My responses were:
150. d
153. b
157. c
158. b
166. a
OAs:
150. c
153. a
157. b
158. a
166. b
.
and would try to feel the answer for 157. Personal experience would help I think.
Wow!!! Not a single one I answered is correct. Great...
Let me change my status first and then will go down have some caffeine
On my first go: ALL THE OA's FOR THESE QUESTIONS ARE INCORRECT.
Thanks,
Anurag...
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I too seriously doubt the OAs. I won't bet that all are wrong. But some are absolutely incorrect. will discuss further after some more comments from our friends. Sweet dreams
I too seriously doubt the OAs. I won't bet that all are wrong. But some are absolutely incorrect. will discuss further after some more comments from our friends. Sweet dreams
Qn 150 :
A - 'of them', B- 'they have' intorduces uncertainity; D - 'which has', E - 'in which' are not correct. The only option left is C. It is concise as well.
Qn 153 - I chose B.
I thought A is incorrect because 'to what' seemed to modify ownership of land but I guess it modifies 'return'.hmm..
Qn 157 - I chose C
..but I guess simple past is required here.
Qn 158 - I chose B (though now it looks incorrect cos 'it' before 'follows' does not have the correct antecedant. Don't know if I am right here.
No idea why A is correct though. Is it be because 'to them by mortgage applicants' should be followed by 'be'?
Qn 166: I chose E because 'such firms' required 'firms' to be mentioned before but missed on the parallelism aspect :(
4 out of 5 are wrong
150. C is correct .. I guess we are seeing community and decide which for it but we need a word to define shiprock "where"
153. No idea.
157. C is correct simple past is required.
158. A is correct as information of different people will be plural and we will have to use follow.
159. :-(
Masters, long time no posts, explanations.
dare2,anurag,gail,mission pgx and the gr8 education aisle please enlighten the thread.
Masters, long time no posts, explanations.
dare2,anurag,gail,mission pgx and the gr8 education aisle please enlighten the thread.
my takes:
1) C
2) E
3) D
4) B
5) C
6) D
7) D
hi fren.. juz a bit bogged down wid work.. busy working on my weaker sections.. pagalguy is so addictive.. it eats up lot of my time.. so trying 2 save time by staying away 4m it.. 😃
ok try this questions..
1. To be a leading producer in the computer
industry, a company must be international,
achieve a turnover that makes efficient largescale
production possible, and secure
information about technical advances.
(A) and secure information about technical
advances
(B) and securing information about technical
advances
(C) while secure information about technical
advances
(D) and secure information of how to
technically advance
(E) and secure information in regards to
technical advances
2. Of the people who brought about the
Reformation, the religious revolution that grew
out of objections to the doctrines of the
medieval church, Martin Luther is the best
known of them.
(A) Martin Luther is the best known of them
(B) the best known is Martin Luther
(C) the better known of them was Martin
Luther
(D) Martin Luther is better known
(E) the best known one was Martin Luther
3. Declining enrollments are forcing smaller private
colleges to choose between raising tuition and
reduction of the staff.
(A) between raising tuition and reduction of
the staff
(B) among raising tuition and reducing staff
(C) between raising tuition or reducing staff
(D) between raising tuition and reducing staff
(E) between the rise of tuition and the
reduction of the staff
4. The bylaws of a corporation specify how the
directors of the corporation are to be elected,
whether the existing stockholders will have first
right to buy any new stock issued by the firm, as
well as duties of management committees.
(A) as well as duties of management
committees
(B) as well as the duties that the
management committees have
(C) and that the management committees
have duties
(D) and the management committees have
duties too
(E) and what the duties of management
committees will be
5. Although it is conceivable that certain electronic
devices implanted in the brain may someday
correct blindness caused by nerve damage,
there is now no clear evidence of their ability to
do it.
(A) of their ability to do it
(B) of their doing that
(C) that they can do so
(D) that they might one day be able to do it
(E) to do so
6. Setting up a corporation requires more
paperwork and legal provision than to establish
either a proprietorship or a partnership.
(A) than to establish either a proprietorship or
a partnership
(B) than what it requires to establish either a
proprietorship or a partnership
(C) than to either establish a proprietorship or
a partnership
(D) than establishing either a proprietorship or
a partnership
(E) than establishing proprietorships and
partnerships
7. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory,
a test developed in the 1930s to assess
character, attitudes, and behavior, is finally
being revised, after many attacks recently as
dated and culturally biased.
(A) is finally being revised, after many attacks
recently as dated and culturally biased
(B) has recently been attacked as dated and
culturally biased and is finally being
revised
(C) is finally under revision for receiving much
recent attack as dated and culturally
biased
(D) was finally revised recently because it is
being attacked as dated and culturally
biased
(E) is finally to be revised after recent attacks
as dated and culturally biased
hope these questions make the thread active 4 few days..
happy gmating...
hi fren.. juz a bit bogged down wid work.. busy working on my weaker sections.. pagalguy is so addictive.. it eats up lot of my time.. so trying 2 save time by staying away 4m it.. 😃
ok try this questions..
