try this:
1. Art museums do not usually think of their collections as capital or consider the interest income that would be generated if a portion of the capital would have been invested in another form.
(A) be generated if a portion of the capital would have been
(B) have been generated if a portion of the capital would have been
(C) be generated if a portion of the capital were
(D) be generated if a portion of the capital was
(E) be generated if a portion of the capital had been
Explanation please :).
try this:
1. Art museums do not usually think of their collections as capital or consider the interest income that would be generated if a portion of the capital would have been invested in another form.
(A) be generated if a portion of the capital would have been
(B) have been generated if a portion of the capital would have been
(C) be generated if a portion of the capital were
(D) be generated if a portion of the capital was
(E) be generated if a portion of the capital had been
Explanation please :).
IMO - C
The phrase would have been along with "if" indicates a degree of uncertainty. Hence using "were" would be more appropriate.
try this:
1. Art museums do not usually think of their collections as capital or consider the interest income that would be generated if a portion of the capital would have been invested in another form.
(A) be generated if a portion of the capital would have been
(B) have been generated if a portion of the capital would have been
(C) be generated if a portion of the capital were
(D) be generated if a portion of the capital was
(E) be generated if a portion of the capital had been
Explanation please :).
IMO = C. Subjunctive mood
The policy of applying indirect taxes, like value added tax and excise duties, that were enforced in Lithuania was less strict when compared to the European Unions members in 2000, which imposed tax rules and tariffs that, for the most part, needed to be tightened in order to harmonize with the EUs requirements and not to loosen it for the purpose of remaining competitive with trading partners outside of the EU.
(A) The policy(singular) of applying indirect taxes, like value added tax and excise duties, that were(plural) enforced in Lithuania was less strict when compared to the European Unions members in 2000, which imposed tax rules and tariffs that, for the most part, needed to be tightened in order to harmonize with the EUs requirements and not to loosen it - eliminated
(B) The policy of applying indirect taxes, including value added tax and excise duties, enforced in Lithuania was less strict when compared with the policy applied by the European Unions members in 2000, imposing tax rules and tariffs that, for the most part, needed to be tightened so that the country would harmonize with the EUs requirements rather than loosening them
- correct (the gerends(imposing, loosening) correctly specify the purpose. The construction is grammatical and concise
(C) When it was compared with that enforced by members of the European Union in 2000, the policy of applying indirect taxes, like value added tax and excise duties, that were enforced in Lithuania and that were less strict, were imposing tax rules and tariffs that, for the most part, needed to be tightened in order to harmonize with the EUs requirements rather than loosening them - eliminated( awkward constrcution).
(D) Compared with that enforced by members of the European Union in 2000, the policy of applying indirect taxes, like value added tax and excise duties, that was enforced in Lithuania was less strict, imposing tax rules and tariffs that, for the most part, needed to be tightened so that the country would harmonize with the EUs requirements rather than loosened - "with that enforced" and then "that was enforced" is redundant.
(E) In 2000, Lithuania, compared with the members of the European Union, had a policy of applying indirect taxes, including value added tax and excise duties, that were enforced less strictly, since it imposed tax rules and tariffs that, for the most part, needed tightening in order that they would harmonize with the EUs requirements and not to loosen - eliminated
Well, OA is D. B and D are really close. eventhough D is redundant and wordy it is the best of all. you neglected one error of parallelism with "rather than" in B. B suggests "tightened.....rather than loosening..." It should be "tightened... rather than loosened..." which is there in D.
try this:
1. Art museums do not usually think of their collections as capital or consider the interest income that would be generated if a portion of the capital would have been invested in another form.
(A) be generated if a portion of the capital would have been
(B) have been generated if a portion of the capital would have been
(C) be generated if a portion of the capital were
(D) be generated if a portion of the capital was
(E) be generated if a portion of the capital had been
Explanation please :).
famous subjunctive mood: answer should be C.
Just for the record can we list down the use of sunjunctive mood for "if" related sentences in all different possible tenses?
