A historian attempting to predict in the 1870's which nation would take over world leadership from the British probably would have guessed Bismarck's Prussia and been quite wrong.
(A) have guessed Bismarck's Prussia and been
(B) have guessed that it would have been Bismarck's Prussia and he would be
(C) have guessed Bismarck's Prussia and would be
(D) guess Bismarck's Prussia and be
(E) guess that it would be Bismarck's Prussia and would have been
A historian attempting to predict in the 1870's which nation would take over world leadership from the British probably would have guessed Bismarck's Prussia and been quite wrong.
(A) have guessed Bismarck's Prussia and been
(B) have guessed that it would have been Bismarck's Prussia and he would be
(C) have guessed Bismarck's Prussia and would be
(D) guess Bismarck's Prussia and be
(E) guess that it would be Bismarck's Prussia and would have been
Q.1.
I guess C
In A,B: 'which is 14' tries to modify '1992' which is wrong.
E- seems wrong, 'an amount' - then it should have been 'previous year's amount' etc. - also a long sentence
C- seems fine
D- 'than the previous year was' is wrong- seems that year is being compared to amount !!
Q.2.
This is based on parallelism and 'A' is correct.
Q.3.
i will go with 'B'
it says they lose money when something and something happens.
-> when rates rise AND they are unable to raise mortgage rates !
What are the answers?
Could you please explain your answers?
Q1:
Sales of United States manufactured goods to nonindustrialized countries rose to $167 billion in 1992, which is 14 percent more than the previous year and largely offsets weak demand from Europe and Japan.
(A) which is 14 percent more than the previous year
(B) which is 14 percent higher than it was the previous year
(C) 14 percent higher than the previous years figure
(D) an amount that is 14 percent more than the previous year was
(E) an amount that is 14 percent higher than the previous years figure
Q2:
All-terrain vehicles have allowed vacationers to reach many previously inaccessible areas, but they have also been blamed for causing hundreds of deaths, injury to thousands, and seriously damaging the nations recreational areas.
(A) deaths, injury to thousands, and seriously damaging
(B) deaths and injuring thousands, and serious damage to
(C) deaths, thousands who are injured, as well as seriously damaging
(D) deaths and thousands of injuries, as well as doing serious damage to
(E) deaths, thousands are injured, and they do serious damage to
Q3:
Since savings banks have to use short-term deposits to finance long-term fixed-rate mortgage loans, they sometimes lose money when there is a rise in short-term rates and, on the other hand, they are unable to raise the rates on their mortgages.
(A) when there is a rise in short-term rates and, on the other hand, they are unable to raise
(B) when short-term rates rise and they are unable to raise
(C) when a rise in short-term rates occurs and, correspondingly, there is no rise possible in
(D) with a rise in short-term rates, and they are unable to raise
(E) with short-term rates on the rise and no rise possible in
Could you please explain your answers?
Q1:
Sales of United States manufactured goods to nonindustrialized countries rose to $167 billion in 1992, which is 14 percent more than the previous year and largely offsets weak demand from Europe and Japan.
(A) which is 14 percent more than the previous year
(B) which is 14 percent higher than it was the previous year
(C) 14 percent higher than the previous years figure
(D) an amount that is 14 percent more than the previous year was
(E) an amount that is 14 percent higher than the previous years figure
Q2:
All-terrain vehicles have allowed vacationers to reach many previously inaccessible areas, but they have also been blamed for causing hundreds of deaths, injury to thousands, and seriously damaging the nations recreational areas.
(A) deaths, injury to thousands, and seriously damaging
(B) deaths and injuring thousands, and serious damage to
(C) deaths, thousands who are injured, as well as seriously damaging
(D) deaths and thousands of injuries, as well as doing serious damage to
(E) deaths, thousands are injured, and they do serious damage to
Q3:
Since savings banks have to use short-term deposits to finance long-term fixed-rate mortgage loans, they sometimes lose money when there is a rise in short-term rates and, on the other hand, they are unable to raise the rates on their mortgages.
