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MGMAT CAT-3..no. of female students

by prachich1987 » Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:54 am
According to the National Science Foundation, in 2003 there were 198,113 female science and engineering graduate students, almost 42% of the graduate students in those fields, twice as much as 1981.
A. twice as much as 1981
B. twice as many as 1981
C. double the figure for 1981
D. double what it was in 1981
E. a number double that of 1981's

OA : after some time
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by ov25 » Thu Jan 13, 2011 6:14 am
C IMO
I like to use 'in' or something to replace in' ; don't like 'was'
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by bblast » Thu Jan 13, 2011 12:01 pm
prachich1987 wrote:According to the National Science Foundation, in 2003 there were 198,113 female science and engineering graduate students, almost 42% of the graduate students in those fields, twice as much as 1981.
A. twice as much as 1981 cant use much(countable)
B. twice as many as 1981 as 1981 ??? wrong comparison
C. double the figure for 1981 my pick
D. double what it was in 1981 awkward
E. a number double that of 1981's attractive
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by prachich1987 » Thu Jan 13, 2011 12:03 pm
well u guys have picked the right one
OA is C
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by EducationAisle » Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:38 pm
bblast wrote:According to the National Science Foundation, in 2003 there were 198,113 female science and engineering graduate students, almost 42% of the graduate students in those fields, twice as much as 1981.
E. a number double that of 1981's attractive
Actually E should not be attractive at all. Notice the 's after 1981. So, option E would read:

a number double that (the number) of 1981's (number).

In effect, it says:

a number double the number of 1981's number.

This clearly has number appearing one too many times.

Even if we believe everything else is correct in option E, it should at a minimum have been:

a number double that of 1981.

Or

a number double the 1981's.
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