Nipunbans SaysIMO = C. Subjunctive mood
IMO - C
The phrase would have been along with "if" indicates a degree of uncertainty. Hence using "were" would be more appropriate.
famous subjunctive mood: answer should be C.
Just for the record can we list down the use of sunjunctive mood for "if" related sentences in all different possible tenses?
Great. The subjunctive mood is indeed famous. Everyone but me seems to be really comfortable with it
@smokinskull86- I am sure you were indirectly referring to the subjunctive mood subjunctive Reference
The OAs are 1. C 2. D 3. E 4. D 5. D 6. E
Pl. post ur explanations. Looking forward to it.......
@dare2 : can you please post your explanations...
@dare2 : can you please post your explanations...
6. Most americans live in areas where the drinking water is fluoridated, but most Britons do not, where there is some strong opposition to fluoridation.
A. most Britons do not, where there is some strong opposition to fluoridation
B. most Britons, where there is some strong opposition to fluoridation, do not
C. the British, where there is some strong opposition to fluoridation, mostly do not
D. in Britain, where there is some strong opposition to fluoridation, they mostly do not
E. in Britain, where there is some strong opposition to fluoridation, most people do not
i think this is da only question i need 2 clarifiy y i choosed option E.. rest all questions were explained by anurag n mission..
we r not comaring ameircans with britons here.. but we r comparing 'live in areas'.. this directly removes A, B, C..
in D they is misleading..
hence E is the rite choice..
i think this is da only question i need 2 clarifiy y i choosed option E.. rest all questions were explained by anurag n mission..
we r not comaring ameircans with britons here.. but we r comparing 'live in areas'.. this directly removes A, B, C..
in D they is misleading..
hence E is the rite choice..
Dude, i would go for Option B in question no.6, point being that here we are comparing the americans to the britons and not BRITAIN .. and moreover, Option B even satisfies the parallel structure, most americans .... most britons ..
Please clear my doubt 😛
Dude, i would go for Option B in question no.6, point being that here we are comparing the americans to the britons and not BRITAIN .. and moreover, Option B even satisfies the parallel structure, most americans .... most britons ..
Please clear my doubt :P
comeon dude, look at the basic mistake in B. ... look at the modifier, can "where" modify people (in this case most britons, weird, shouldnt it be british)?
EducationAisle SaysFor the reasons I cited, participle usage is not making too much sense here (neither does the usage of which). When you say its from an old test, I would like to know old test of what? I would be surprised if it is an old GMAT test.
its an old kaplan test .The answers are straight from there
guys, lets do some cheesy ones as well.
1)The spraying of pesticides can be carefully planned, but accidents, weather conditions that could not be foreseen, and pilot errors often cause much larger deposits of spray than they had anticipated.
(A) weather conditions that could not be foreseen, and pilot errors often cause much larger deposits of spray than they had
(B) weather conditions that cannot be foreseen, and pilot errors often cause much larger deposits of spray than
(C) unforeseeable weather conditions, and pilot errors are the cause of much larger deposits of spray than they had
(D) weather conditions that are not foreseeable, and pilot errors often cause much larger deposits of spray than
(E) unforeseeable weather conditions, and pilot errors often cause much larger deposits of spray than they had
2) There has been a 30- to 40-fold increase in the incidence of malaria caused by increasing mosquito resistance against pesticides.
(A) increase in the incidence of malaria caused by increasing mosquito resistance against
(B) increase in the incidence of malaria because of increasing resistance of mosquitoes to
(C) increasing malaria incidence because of increasing resistance of mosquitoes to
(D) incidence of malaria increase caused by increasing mosquito resistance against
(E) incidence of malaria increase because of increased mosquito resistance to
3) The nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius in two letters to the historian Tacitus.
(A) The nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius in two letters to the historian Tacitus.
(B) To the historian Tacitus, the nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote two letters, being the only eyewitness accounts of the great eruption of Vesuvius.