(A) when there is a rise in short-term rates and, on the other hand, they are unable to raise
(B) when short-term rates rise and they are unable to raise
(C) when a rise in short-term rates occurs and, correspondingly, there is no rise possible in
(D) with a rise in short-term rates, and they are unable to raise
(E) with short-term rates on the rise and no rise possible in
A historian attempting to predict in the 1870's which nation would take over world leadership from the British probably would have guessed Bismarck's Prussia and been quite wrong.
(A) have guessed Bismarck's Prussia and been
(B) have guessed that it would have been Bismarck's Prussia and he would be
wordy!!
(C) have guessed Bismarck's Prussia and would be
(D) guess Bismarck's Prussia and be
(E) guess that it would be Bismarck's Prussia and would have been
Could you please explain your answers?
Q1:
Sales of United States manufactured goods to nonindustrialized countries rose to $167 billion in 1992, which is 14 percent more than the previous year and largely offsets weak demand from Europe and Japan.
(A) which is 14 percent more than the previous year
(B) which is 14 percent higher than it was the previous year
(C) 14 percent higher than the previous year's figure
(D) an amount that is 14 percent more than the previous year was
(E) an amount that is 14 percent higher than the previous year's figure
Q2:
All-terrain vehicles have allowed vacationers to reach many previously inaccessible areas, but they have also been blamed for causing hundreds of deaths, injury to thousands, and seriously damaging the nation's recreational areas.
(A) deaths, injury to thousands, and seriously damaging
(B) deaths and injuring thousands, and serious damage to
(C) deaths, thousands who are injured, as well as seriously damaging
(D) deaths and thousands of injuries, as well as doing serious damage to
(E) deaths, thousands are injured, and they do serious damage to
Q3:
Since savings banks have to use short-term deposits to finance long-term fixed-rate mortgage loans, they sometimes lose money when there is a rise in short-term rates and, on the other hand, they are unable to raise the rates on their mortgages.
(A) when there is a rise in short-term rates and, on the other hand, they are unable to raise
(B) when short-term rates rise and they are unable to raise
(C) when a rise in short-term rates occurs and, correspondingly, there is no rise possible in
(D) with a rise in short-term rates, and they are unable to raise
(E) with short-term rates on the rise and no rise possible in
IMO: E, D, B
OAs Please.
Vikram2010 & ndhadha!
OA s are same as your answers! But could you explain the 3rd one? In answer B, (when short-term rates rise and they are unable to raise) I feel they could refer to short-term rates. So I went with C. What do you think?
Please help me out in this with exlanations :)
In one of the most stunning reversals in the history of marketingďźŒthe Coca-Cola company in July 1985 yielded to thousands of irate consumers demanding that it should bring back the original Coke formula.
(A) demanding that it should
(B) demanding it to
(C) and their demand to
(D) who demanded that it
(E) who demanded it to
Vikram2010 & ndhadha!
OA s are same as your answers! But could you explain the 3rd one? In answer B, (when short-term rates rise and they are unable to raise) I feel they could refer to short-term rates. So I went with C. What do you think?
Could you please explain your answers?
Q1:
Sales of United States manufactured goods to nonindustrialized countries rose to $167 billion in 1992, which is 14 percent more than the previous year and largely offsets weak demand from Europe and Japan.
(A) which is 14 percent more than the previous year
(B) which is 14 percent higher than it was the previous year
(C) 14 percent higher than the previous years figure
(D) an amount that is 14 percent more than the previous year was
(E) an amount that is 14 percent higher than the previous years figure
Q2:
All-terrain vehicles have allowed vacationers to reach many previously inaccessible areas, but they have also been blamed for causing hundreds of deaths, injury to thousands, and seriously damaging the nations recreational areas.
(A) deaths, injury to thousands, and seriously damaging
(B) deaths and injuring thousands, and serious damage to
(C) deaths, thousands who are injured, as well as seriously damaging
(D) deaths and thousands of injuries, as well as doing serious damage to
(E) deaths, thousands are injured, and they do serious damage to
Q3:
Since savings banks have to use short-term deposits to finance long-term fixed-rate mortgage loans, they sometimes lose money when there is a rise in short-term rates and, on the other hand, they are unable to raise the rates on their mortgages.
