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OG By a vote of 9 to 0, the Supreme Court awarded the Central Intelligence Agency broad discretionary powers enabling it to withhold from the public the identities of its sources of intelligence information. (A) enabling it to withhold from the public (B) for it to withhold from the public (C) for ...
- by rockeyb
Mon Jun 14, 2010 9:02 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: By a vote of 9 to 0, the Supreme Court
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3272
- by rockeyb
Mon Jun 14, 2010 8:56 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: How to find the Subject
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3367
Democritus's theory of there being a set of indivisible particles making up all matter bears a striking resemblance to modern atomic theory. of there being a set of indivisible particles making up all matter bears a striking resemblance to modern atomic theory of a set of indivisible particles that...
- by rockeyb
Mon Jun 14, 2010 4:16 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: One more knewton
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2385
The sentence is checking subjunctive . In this case its "mandating" + THAT (Subject) + bare form of verb BE . Only 2 option satisfy this A and D rest can be eliminated . Comparing A and D . D changes the meaning where as option A clearly states only children with reading problem are also g...
- by rockeyb
Mon Jun 14, 2010 4:07 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: school board
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1475
Sorry if I wasn't clear. I understand the need for "those". What I'm having trouble with is the parallelism between charge and charging. When is it correct to compare those two tenses? Basically my question is this: Is this simply a bad question? Or is there a specific rule when you can s...
- by rockeyb
Sun Jun 13, 2010 8:12 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Parallelism Issue
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1631
D) as charge E) as those charging Option D dose not say who is charging the fees . The use of THOSE refers to institutes and the sentence is comparing institutes charging fees of under $8,000 to the institutes charging fees of over $16,000. So I think comparison the major issue here rather than par...
- by rockeyb
Sun Jun 13, 2010 3:28 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Parallelism Issue
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1631
Overlapping Sets
In a class of 100
80 have atleast one pen
65 have atleast one pencil
70 have atleast one slate
If a is max no of classmates having all three
and b min no of classmates having all three,
a-b is:
A)35
B)20
C)15
D)50
E)60
Please explain your method .
Thanks .
- by rockeyb
Fri Jun 11, 2010 2:42 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Overlapping Sets
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1695
Thanks Mohit, but you have not answered to my doubts. I selected B over C because of following reasons. 1. C says : Since the concert had been finished ... from here it is not clear that 'who finished the concert' while from B, clearly : the maestro had finished the concert 2. The usage of ' he' is...
- by rockeyb
Mon Jun 07, 2010 4:38 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: once the concert
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3465
B) Currently undergoing rapid gentrification, Greenpoint, Brooklyn still contains more Polish residents than any neighborhood in the city. E) Though it is currently undergoing rapid gentrification, Greenpoint, Brooklyn is still home to more Polish residents than any other neighborhood in the city B...
- by rockeyb
Mon Jun 07, 2010 12:29 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Greenpoint, Brooklyn
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3184
Thanks Rockey. OA is E. But the given explanation is not what you have given. Between B and E The source is saying that B has wrong comparison, so it is wrong. Do you see a wrong comparison here? See my above post, to pnk, for explanation. You are welcome mate . As far as your doubt is concerned . ...
- by rockeyb
Sun Jun 06, 2010 10:46 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Greenpoint, Brooklyn
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3184
Hi rockeyb, choice B is in fact correct. The politician argues that the cause of the reduced fraction of people looking for work is something good about his administration. But it could be because people simply got frustrated and stopped looking for work. The author is assuming that this is not the...
- by rockeyb
Sun Jun 06, 2010 9:51 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: assumption question
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3288
OA is B. Hey can you please tell me the source of this question , because I dont think the correct answer should be B . Reason : Option B states that Less than 2% of the population working or willing to work at the start of the politician’s term have stopped working or looking for work. If t...
- by rockeyb
Sun Jun 06, 2010 9:20 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: assumption question
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3288
I marked E for this and here are my reasons . Only two option do not have modifier issue and they are B and E . C is wrong because it changes the meaning of the sentence . I choose E over B because we have a contrasting situation here 1. Greenpoint, Brooklyn is undergoing rapid construction Yet 2.mo...
- by rockeyb
Sun Jun 06, 2010 8:29 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Greenpoint, Brooklyn
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3184
This is a good question apart from being an assumption question as to what it states clearly there is a paradox situation here that we need to understand before attacking the answer choices . Lets analyze the question stem first . Premise 1: A recent report determined that although only three percen...
- by rockeyb
Sat Jun 05, 2010 8:34 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: tough questioin!!!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2260
The answer should be D . This is an inference question so we need to consider the statements in the passage as true and any out side information that can not be verified from the passage will be incorrect . Lets look at the options : A: Hybridized species combine the best of both lineages. [The pass...
- by rockeyb
Fri Jun 04, 2010 10:29 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: analyze genomes
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2355