(A) that they will, or could,
(B) that they would, or could,
(C) they will be or could
(D) think that they will be or could
(E) think the power stations would or could
IMO E
'a majority of international journos' is plural here as indicated by the verb 'view' ... so the pronoun 'they' can cause pronoun refernce error.
A,B,C,D have this error
IMO E
'a majority of international journos' is plural here as indicated by the verb 'view' ... so the pronoun 'they' can cause pronoun refernce error.
A,B,C,D have this error
i'll go wid D...its not better to say 'think the power stations would or could be'.. wat say u???
Here are my two problems :
Discrimination in wages paid in occupations that are predominantly male over the predominantly female have given rise to substantial differentials between the wage of housepainters and secretaries and between the wages of parking-lot attendants and library assistants.
(A) paid in occupations that are predominantly male over the predominantly female have
(B) paid in occupations that are predominantly male over those that are predominantly female have
(C) that favors predominantly male occupations over the predominantly female have
(D) that favors predominantly male occupations over those that are predominantly female has
(E) paid in predominantly male occupations over the predominantly female has
Developing nations in various parts of the world have amassed $700 billion in debts; at stake, should a significant number of these debts be repudiated, is the solvency of some of the worlds largest multinational banks.
(A) should a significant number of these debts be repudiated, is
(B) should a significant number of these debts be repudiated, are
(C) should they repudiate a significant number of these debts, are
(D) if there is a repudiation of a significant number of these debts, would be
(E) if a significant number of these debts will` be repudiated, is
as 'they' can cause pronoun refernce error in A,B,C,D hence E is correct answer.
Here are my two problems :
Discrimination in wages paid in occupations that are predominantly male over the predominantly female have given rise to substantial differentials between the wage of housepainters and secretaries and between the wages of parking-lot attendants and library assistants.
(A) paid in occupations that are predominantly male over the predominantly female have
(B) paid in occupations that are predominantly male over those that are predominantly female have
(C) that favors predominantly male occupations over the predominantly female have
(D) that favors predominantly male occupations over those that are predominantly female has
(E) paid in predominantly male occupations over the predominantly female has
Developing nations in various parts of the world have amassed $700 billion in debts; at stake, should a significant number of these debts be repudiated, is the solvency of some of the world's largest multinational banks.
(A) should a significant number of these debts be repudiated, is
(B) should a significant number of these debts be repudiated, are
(C) should they repudiate a significant number of these debts, are
(D) if there is a repudiation of a significant number of these debts, would be
(E) if a significant number of these debts will` be repudiated, is
My ans :
1.B
2.B
1.
a -> compares male to female but not d occupation.
b -> maintains parallel construction
c -> wrongly compares male occupation to female.
d -> 'has' cant be used here as occupations is plural
e -> again uses 'has'
2.
'a number ' is plural..is cant b used..A & E are out..'they' creates ambiguity in C..not sure about D.. but will prefer B coz short n simple..
OAs plz..
sdt83 Saysi'll go wid D...its not better to say 'think the power stations would or could be'.. wat say u???
i think 'would or could' is more parallel than 'will be and could'
Darth Maul Saysi think 'would or could' is more parallel than 'will be and could'
I'm little skeptical bout ur thikining..'will be or could be' make a bigger sense than that of ' will be or could' & 'would or could be'..
i guess ur missing some part of the Q or didnt read properly.. for ur reference,the Q reads as.
'A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but that they will, or could, be made sufficiently safe in the future'.
1.Although the Supreme Court ruled as long ago as 1880 that Blacks could not be excluded outright from jury service, nearly a century of case-by-case adjudication has been necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be drawn from "a fair cross section of the community."
(A) has been necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be
(B) was necessary for developing and enforcing the principle of all juries being
(C) was to be necessary in developing and enforcing the principle of all juries to be
(D) is necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be
(E) will be necessary for developing and enforcing the principle of all juries being
expln plz.