1. To be a leading producer in the computer
industry, a company must be international,
achieve a turnover that makes efficient largescale
production possible, and secure
information about technical advances.
(A) and secure information about technical
advances
(B) and securing information about technical
advances
(C) while secure information about technical
advances
(D) and secure information of how to
technically advance
(E) and secure information in regards to
technical advances
2. Of the people who brought about the
Reformation, the religious revolution that grew
out of objections to the doctrines of the
medieval church, Martin Luther is the best
known of them.
(A) Martin Luther is the best known of them
(B) the best known is Martin Luther
(C) the better known of them was Martin
Luther
(D) Martin Luther is better known
(E) the best known one was Martin Luther
3. Declining enrollments are forcing smaller private
colleges to choose between raising tuition and
reduction of the staff.
(A) between raising tuition and reduction of
the staff
(B) among raising tuition and reducing staff
(C) between raising tuition or reducing staff
(D) between raising tuition and reducing staff
(E) between the rise of tuition and the
reduction of the staff
4. The bylaws of a corporation specify how the
directors of the corporation are to be elected,
whether the existing stockholders will have first
right to buy any new stock issued by the firm, as
well as duties of management committees.
(A) as well as duties of management
committees
(B) as well as the duties that the
management committees have
(C) and that the management committees
have duties
(D) and the management committees have
duties too
(E) and what the duties of management
committees will be
5. Although it is conceivable that certain electronic
devices implanted in the brain may someday
correct blindness caused by nerve damage,
there is now no clear evidence of their ability to
do it.
(A) of their ability to do it
(B) of their doing that
(C) that they can do so
(D) that they might one day be able to do it
(E) to do so
6. Setting up a corporation requires more
paperwork and legal provision than to establish
either a proprietorship or a partnership.
(A) than to establish either a proprietorship or
a partnership
(B) than what it requires to establish either a
proprietorship or a partnership
(C) than to either establish a proprietorship or
a partnership
(D) than establishing either a proprietorship or
a partnership
(E) than establishing proprietorships and
partnerships
7. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory,
a test developed in the 1930s to assess
character, attitudes, and behavior, is finally
being revised, after many attacks recently as
dated and culturally biased.
(A) is finally being revised, after many attacks
recently as dated and culturally biased
(B) has recently been attacked as dated and
culturally biased and is finally being
revised
(C) is finally under revision for receiving much
recent attack as dated and culturally
biased
(D) was finally revised recently because it is
being attacked as dated and culturally
biased
(E) is finally to be revised after recent attacks
as dated and culturally biased
hope these questions make the thread active 4 few days..
happy gmating...
hi fren.. juz a bit bogged down wid work.. busy working on my weaker sections.. pagalguy is so addictive.. it eats up lot of my time.. so trying 2 save time by staying away 4m it.. 😃
7. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory,
a test developed in the 1930s to assess
character, attitudes, and behavior, is finally
being revised, after many attacks recently as
dated and culturally biased.
(A) is finally being revised, after many attacks
recently as dated and culturally biased
(B) has recently been attacked as dated and
culturally biased and is finally being
revised
(C) is finally under revision for receiving much
recent attack as dated and culturally
biased
(D) was finally revised recently because it is
being attacked as dated and culturally
biased
(E) is finally to be revised after recent attacks
as dated and culturally biased
hope these questions make the thread active 4 few days..
happy gmating...
7. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory,
a test developed in the 1930s to assess
character, attitudes, and behavior, is finally
being revised, after many attacks recently as
dated and culturally biased.
(A) is finally being revised, after many attacks
recently as dated and culturally biased
(B) has recently been attacked as dated and
culturally biased and is finally being
revised
(C) is finally under revision for receiving much
recent attack as dated and culturally
biased
(D) was finally revised recently because it is
being attacked as dated and culturally
biased
(E) is finally to be revised after recent attacks
as dated and culturally biased
I am not sure though but I am left with B only. Errors shown in red.
1.Corporations will soon be required to report to the government whether they have the necessary reserves to pay the pension benefits earned by their employees and that the information be published in annual reports to shareholders.
(A) earned by their employees and that the information be published
(B) that their employees earned and that the information be published
(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being published
(D) earned by their employees, information that must also be published
(E) earned by their employees and published the information
2.Constance Horner, chief of the United States government's personnel agency, has recommended that the use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds for not hiring an applicant.