(C) The only eyewitness account is in two letters by the nephew of Pliny the Elder writing to the historian Tacitus an account of the great eruption of Vesuvius.
(D) Writing the only eyewitness account, Pliny the Elder's nephew accounted for the great eruption of Vesuvius in two letters to the historian Tacitus.
(E) In two letters to the historian Tacitus, the nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius
guys, lets do some cheesy ones as well.
1)the spraying of pesticides can be carefully planned, but accidents, weather conditions that could not be foreseen, and pilot errors often cause much larger deposits of spray than they had anticipated.
(a) weather conditions that could not be foreseen, and pilot errors often cause much larger deposits of spray than they had
(b) weather conditions that cannot be foreseen, and pilot errors often cause much larger deposits of spray than
(c) unforeseeable weather conditions, and pilot errors are the cause of much larger deposits of spray than they had
(d) weather conditions that are not foreseeable, and pilot errors often cause much larger deposits of spray than
(e) unforeseeable weather conditions, and pilot errors often cause much larger deposits of spray than they had
2) there has been a 30- to 40-fold increase in the incidence of malaria caused by increasing mosquito resistance against pesticides.
(a) increase in the incidence of malaria caused by increasing mosquito resistance against
(b) increase in the incidence of malaria because of increasing resistance of mosquitoes to
(c) increasing malaria incidence because of increasing resistance of mosquitoes to
(d) incidence of malaria increase caused by increasing mosquito resistance against
(e) incidence of malaria increase because of increased mosquito resistance to
3) the nephew of pliny the elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of vesuvius in two letters to the historian tacitus.
(a) the nephew of pliny the elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of vesuvius in two letters to the historian tacitus.
(b) to the historian tacitus, the nephew of pliny the elder wrote two letters, being the only eyewitness accounts of the great eruption of vesuvius.
(c) the only eyewitness account is in two letters by the nephew of pliny the elder writing to the historian tacitus an account of the great eruption of vesuvius.
(d) writing the only eyewitness account, pliny the elder's nephew accounted for the great eruption of vesuvius in two letters to the historian tacitus.
(e) in two letters to the historian tacitus, the nephew of pliny the elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of vesuvius
imo : 1.b, 2.b, 3.e
guys, lets do some cheesy ones as well.
1)The spraying of pesticides can be carefully planned, but accidents, weather conditions that could not be foreseen, and pilot errors often cause much larger deposits of spray than they had anticipated.
2) There has been a 30- to 40-fold increase in the incidence of malaria caused by increasing mosquito resistance against pesticides.
3) The nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius in two letters to the historian Tacitus.
1. B (In all other options pronoun they is used which does not refer to any noun).
2. B (C, D and E are out at first go because we need the word "increase" after "30-to-40 fold". Left with A and B. A is incorrect because it infers that malaria is caused by the increase in resistence to pesticides by mosquitoes while actually the sentence should mean that the increase in the cases of malaria is because of increase in resistence to. Secondly resistence to is the correct idiom).
3. E ( the original sentence means that the eruption was in a two letter which is incorrect. E clarifies the sentence).
Thanks,
Anurag...
guys, lets do some cheesy ones as well.
1)The spraying of pesticides can be carefully planned, but accidents, weather conditions that could not be foreseen, and pilot errors often cause much larger deposits of spray than they had anticipated.
(A) weather conditions that could not be foreseen, and pilot errors often cause much larger deposits of spray than they had (qualifies on parallelism, but "can be" & "could not be" cause the tense problem here. B qualifies on both)
(B) weather conditions that cannot be foreseen, and pilot errors often cause much larger deposits of spray than
(C) unforeseeable weather conditions, and pilot errors are the cause of much larger deposits of spray than they had
(D) weather conditions that are not foreseeable, and pilot errors often cause much larger deposits of spray than
(E) unforeseeable weather conditions, and pilot errors often cause much larger deposits of spray than they had
2) There has been a 30- to 40-fold increase in the incidence of malaria caused by increasing mosquito resistance against pesticides.
