SC: Republic of the Philippines

chica_okp · Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 11:16 pm Post subject: SC: Republic of the Philippines

18. The Republic of the Philippines encompasses more than seven thousand islands, two of them with two thirds of its area.

A two of them with two thirds of its area
B two thirds of their area being in two of them
C and its area is two thirds in two islands
D two of them have two thirds of its area
E which have two thirds of its area in two of them

Embarassed

I need some nice explanation to this one? Would anybody help, please?

sujaysolanki · Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 11:41 pm Post subject:

A two of them with two thirds of its area
B two thirds of their area being in two of them their.... being incorrect
C and its area is two thirds in two islands its referent unclear
D two of them have two thirds of its area
E which have two thirds of its area in two of them which incorrect

Between A and D ...the sentence refers to two if the island having an area that is 2/3 that of the entire lot ...Hence i will pick A

camitava · Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 2:07 am Post subject:

Agree with sujaysolanki! It should be A. What's the OA? I think, sujaysolanki has given a good explanation to the Qs.

chica_okp · Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 2:22 am Post subject:

OA is A.
I first chose "D". "A" seemed a bit awkward first. Thank you Smile