(A) the use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds for not hiring an applicant
(B) any dangerous or illegal drug, if used in the five years prior to applying for a job, should be grounds not to hire the applicant
(C) an applicant's use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds not to hire them
(D) an applicant's use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to applying for a job are grounds that they not be hired
(E) for five years prior to applying for a job, an applicant's use of any dangerous or illegal drug be grounds for not hiring them
3.Consumers may not think of household cleaning products to be hazardous substances, but many of them can be harmful to health, especially if they are used improperly.
(A) Consumers may not think of household cleaning products to be
(B) Consumers may not think of household cleaning products being
(C) A consumer may not think of their household cleaning products being
(D) A consumer may not think of household cleaning products as
(E) Household cleaning products may not be thought of, by consumers, as
4.Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a late nineteenth-century feminist, called for urban apartment houses including child-care facilities and clustered suburban houses including communal eating and social facilities.
(A) including child-care facilities and clustered suburban houses including communal eating and social facilities
(B) that included child-care facilities, and for clustered suburban houses to include communal eating and social facilities
(C) with child-care facilities included and for clustered suburban houses to include communal eating and social facilities
(D) that included child-care facilities and for clustered suburban houses with communal eating and social facilities
(E) to include child-care facilities and for clustered suburban houses with communal eating and social facilities included
1.Corporations will soon be required to report to the government whether they have the necessary reserves to pay the pension benefits earned by their employees and that the information be published in annual reports to shareholders.
(A) earned by their employees and that the information be published
(B) that their employees earned and that the information be published
(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being published
(D) earned by their employees, information that must also be published
(E) earned by their employees and published the information
2.Constance Horner, chief of the United States governments personnel agency, has recommended that the use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds for not hiring an applicant.
(A) the use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds for not hiring an applicant
(B) any dangerous or illegal drug, if used in the five years prior to applying for a job, should be grounds not to hire the applicant
(C) an applicants use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds not to hire them
(D) an applicants use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to applying for a job are grounds that they not be hired
(E) for five years prior to applying for a job, an applicants use of any dangerous or illegal drug be grounds for not hiring them
3.Consumers may not think of household cleaning products to be hazardous substances, but many of them can be harmful to health, especially if they are used improperly.
(A) Consumers may not think of household cleaning products to be
(B) Consumers may not think of household cleaning products being
(C) A consumer may not think of their household cleaning products being
(D) A consumer may not think of household cleaning products as
(E) Household cleaning products may not be thought of, by consumers, as
4.Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a late nineteenth-century feminist, called for urban apartment houses including child-care facilities and clustered suburban houses including communal eating and social facilities.
(A) including child-care facilities and clustered suburban houses including communal eating and social facilities
(B) that included child-care facilities, and for clustered suburban houses to include communal eating and social facilities
(C) with child-care facilities included and for clustered suburban houses to include communal eating and social facilities
(D) that included child-care facilities and for clustered suburban houses with communal eating and social facilities
(E) to include child-care facilities and for clustered suburban houses with communal eating and social facilities included
Hello Friends,
Please can you tell me the difference between the usages of who and whom. My apologies if this question has been answered before but I am finding it really hard to skim through the 700 pages of this thread!.
Thanks!
Hi Guys, have a query abt a question.
Aho, a Kiowa matriarch, held festivals in her home, they featured the preparation
of great quantities of ceremonial food, the wearing of many layers of colorful
clothing adorned with silver, and the recounting of traditional tribal jokes and
stories.
(A) Aho, a Kiowa matriarch, held festivals in her home, they featured
(B) Festivals were held in Aho, a Kiowa matriarch's home, which featured
(C) Aho, who was a Kiowa matriarch in her home, held festivals featuring
(D) In her home, Aho, a Kiowa matriarch, held festivals that featured
(E) Aho, a Kiowa matriarch, held festivals in her home that featured
Can anyone tell me whats the correct choice and why?
Thanks in advance
Hi Guys, have a query abt a question.
Aho, a Kiowa matriarch, held festivals in her home, they featured the preparation
of great quantities of ceremonial food, the wearing of many layers of colorful
clothing adorned with silver, and the recounting of traditional tribal jokes and
stories.
(A) Aho, a Kiowa matriarch, held festivals in her home, they featured
(B) Festivals were held in Aho, a Kiowa matriarchs home, which featured
(C) Aho, who was a Kiowa matriarch in her home, held festivals featuring
(D) In her home, Aho, a Kiowa matriarch, held festivals that featured
(E) Aho, a Kiowa matriarch, held festivals in her home that featured
Can anyone tell me whats the correct choice and why?
Thanks in advance
The answer is D.
The logic is as follows:
(A) "they....." is an independent clause which should be separated by semicolon
(B) Awkward and unidiomatic
(C) Aho was a Kiowa matriarch and not just "in her home"
(E) Looks as if it was the home that "featured" and not the festivals which is actually the author's intention
(D) sorts out all these problems.
Any comments/thoughts?
Cheers!
mickeycat Saysnot sure about 1st one though..