(A) increase in the incidence of malaria caused by increasing mosquito resistance against - Does not convey the meaning correct. means mutiny.
(B) increase in the incidence of malaria because of increasing resistance of mosquitoes to - conveys the meaning correct. Shows immunity
(C) increasing malaria incidence because of increasing resistance of mosquitoes to
(D) incidence of malaria increase caused by increasing mosquito resistance against
(E) incidence of malaria increase because of increased mosquito resistance to
3) The nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius in two letters to the historian Tacitus.
(A) The nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius in two letters to the historian Tacitus.
(B) To the historian Tacitus, the nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote two letters, being the only eyewitness accounts of the great eruption of Vesuvius.
(C) The only eyewitness account is in two letters by the nephew of Pliny the Elder writing to the historian Tacitus an account of the great eruption of Vesuvius.
(D) Writing the only eyewitness account, Pliny the Elder's nephew accounted for the great eruption of Vesuvius in two letters to the historian Tacitus.
(E) In two letters to the historian Tacitus, the nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius
Answers inline in Blue and explanations in red.
for the 3rd :
When A appears to be correct and others wrong, I usually recheck A for any possible errors. But in this case I could not find any error, except for some punctuation marks that could have been introduced to improve the sentence structure.
Please help me find the error.
Though E also appears to be correct, so possible E is the correct choice.
Answers inline in Blue and explanations in red.
for the 3rd :
When A appears to be correct and others wrong, I usually recheck A for any possible errors. But in this case I could not find any error, except for some punctuation marks that could have been introduced to improve the sentence structure.
Please help me find the error.
Though E also appears to be correct, so possible E is the correct choice.
I think the problem with A is the placement of the words "in two letters".
A better sentence would have been as below:
The nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius to the historian Tacitus in two letters.
Actually option A infers that the eruption of the Vesuvius was into two letters which I think is not correct.
Thanks,
Anurag...
I think the problem with A is the placement of the words "in two letters".
A better sentence would have been as below:
The nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius to the historian Tacitus in two letters.
Actually option A infers that the eruption of the Vesuvius was into two letters which I think is not correct.
Thanks,
Anurag...
bulls eye. Got it. You are good man.
I am dubious about the OAs for these.
150.At Shiprock, New Mexico, a perennially powerful girls high school basketball team has become a path to college for some and a source of pride for a community where the household incomes of 49 percent of them are below the poverty level.
(A) where the household incomes of 49 percent of them are
(B) where they have 49 percent of the household incomes
(C) where 49 percent of the household incomes are
(D) which has 49 percent of the household incomes
(E) in which 49 percent of them have household incomes
153.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
157.Balzac drank more than fifty cups of coffee a day and died of caffeine poisoning; furthermore, caffeine did not seem to bother Samuel Johnson, the great writer and lexicographer, who was reported to have drunk twenty-five cups of tea at one sitting.
(A) furthermore, caffeine did not seem to bother
(B) however, caffeine did not seem to bother
(C) however, caffeine did not seem to have bothered
(D) furthermore, caffeine did not seem to have bothered
(E) in addition, caffeine did not seem to bother
158.Bankers require that the financial information presented to them by mortgage applicants be complete and follow a prescribed format.
(A) be complete and follow a prescribed format
(B) is complete and it follows a prescribed format
(C) be complete and a prescribed format is followed
(D) to be complete and a prescribed format be following
(E) be completed, and it followed a prescribed format
166.Because of the enormous research and development expenditures required to survive in the electronics industry, an industry marked by rapid innovation and volatile demand, such firms tend to be very large.
(A) to survive
(B) of firms to survive
(C) for surviving
(D) for survival
(E) for firms survival
I am dubious about the OAs for these.
150. At Shiprock, New Mexico, a perennially powerful girls' high school basketball team has become a path to college for some and a source of pride for a community where the household incomes of 49 percent of them are below the poverty level.
