MGMAT SC: African wildcat

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MGMAT SC: African wildcat

by bsandhyav » Thu Nov 27, 2008 10:09 am
Descending approximately 4,000 years ago from the African wildcat, it has been an exceedingly short time for the domestic cat with respect to genetic evolution and it scarcely seems sufficient to allow the marked physical changes that transformed the animal.

Descending approximately 4,000 years ago from the African wildcat, it has been an exceedingly short time for the domestic cat with respect to genetic evolution and it scarcely seems sufficient to allow the marked physical changes that transformed the animal.

The domestic cat descended from the African wildcat approximately 4,000 years ago, which is an exceedingly short time for the domestic cat's genetic evolution and scarcely sufficient for the marked physical changes that transformed the animal.

Descending from the African wildcat approximately 4,000 years ago, the domestic cat has had an exceedingly short time for its genetic evolution and has been scarcely sufficient for the marked physical changes in the animal.

Having descended from the African wildcat approximately 4,000 years ago, the domestic cat has had an exceedingly short time for its genetic evolution that has scarcely been sufficient for the marked physical changes that transformed the animal.

The domestic cat descended from the African wildcat approximately 4,000 years ago, an exceedingly recent divergence with respect to genetic evolution and one which scarcely seems sufficient to allow the marked physical changes in the animal.
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by gauravrathore81 » Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:31 am
C ?

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Re: MGMAT SC: African wildcat

by iamcste » Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:35 am
bsandhyav wrote:Descending approximately 4,000 years ago from the African wildcat, it has been an exceedingly short time for the domestic cat with respect to genetic evolution and it scarcely seems sufficient to allow the marked physical changes that transformed the animal.

Descending approximately 4,000 years ago from the African wildcat, it has been an exceedingly short time for the domestic cat with respect to genetic evolution and it scarcely seems sufficient to allow the marked physical changes that transformed the animal.

The domestic cat descended from the African wildcat approximately 4,000 years ago, which is an exceedingly short time for the domestic cat's genetic evolution and scarcely sufficient for the marked physical changes that transformed the animal.

Descending from the African wildcat approximately 4,000 years ago, the domestic cat has had an exceedingly short time for its genetic evolution and has been scarcely sufficient for the marked physical changes in the animal.

Having descended from the African wildcat approximately 4,000 years ago, the domestic cat has had an exceedingly short time for its genetic evolution that has scarcely been sufficient for the marked physical changes that transformed the animal.

The domestic cat descended from the African wildcat approximately 4,000 years ago, an exceedingly recent divergence with respect to genetic evolution and one which scarcely seems sufficient to allow the marked physical changes in the animal.
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by acecoolan » Thu Nov 27, 2008 2:33 pm
This was posted earlier ...I had posted it for that matter
https://www.beatthegmat.com/sc-the-domes ... 20642.html

The OA is E as per the MGMAT

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by iamcste » Thu Nov 27, 2008 4:19 pm
acecoolan wrote:This was posted earlier ...I had posted it for that matter
https://www.beatthegmat.com/sc-the-domes ... 20642.html

The OA is E as per the MGMAT

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In E, Divergence is the word which doesnt occur in all other sentences...

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by raunekk » Thu Nov 27, 2008 10:04 pm
whats wrong with C??

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by logitech » Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:21 pm
raunekk wrote:whats wrong with C??
Descending from the African wildcat approximately 4,000 years ago, the domestic cat has had an exceedingly short time for its genetic evolution and has been scarcely sufficient for the marked physical changes in the animal.

1) domestic cat has had an exceedingly short time for its genetic evolution
2) domestic cat has been scarcely sufficient for the marked physical changes in the animal

It is not the domestic cat, but genetic evolution has marked physical changes in the animal.

And descending imply an on-going process.
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by vivek.kapoor83 » Sun Nov 30, 2008 5:09 am
Jamieson's proposal was rejected for several reasons, the chief among which was cost.

(A) the chief among which was cost
(B) among which the chief was its cost
© the main one was cost
(D) the chief reason of which was its cost
(E) the chief of which was cost

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Re: sc-

by Spring2009 » Sun Nov 30, 2008 6:36 am
vivek.kapoor83 wrote:Jamieson's proposal was rejected for several reasons, the chief among which was cost.

(A) the chief among which was cost
(B) among which the chief was its cost
© the main one was cost
(D) the chief reason of which was its cost
(E) the chief of which was cost
I don't know why you posted your question here. But here is my answer: C is concise.

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by niraj_a » Sun Nov 30, 2008 7:02 am
B for me for the one vivek kapoor posted

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by bsandhyav » Tue Dec 02, 2008 12:52 am
E for vivek kapoors post...wots the OA vivek?

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by sudhir3127 » Tue Dec 02, 2008 1:14 am
vivek.kapoor83 wrote:Jamieson's proposal was rejected for several reasons, the chief among which was cost.

(A) the chief among which was cost
(B) among which the chief was its cost
© the main one was cost
(D) the chief reason of which was its cost
(E) the chief of which was cost
Hi Vivek

Can i know why did u post ur Question in this thread!!!

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by ronniecoleman » Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:06 am
Descending approximately 4,000 years ago from the African wildcat, it has been an exceedingly short time for the domestic cat with respect to genetic evolution and it scarcely seems sufficient to allow the marked physical changes that transformed the animal.

dangling modifier issue. OUT

The domestic cat descended from the African wildcat approximately 4,000 years ago, which is an exceedingly short time for the domestic cat's genetic evolution and scarcely sufficient for the marked physical changes that transformed the animal.

Which issue: illogically referring to ago

Descending from the African wildcat approximately 4,000 years ago, the domestic cat has had an exceedingly short time for its genetic evolution and has been scarcely sufficient for the marked physical changes in the animal.

the subject of main clause is mistaken for the

it seems that domestic cat has been scarcely sufficient for marked ...
OUT

Having descended from the African wildcat approximately 4,000 years ago, the domestic cat has had an exceedingly short time for its genetic evolution that has scarcely been sufficient for the marked physical changes that transformed the animal.

illogically referent that to genetic evolution

The domestic cat descended from the African wildcat approximately 4,000 years ago, an exceedingly recent divergence with respect to genetic evolution and one which scarcely seems sufficient to allow the marked physical changes in the animal.

ok... Answer

an exceeding .... this is adverbial modifier modifies the verb descended.
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by xyzabc123 » Tue Dec 02, 2008 3:43 pm
guys, it would be easier to trace the flow of discussion if we post one question per thread.

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