Set 40
My Take
1 d
2 c
3 a
4 a
1. A calendar stick carved centuries ago by the Winnebago tribe may provide the first evidence that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them on systematic astronomical observation.
(A) that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them
(B) of the North American Indians who have developed advanced full-year calendars and based them
(C) of the development of advanced full-year calendars by North American Indians, basing them
(D) of the North American Indians and their development of advanced full-year calendars basedďźˆE
(E) that the North American Indians developed advanced full-year calendars based
C : My take.
Wat say puys ?
In my opinion its (E)
1. A calendar stick carved centuries ago by the Winnebago tribe may provide the first evidence that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them on systematic astronomical observation.
(A) that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them
(B) of the North American Indians who have developed advanced full-year calendars and based them
(C) of the development of advanced full-year calendars by North American Indians, basing them
(D) of the North American Indians and their development of advanced full-year calendars basedďźˆE
(E) that the North American Indians developed advanced full-year calendars based
C : My take.
Wat say puys ?
My Take
(E)that the North American Indians developed advanced full-year calendars based
My take to Set 39..
59. (c) A & D
60. (a) A & C
59. (c) A & D
60. (a) A & C
Hi Guys,
I have a doubt with Set 39:
In question 59, the first sentence was: "Ren Descartes had a short working life and it begin late"
Now I know that the correct sentence is with 'began' in it but my doubt is, won't it be 'had began'? Please explain.
See, simple past (began here) refers to an event that has been finished in the past.
But, using past perfect implies there's another event that has occurred.
So, in the sentence, there's no event that occurred previous to what follows (as in "it began late"). Hence, the usage of simple past tense.
Reference - What is the difference between a past tense a past perfect tense
P.S. - Hope this helps !!
1. A "calendar stick" carved centuries ago by the Winnebago tribe may provide the first evidence that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them on systematic astronomical observation.
(A) that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them
(B) of the North American Indians who have developed advanced full-year calendars and based them
(C) of the development of advanced full-year calendars by North American Indians, basing them
(D) of the North American Indians and their development of advanced full-year calendars based
(E) that the North American Indians developed advanced full-year calendars based
Take in BLUE!!!
(A) that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them
(B) of the North American Indians who have developed advanced full-year calendars and based them
(C) of the development of advanced full-year calendars by North American Indians, basing them
(D) of the North American Indians and their development of advanced full-year calendars based
(E) that the North American Indians developed advanced full-year calendars based
Take in BLUE!!!
1. A calendar stick carved centuries ago by the Winnebago tribe may provide the first evidence that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them on systematic astronomical observation.
(A) that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them
(B) of the North American Indians who have developed advanced full-year calendars and based them
(C) of the development of advanced full-year calendars by North American Indians, basing them
(D) of the North American Indians and their development of advanced full-year calendars basedďźˆE
(E) that the North American Indians developed advanced full-year calendars based
C : My take.
Wat say puys ?
its E coz the system is based on and not basing them on
what is the meaning of 'niggle'?
oxford says-cause slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety
whereas Baron says-spending too much on petty things.
can someone throw some light on this please?
what is the meaning of 'niggle'?
oxford says-cause slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety
whereas Baron says-spending too much on petty things.
can someone throw some light on this please?
Niggle means "spending too much time on petty and trivial things" which creates annoyance, discomfort and anxiety both to the creator of such situation and to the others.
My Take
(E)that the North American Indians developed advanced full-year calendars based
"Have developed" means the activity has just completed. But, it is mentioend in the first sentence as "A calendar stick carved centuries ago" so it will be "developed" instead of "have developed". Moreover, instead of "basing them", it should be "based".
OA for SET 39
59. d
Sentence A is incorrect. The correct statement should
use the past tense Ren Descartes had a short
working life and it began late. Statement C is incorrect.
The correct statement should be Had he confined
himself to the natural sciences his achievement would
have been remarkable enough.
60. c
Only sentence B is incorrect. The correct statement
should be it was the details that were wrong.
Doubt in A. The ancient Greeks believed that everything is made from a few basic elements.
Why are we using present tense ? everything is . Please explain
Amresh, we should use simple present tense in case of narration and for those things which are universal truth. We if we would have used "Everything was made from a few basic elements" then it means that now everything is not made from a few basic elements which is wrong.
Hope your doubt is clear !!
when should we use confronted with and confronted By ?
mahapatrasneha Sayswhen should we use confronted with and confronted By ?
Confronted by is normally used with persons(usually someone initiates the confrontation) while Confronted with is used for things(that is not forced by someone/something)
We were confronted by that person
Security guard confronted with the sword in hand
SET 41
1. She is one of those women who (a-believes, b-believe) that husbands should share in doing housework and taking care of the children.
2.What we need in this country(a-is, b-are) honest politicians.
P.S.: plz xplain ur ans....
1. She is one of those women who (a-believes, b-believe) that husbands should share in doing housework and taking care of the children.
2.What we need in this country(a-is, b-are) honest politicians.
P.S.: plz xplain ur ans....
SET 41
1. She is one of those women who (a-believes, b-believe) that husbands should share in doing housework and taking care of the children.
2.What we need in this country(a-is, b-are) honest politicians.
P.S.: plz xplain ur ans....
1.B believe as we are concerned about a particular group of women
2.A as we are talking about country and not politicians..
Answer :
1) second
2) second
3) first
Set 41 :
1) believes
Reason : referring to single person out of many.
2 ) are
Reason : are will be used for we.
SET 41
1. She is one of those women who (a-believes, b-believe) that husbands should share in doing housework and taking care of the children.
2.What we need in this country(a-is, b-are) honest politicians.
P.S.: plz xplain ur ans....
1. believe- Its bcoz the verb used shd b in sync with the noun i.e. women. Hence believe is correct
2. are- Same logic is applicable here
OA for SET 41
1. b-believe
2. a-is
solns as per Word Power Made Easy-Norman Lewis
OA for set 41
1. b- believe..a plural verb should be used in conjuction with plural women
2. a-is..Here the verb should be in conjuction with country
If we use are the statement changes to this
What we need in these countries are honest politicians.