(A) where the household incomes of 49 percent of them are
(B) where they have 49 percent of the household incomes
(C) where 49 percent of the household incomes are
(D) which has 49 percent of the household incomes
(E) in which 49 percent of them have household incomes
153. 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
157. Balzac drank more than fifty cups of coffee a day and died of caffeine poisoning; furthermore, caffeine did not seem to bother Samuel Johnson, the great writer and lexicographer, who was reported to have drunk twenty-five cups of tea at one sitting.
(A) furthermore, caffeine did not seem to bother
(B) however, caffeine did not seem to bother
(C) however, caffeine did not seem to have bothered
(D) furthermore, caffeine did not seem to have bothered
(E) in addition, caffeine did not seem to bother
158. Bankers require that the financial information presented to them by mortgage applicants be complete and follow a prescribed format.
(A) be complete and follow a prescribed format
(B) is complete and it follows a prescribed format
(C) be complete and a prescribed format is followed
(D) to be complete and a prescribed format be following
(E) be completed, and it followed a prescribed format
166. Because of the enormous research and development expenditures required to survive in the electronics industry, an industry marked by rapid innovation and volatile demand, such firms tend to be very large.
(A) to survive
(B) of firms to survive
(C) for surviving
(D) for survival
(E) for firms' survival
150.
A,B and C: Incorrect. It's talking about community and not a place. So, community should be refered by which, not where. Options A,B,C are out.
Out of D and E it's E that is correct. Because the original sentence is telling that the people in the community have less household incomes and are below poverty line and not the community is below poverty line.
So, E is correct.
153.
(A) Incorrect: Awkward senetence construction.
(B) Correct. Here it clearly defines the communal ownership type just after the comma.
All other options have the same problem as in option A and they do not define the ownership type correctly.
157.
It's a contrast, so we need however. So, only B anc C remains.
Of B and C, C is correct. Because caffiene cannot bother itself to anyone. It will bother only when consumed. So we need a 'have' because the sentence ideally means that the caffiene did not seem to have bothered XYZ when he drank two cups of coffee.
To make it more simple, we need have because caffiene was consumed byu someone. So, action was done by someone on the caffiene.
This is my thinking. Hope I am correct on this one.
158. C should be the correct one. Because the prescribed format is to be followed by the applicants.
166. In doubt. But would have choosen option C in the exam. Because when we say required to then it means to achieve something we are required to do something.
But when we say required for then it means that we do something which is required for something. That's my logic here. Suggestions would be appreciated.
Let me know whether the answers I have chosen are correct.
Thanks,
Anurag...
150.
A,B and C: Incorrect. It's talking about community and not a place. So, community should be refered by which, not where. Options A,B,C are out.
Out of D and E it's E that is correct. Because the original sentence is telling that the people in the community have less household incomes and are below poverty line and not the community is below poverty line.
So, E is correct.
153.
(A) Incorrect: Awkward senetence construction.
(B) Correct. Here it clearly defines the communal ownership type just after the comma.
All other options have the same problem as in option A and they do not define the ownership type correctly.
157.
It's a contrast, so we need however. So, only B anc C remains.
Of B and C, C is correct. Because caffiene cannot bother itself to anyone. It will bother only when consumed. So we need a 'have' because the sentence ideally means that the caffiene did not seem to have bothered XYZ when he drank two cups of coffee.
To make it more simple, we need have because caffiene was consumed byu someone. So, action was done by someone on the caffiene.
This is my thinking. Hope I am correct on this one.
158. C should be the correct one. Because the prescribed format is to be followed by the applicants.
166. In doubt. But would have choosen option C in the exam. Because when we say required to then it means to achieve something we are required to do something.
But when we say required for then it means that we do something which is required for something. That's my logic here. Suggestions would be appreciated.
Let me know whether the answers I have chosen are correct.
Thanks,
Anurag...
My responses were:
150. d
153. b
157. c
158. b
166. a
OAs:
150. c
153. a
157. b
158. a
166. b