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by komal » Mon Jan 25, 2010 3:17 am
39. Based on the growth rates of large modern reptiles such as the Galapagos tortoise and examinations of fossils of juvenile dinosaurs, scientists estimate that the largest dinosaurs probably lived to be between 100 and 200 years old.

(A) Based on the growth rates of large modern reptiles such as
(B) On the basis of growth rates of large modern reptiles such as
(C) Based on the growth rates of large modern reptiles like
(D) On the basis of growth rates of large modern reptiles, like those of
(E) Based on such growth rates as those of large modern reptiles like
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by thephoenix » Thu Jan 28, 2010 7:58 pm
komal wrote:39. Based on the growth rates of large modern reptiles such as the Galapagos tortoise and examinations of fossils of juvenile dinosaurs, scientists estimate that the largest dinosaurs probably lived to be between 100 and 200 years old.

(A) Based on the growth rates of large modern reptiles such as
(B) On the basis of growth rates of large modern reptiles such as
(C) Based on the growth rates of large modern reptiles like
(D) On the basis of growth rates of large modern reptiles, like those of
(E) Based on such growth rates as those of large modern reptiles like
IMO A

A over B bcoz
Based on is correct idiom

C, D, E are out bcoz such as is used for giving examples ..............and galapagos tortoise is used as an ex of reptiles....

can u provide OA pls???
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by mmon » Thu Jan 28, 2010 8:15 pm
IMO B

Scientists cannot be based on something..it should be based on
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by gmatmachoman » Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:03 am
Agreed.. IMO B
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by Giorgio » Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:30 am
komal wrote:39. Based on the growth rates of large modern reptiles such as the Galapagos tortoise and examinations of fossils of juvenile dinosaurs, scientists estimate that the largest dinosaurs probably lived to be between 100 and 200 years old.

(A) Based on the growth rates of large modern reptiles such as
(B) On the basis of growth rates of large modern reptiles such as
(C) Based on the growth rates of large modern reptiles like
(D) On the basis of growth rates of large modern reptiles, like those of
(E) Based on such growth rates as those of large modern reptiles like
Based on is incorrectly used to modify scientists.

Scientists estimate on the basis of growth rates.
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by soumyopriyosaha » Fri Jan 29, 2010 11:17 am
IMO B."Based on" incorrectly modifies scientists.
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by sars72 » Fri Jan 29, 2010 12:13 pm
mmon wrote:IMO B

Scientists cannot be based on something..it should be based on
also, can we take into account parallelism as another error i.e based on "the growth rates" + "the excavations" . Since "the" is missing before excavations, can we also use this as an eliminiator?
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