(A) when there is a rise in short-term rates and, on the other hand, they are unable to raise
(B) when short-term rates rise and they are unable to raise
(C) when a rise in short-term rates occurs and, correspondingly, there is no rise possible in
(D) with a rise in short-term rates, and they are unable to raise
(E) with short-term rates on the rise and no rise possible in
Please help me out in this with exlanations :)
In one of the most stunning reversals in the history of marketingďźŒthe Coca-Cola company in July 1985 yielded to thousands of irate consumers demanding that it should bring back the original Coke formula.
(A) demanding that it should
(B) demanding it to
(C) and their demand to
(D) who demanded that it
(E) who demanded it to
and why cannot the answer be A....any explantions please.....
IMO -> E, D B
OAs?
Umm... well i eliminated C coz it seemed wordy to me...
reg what "they" refers to, I really don have an explanation!! sowie!
Please help me out in this with exlanations :)
In one of the most stunning reversals in the history of marketingďźŒthe Coca-Cola company in July 1985 yielded to thousands of irate consumers demanding that it should bring back the original Coke formula.
(A) demanding that it should
(B) demanding it to
(C) and their demand to
(D) who demanded that it
(E) who demanded it to
My bet on D.
Its a verb -tense case. clearly demanding is ruled out since its been already done.
Who is needed coz irate consumers need some extra info about them and that is provided by who
Now bet D & E, demanded that is correct idiom.
OA is D you all are correct on this ....... u guys rocks !!
Can you please throw some flourescent light on what to and when to use subjunctive.....
pavi137 SaysD is best coz demand is the subjunctive so it will take the verb in the base form without the to infinitive or the gerund.
Please help me out in this with exlanations :)
In one of the most stunning reversals in the history of marketingďźŒthe Coca-Cola company in July 1985 yielded to thousands of irate consumers demanding that it should bring back the original Coke formula.
(A) demanding that it should
"that it should" doesnt seem right
(B) demanding it to
(C) and their demand to
'and' is inappropriate here, as we are talking about consumers who are irritated
(D) who demanded that it
'that' is not required
(E) who demanded it to
most of u got it rght... OA is indeed A
@onlinearora: both actions are in the past and hence the verb 'be' that indicates the present tense is inappropriate rightly pointed out by Vikram..
A historian attempting to predict in the 1870's which nation would take over world leadership from the British probably would have guessed Bismarck's Prussia and been quite wrong.
(A) have guessed Bismarck's Prussia and been
(B) have guessed that it would have been Bismarck's Prussia and he would be
(C) have guessed Bismarck's Prussia and would be
(D) guess Bismarck's Prussia and be
(E) guess that it would be Bismarck's Prussia and would have been
IMO: A
B - awkward, wordy
C - Close contender, but 'would be' indicates continual action and thats wrong. Once the guess is over, its past.
D and E - Need to have 'have guessed' for the verb tense to make sense. Also, in D, 'be' is wrong.
And E violates parallelism. would guess and would have been wrong will not be parallel.
Is it C?
A- 'and been quite' seems wrong
B- too long and makes simple sentence complex
C- seems correct
D- 'guess' is wrong
E- 'guess' is wrong
Padmalathas SaysI would go for A! What is OA?
Good one!!
The first part has to be in perfect tense, so have is required, that eliminates D & E
Lil Confused bet A & C
I'll put my money on A
Wats the OA?
OA is D you all are correct on this ....... u guys rocks !!
Can you please throw some flourescent light on what to and when to use subjunctive.....
A historian attempting to predict in the 1870's which nation would take over world leadership from the British probably would have guessed Bismarck's Prussia and been quite wrong.
(A) have guessed Bismarck's Prussia and been
(B) have guessed that it would have been Bismarck's Prussia and he would be
(C) have guessed Bismarck's Prussia and would be
(D) guess Bismarck's Prussia and be
(E) guess that it would be Bismarck's Prussia and would have been