Sentence Correction for CAT 2012

choose the correct sentences:

1) A. Most of us considers it
B. a virtue to maintain our
C. principles in the face of social pressure
D. but in the involuted world of gourmet morals,
E. constancy is rudeness.
(1) A,B and C
(2) B,D,E
(3) B,C,D,E
(4) all are correct
2) A. Since 1964, when New Hampshire introduced
B. the first modern state lottery,
C. governments has come to rely
D. on gaming revenue. Forty-three states and
E. every Canadian province currently runs lotteries.
(1) B,D,E
(2) A,D,E
(3) B,C,E
(4) A,B,D

@[574247:moti]

Drastic,want,reputed?
@moti said:
Unless we notice a (drastic) improvement in your performance, we are not going to extend your contract.
As was her (wont) she kept all of us in the dark about her intentions.
I want to study there because it is among India's most (reputed) institutes
@moti said: choose the correct sentences:
(2) B,D,E
@moti said:
2) A. Since 1964, when New Hampshire introduced




(4) A,B,D

@[574247:moti]

Q1 > Option 3
Q2 > Option 4

That the new managing editor rose from the publications soft news sections to a leadership position is more of a landmark in the industry than her being a woman.

A. her being a woman
B. being a woman is
C. her womanhood
D. that she was a woman
E. that she is a woman

According to scientists at the University of California, the pattern of changes that have occurred in human DNA over the millennia indicate the possibility that everyone alive today might be descended from a single female ancestor who lived in Africa sometime between 140,000 and 280,000 years ago.


(A) indicate the possibility that everyone alive today might be descended from a single female ancestor who
(B) indicate that everyone alive today might possibly be a descendant of a single female ancestor who had
(C) may indicate that everyone alive today has descended from a single female ancestor who had
(D) indicates that everyone alive today may be a descendant of a single female ancestor who
(E) indicates that everyone alive today might be a descendant from a single female ancestor who

@[535064:Zcarlett]

It'll be E. Parallel Construction.

@Zcarlett said:

That the new managing editor rose from the publications soft news sections to a leadership position is more of a landmark in the industry than her being a woman. A. her being a woman B. being a woman is C. her womanhood D. that she was a woman E. that she is a woman>>

@[574519:x2maverickc]

@[535064:Zcarlett] : E

comparision of the leadership position to the fact that she is a woman.

@Zcarlett said:

According to scientists at the University of California, the pattern of changes that have occurred in human DNA over the millennia indicate the possibility that everyone alive today might be descended from a single female ancestor who lived in Africa sometime between 140,000 and 280,000 years ago. "









Pattern of changes is singular so it will take singular containS... Eliminates A, B,C.
Descendant from is unidiomatic... eliminate E.
IMO : D
what is the OA?

@[574247:moti]

@moti said:
2) A. Since 1964, when New Hampshire introduced
B. the first modern state lottery,
C. governments has come to rely
D. on gaming revenue. Forty-three states and
E. every Canadian province currently runs lotteries.
(1) B,D,E
(2) A,D,E
(3) B,C,E
(4) A,B,D
"
C is wrong.. use of has instead of have
IMO on 2(A,D,E), OA please?
@Zcarlett said: @moti
Drastic,want,reputed?
I will get back to u once i know the answers.
@deedeedudu said:
Unless we notice a (drastic) improvement in your performance, we are not going to extend your contract.
As was her (wont) she kept all of us in the dark about her intentions.
I want to study there because it is among India's most (reputed) institutes
(2) B,D,E
(4) A,B,D
can u plz explain ur SC answer. Thanks in advance
@Zcarlett said: @moti
Q1 > Option 3
Q2 > Option 4
can u plz explain ur answer.
rong@moti said: Unless we notice a (drastic/ dramatic) improvement in your performance, we are not going to extend your contract.
As was her (wont/want) she kept all of us in the dark about her intentions.
I want to study there because it is among India's most (reputable/reputed) institutes."
drastic--> shows warning
want-- i dont like the sentence, but want seems to be the lesser evil. wont ==would not .. does not make sense here
reputed- Reputable changes the meaning of the sentence

@Zcarlett said:

According to scientists at the University of California, the pattern of changes that have occurred in human DNA over the millennia indicate the possibility that everyone alive today might be descended from a single female ancestor who lived in Africa sometime between 140,000 and 280,000 years ago...."




i think it is D
OA plz

@[583666:iim18] Correctly Answered 😃 its Option D!

@[574247:moti]

In the First one.. Option A >> "Most of us considers.. "

In the second one..Observe the following>>
C. governments has come to rely
D. on gaming revenue. Forty-three states and
E. every Canadian province currently runs lotteries.

governments "HAVE" come to rely...

Forty -three states and every Canadian province currently "run" lotteries.. (the first subject is given the preference and hence once again the verb cannot be plural..)

Q3) A higher interest rate is only one of the factors, albeit an important one, that keeps the housing market from spiraling out of control, like it did earlier in the decade.

a) that keeps the housing market from spiraling out of control, like it did earlier in the decade.
b) that keep the housing market from spiraling out of control, as it did earlier in the decade
c) that keeps the housing market from spiraling out of control, as it did earlier in the decade
d) that keep the housing market from spiraling out of control, like earlier in the decade
e) that keep the housing market from spiraling out of control, like it did earlier in the decade