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by girish3131 » Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:11 am
1.

Several financial officers of the company spoke on condition that they not be named in
the press reports.
A. that they not be named
B. that their names will not be used
C. that their names are not used
D. of not having their names
E. of not naming them


2.

Trans World Entertainment Corporation, which owns
the Record Town and Saturday Matinee retail chains,
announced that since sales of up to one-fourth of its
stores are poor, they will be closed.
A. that since sales of up to one-fourth of its stores
are poor, they will be closed.

B. it is closing up to one-fourth of its stores, which accounted for its poor sales

C. it was closing up to one fourth of its stores because of poor sales.

D. to be closing, on account of poor sales, up to one-fourth of its stores.

E. having poor sales, such that up to one-fourth of its stores will be closed.



3.

More than one hundred years ago, students of ornithology reported
that hummingbirds can hover as insects flitting gracefully from one flower to another. A. As insects flitting gracefully from one flower to another.
B. Like insects flitting gracefully from one flower to another.
C. As insects do that flit gracefully from one flower to others.
D. Like insects do that flit gracefully from one flower to others.
E. As do insects that flit gracefully from one flower to some other one.

4.

the number of people flying first class on domestic flights rose sharply
in 1990, doulbling the increase of the previous year.
A - doulbling the increase of
B-doubling that of the increase in
C- double as much as the increase of
D- twice as many as the increase in
E-twice as many as the increase of


5.

Though the language of Beowulf is practically incomprehensible to contemporary readers, careful linguistic analysis reveals a multitude of similarities to modern English.
A) Though the language of Beowulf is practically incomprehensible to contemporary readers, careful linguistic analysis reveals a multitude of similarities to modern English.
B) Despite that it is practically incomprehensible to contemporary readers, careful linguistic analysis reveals that the language of Beowulf has a multitude of similarities to modern English.
C) Though being practically incomprehensible to contemporary readers, the language of Beowulf reveals through careful linguistic analysis a multitude of similarities to modern English.
D) Though Beowulf has a language that is practically incomprehensible to contemporary readers, a multitude of similarities are revealed to modern English through careful linguistic analysis.
E) Despite having practically incomprehensible language to contemporary readers, Beowulf reveals through careful linguistic analysis a multitude of similarities to modern English.

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by viidyasagar » Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:28 am
Dear Girish:

Kindly review the rules of the forum!!!

1. One question per thread

2. Search before you post

Evaluate deleting the above post, searching for asked Qs and posting only the relevant Qs one at a time along with the source!!!

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by chetanc » Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:30 am
IMO
1)C
2)B
3)B
5)A

What are the OA?...

what is the source if these questions?

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by girish3131 » Fri Feb 19, 2010 3:35 am
@ Vidyasagar

Am well aware that these ques has been posted earlier on BTG N other forums. But still i have posted these ques here then there must be some specific reason for that.

People couldn't reach on consensus whenever these ques were put earlier. So i just collected them n put under one thread so that more emphasis could be put once more on these ques. And this is why i haven't put OA.

Last but not least, plz don't put such provocative msg. I do things always with a careful thought.

If u find some problems on my thread , u can always skip that.