Missile attack by the Soviets

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pareekbharat86: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 168; Joined: Thu Nov 01, 2012 7:43 pm; Thanked: 1 times

by pareekbharat86 » Tue Nov 05, 2013 5:03 am

In the mid- 1960's a newly installed radar warning system mistook the rising of the moon as a massive missile attack by the Soviets.
(A) rising of the moon as a massive missile attack by the Soviets
(B) rising of the moon for a massive Soviet missile 8. attack
(C) moon rising to a massive missile attack by the Soviets
(D) moon as it was rising for a massive Soviet missile attack
(E) rise of the moon as a massive Soviet missile attack

OA is B.

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Bharat.

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Abhishek009: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 359; Joined: Wed Mar 11, 2009 4:37 amFollowed by: 2 members; Location: Kolkata, India; Thanked: 50 times

by Abhishek009 » Tue Nov 05, 2013 5:28 am

pareekbharat86 wrote:In the mid- 1960's a newly installed radar warning system mistook the rising of the moon as a massive missile attack by the Soviets.
(A) rising of the moon as a massive missile attack by the Soviets
(B) rising of the moon for a massive Soviet missile 8. attack
(C) moon rising to a massive missile attack by the Soviets
(D) moon as it was rising for a massive Soviet missile attack
(E) rise of the moon as a massive Soviet missile attack

OA is B.

The correct Idiomatic usage is - Mistake one thing for another or Mistake A for B

This sentence simply tests the correct idiomatic use .

Abhishek

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by theCodeToGMAT » Tue Nov 05, 2013 5:32 am

{A} - INCORRECT; Idiom Issue "Mistaken X for Y"
{B} - CORRECT
{C} - INCORRECT; Idoim Issue "Mistaken X for Y"; "moon rising" is wrong
{D} - INCORRECT; Meaning issue; moon was not mistaken..
{E} - INCORRECT; Idiom Issue "Mistaken X for Y"

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