Sentence Correction for CAT 2012

MBA CAT 2022
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23. A recent New York Times editorial criticized the citys election board for, first of all, failing to replace outmoded voting machines prone to breakdowns, and secondarily, for their failure to investigate allegations of corruption involving board members.
(A) secondarily, for their failure to
(B) secondly, for their failure to
(C) secondly, that they failed and did not
(D) second, that they failed to
(E) second, for failing to



My take in bold,OA?
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23.A recent New York Times editorial criticized the citys election board for, first of all, failing to replace outmoded voting machines prone to breakdowns, and secondarily, for their failure to investigate allegations of corruption involving board members.
(A) secondarily, for their failure to
(B) secondly, for their failure to
(C) secondly, that they failed and did not
(D) second, that they failed to
(E) second, for failing to


E simple and clean 😛
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@retry
please put forth some light on ur explaination as to why should it be just 'inform' and not 'to inform'... i dun find it very correct...actually im not able to find any correction in that sentence:-(....thanks

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1. attract the attention ..
2. .. touted as the lightest gas ..
3. .. inform voters .. article is not needed IMO. Just mentioning voters identifies the group ... the article is redundant ..

First two are correct.

In the third one, media is plural. So it will be communication medium instead of communication media.
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vishal das Says
23.A recent New York Times editorial criticized


My take - E
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23.A recent New York Times editorial criticized the they failed to
(E) second, for failing to


OA is E

Set 2
A recent study has found that within the past few years, many doctors had elected early retirement rather than face the threats of lawsuits and the rising costs of malpractice insurance.
(A) had elected early retirement rather than face
(B) had elected early retirement instead of facing
(C) have elected retiring early instead of facing
(D) have elected to retire early rather than facing
(E) have elected to retire early rather than face

@all dont quote the ques use the set no to answer the ques
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23. A recent New York Times editorial criticized the citys election board for, first of all, failing to replace outmoded voting machines prone to breakdowns, and secondarily, for their failure to investigate allegations of corruption involving board members.
(E) second, for failing to


Clear as a bell.
Tense in 'failing to replace' matches with that of 'failing to investigate'.
Parallelism, they call it, right? :lookround:


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Set 2 :

My take : C

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MY TAKE ON SET 2
I would go with Option E.

A- wrong parallelism
B- wrong parallelism

C- 'elected retiring early' is wrong.The correct usages are-

1)elect to
2)elect someone to something
3)elect someone (as) something.

D-parallelism error.
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Indians have started planning vacations in advance, although....
1) it is still a far cry from the well thought out travel by westerners.
2)still it is a far cry from the well thought out travel by westerners.


which one is the correct answer and why???
plz explain...cant follow....:-(

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set-2
my take (D)

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Indians have started planning vacations in advance, although....
1) it is still a far cry from the well thought out travel by westerners.
2)still it is a far cry from the well thought out travel by westerners.


which one is the correct answer and why???
plz explain...cant follow....:-(

my take would be optn 1...don't ask for reasons...i don't have any...just it suits better...
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OA is E

Set 2
A recent study has found that within the past few years, many doctors had e
(D) have elected to retire early rather than facing
(E) have elected to retire early rather than face

@all dont quote the ques use the set no to answer the ques


OA is e

61.1] The number of students applying for the exams are on the increase.
2] The number of student applicants is on the increase.
3] The number of students applying for the exam is on the increase.
4] Increasingly students are applicants for this exam.
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hey puys,sorry for delay.....

OA for learning set 1-(2)A,B and C

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OA is e

61. 1] The number of students applying for the exams are on the increase.
2] The number of student applicants is on the increase.
3] The number of students applying for the exam is on the increase.
4] Increasingly students are applicants for this exam.



option 3...
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61. 1] The number of students applying for the exams are on the increase.
2] The number of student applicants is on the increase.
3] The number of students applying for the exam is on the increase.
4] Increasingly students are applicants for this exam.

it is called as subject verb consistency...precisely speaking this beckons for wat linguists say is the error of proximity...since 'students' is close to the verb so it urges one to use 'are' as the verb...but the actual subject for the sentence is 'number'...the 'number' of students is on an increase...so the verb form shud be singular in accordance with 'number'....

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OA is e

61.1] The number of students applying for the exams are on the increase.
2] The number of student applicants is on the increase.
3] The number of students applying for the exam is on the increase.
4] Increasingly students are applicants for this exam.


OA is 1

Set 4

A. When kite flying you can always tell when you lose a kite because the string feels loose.
B. When kite flying you can always tell when you loose a kite because the string feels lose.
C. When kite flying you can always tell when you loose a kite because the string feels loose.
D. When flying a kite, you can, always tell when you lose a kite because the string feels lose.
E. While flying a kite, you can always tell if you lost a kite when the string felt lose.
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Set-4
though 'when flying a kite seems' more correct....but as per the options D & E get rejected outrightly coz of the incorrect usage of lose and loose...so my take would be
(A)
coz 'lose' in this context means when sth is lost and is the correcr usage here...
again 'loose' means when sth unfastens(the state of not being tight)
henace option(A)

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Set 4

A. When kite flying you can always tell when you lose a kite because the string feels loose.
B. When kite flying you can always tell when you loose a kite because the string feels lose.
C. When kite flying you can always tell when you loose a kite because the string feels loose.
D. When flying a kite, you can, always tell when you lose a kite because the string feels lose.
E. While flying a kite, you can always tell if you lost a kite when the string felt lose.

I'll go wid option A becozzz...lose means---the loss of something while loose means 'to untighten '