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In effort to combat the three consecutive years of boll weevil infestations, cotton farmers have started using Eradicon, a chemical just released to market, capable of emitting an odor that effectively repels the boll weevil. The agricultural board expects that cotton production on those farms usin...

by sundeepahuja27

Wed Apr 16, 2014 6:30 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Plant Eradicon
Replies: 1
Views: 1566

Hi Sparkles,
Amend the reason for eliminating option 'A' and 'B'. 'as' is wrong here.

by sundeepahuja27

Tue Apr 15, 2014 2:19 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Politics and Sports
Replies: 4
Views: 1498

The intrusion of politics into the modern Olympics has created, as it will no doubt continue to, frustration for athletes and fans who would prefer to see the games represent only competition among the excellent from all nations. (A)has created, as it will no doubt continue to, frustration (B)has c...

by sundeepahuja27

Tue Apr 15, 2014 2:18 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Politics and Sports
Replies: 4
Views: 1498

Hi saranshpuri, My response goes like this- The first statement makes a generalization that a person who lacks knowledge= incompetent to pass judgement. For example, if there were a critical scientific discussion, a person not having sufficient knowledge would not be competent enough to make a judge...

by sundeepahuja27

Sun Apr 13, 2014 10:15 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Confused : weakening the argument
Replies: 2
Views: 1540

Hi Hemu! My attempt towards answering your question goes as follows- The first statement that only 5 % of people own guns is not of much significance here. So lets keep it aside. For the second premise, let us assume that there were 100 arrests for robbery. 25 convicts had guns. Now using the above ...


Vague laws set vague limits on people's freedom, which makes it impossible for them to know for certain whether their actions are legal. Thus, under vague laws , pple cannot feel secure. Conclusion follows logically if which one of the following is assumed? (a) Pple can feel secure only if they kno...

by sundeepahuja27

Thu Apr 10, 2014 11:57 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Vague laws
Replies: 5
Views: 2429

@GMATGuruNY- This is exactly what i was referring to in my query. And your answer seems to be most apt.
So in a similar way, the below construction should be correct-
"the effect of drug and alcohol abuse, which already costs......."

Am i right?

by sundeepahuja27

Thu Mar 13, 2014 9:44 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: NEED EXPERT ADVISE
Replies: 17
Views: 4534

Hey! I have a doubt here. I think the relative clause modifies " effects of drug and alcohol abuse" here as the construction is following the form X of Y . So, if the construction had been - "the effect of drug and alcohol abuse," which one of these was correct- "the effect ...

by sundeepahuja27

Sun Mar 09, 2014 2:30 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: NEED EXPERT ADVISE
Replies: 17
Views: 4534