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by Sandman » Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:29 pm
Q. Building large new hospitals in the bistate area would constitute a wasteful use of resources, on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone.

A. on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone
B. on the grounds of avoiding duplicated facilities alone
C. solely in that duplicated facilities should be avoided
D. while the duplication of facilities should be avoided
E. if only because the duplication of facilities should be avoided

Can anyone explain this one?
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by niraj_a » Tue Aug 26, 2008 3:10 am
none of the answers looks good to me, but i'd go with A.
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by s_kaks » Tue Aug 26, 2008 3:20 am
I will go with B. Seems to be make much more sense.

I feel "Avoidance" is wrong
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by Sandman » Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:51 am
None of the answer choices made any sense to me either...but the OA is E. So can anyone explain this one ??
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by niraj_a » Tue Aug 26, 2008 7:22 am
is this from 1000 SC?
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by vivek.kapoor83 » Tue Aug 26, 2008 7:32 am
I ll go with A coz on the grounds of sounds akward....
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by Sandman » Tue Aug 26, 2008 7:49 am
ya it is from the 1000 sc
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by jessica.ng1988 » Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:11 am
I bet E is wrong one.

I have never seen If ... should

if we reverse the sentence,
i guess A is right one,
In B, grounds ... alone? seem not sound
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by California4jx » Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:47 am
IMO E

its IF and WOULD combination ....

would is used in hypothetical not real scenarios ... and IF is used to create that hypothetical situation.
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by aj5105 » Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:28 am
D... imo
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by scoobydooby » Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:21 pm
doesnt "if only because.." of option E sound very awkward?
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by standon » Sun Aug 31, 2008 2:49 am
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