Search found 150 matches


Studying the art for several years, practicing difficult notes every day, and frequent performances has enabled the young pianist to secure a contract with the country's biggest music company. (A) and frequent performances has enabled the young pianist (B) as well as frequent performances have enab...

by thestartupguy

Sat Jun 23, 2012 6:35 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Studying the art
Replies: 4
Views: 1629

A string of lights is strung with red, blue, and yellow bulbs in a ratio of two to five to three, respectively. If 6 bulbs are lit in a random sequence, what is the probability that no color is lit more than twice? The ratio of number of red, blue and yellow bulb is 2:5:3 Hence, there are 2 red bul...

by thestartupguy

Sat Jun 23, 2012 5:08 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Lights
Replies: 6
Views: 2617

Among the objects found in the excavated temple weresmall terra-cotta effigies left by supplicants who were either asking the goddess Bona Dea’s aid in healing physical and mental ills or thanking her for such help. (A) in healing physical and mental ills or thanking her for such help (B) in heal...

by thestartupguy

Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:22 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: OG 11#106
Replies: 7
Views: 1431

Chinn_asama wrote:Hi

In the sentence, If the person if able to pay $40,000 how can you call her/she (?)economicaly weak, what is the right pronoun? what is the subject in the dependent clause?

Thanx
It's definitely her.

by thestartupguy

Thu Jun 21, 2012 12:24 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: subject pronoun/object pronoun
Replies: 2
Views: 1048

This is a kind of practice question: This is easy for your GMAT prep on SC Choose the sentence in which all modifiers are NOT correctly positioned. (A) On October 15, 1951, a new television show aired featuring Lucille Ball's distinctive comedic style that would become one of the most famous progra...

by thestartupguy

Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:33 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Modifier position test
Replies: 4
Views: 1203

The late Japanese mathematician Shizuo Kakutani developed mathematical tools used for disparate purposes including proving the existence of Nash equilibria, accurate description of random processes such as coin-flipping, and the furthering of economists' understanding of supply and demand in a comp...

by thestartupguy

Thu Jun 14, 2012 8:51 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Kaplan Question Doubt
Replies: 3
Views: 1097

Doubt on tenses

Consider the sentence-
The patient (had died / died) before the doctor (reached / had reached)

While I know that it can't be "had reached", I want to understand what is wrong in the sentence-
The patient died before the doctor reached.

by thestartupguy

Thu Jun 14, 2012 5:28 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Doubt on tenses
Replies: 3
Views: 1205

OA is B. But why not E?

by thestartupguy

Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:30 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: CR-1
Replies: 13
Views: 11772

Tricky CR

It takes 4 weeks for a team of 5 professional Window Washers working regular full time hours to completely clean every window of the Empire State building. The building's owner demands that all the windows always be clean.Yet even if the 5 washers work consistently throughout their regular work week...

by thestartupguy

Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:32 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Tricky CR
Replies: 5
Views: 2368

islands80 wrote:Bihar is India’s poorest state, with an annual per capita income of $111, lower
than in
the most impoverished countries of the world.

(A) lower than in
(B) lower than that of
(C) and lower than that of
(D) which is lower than in
(E) which is lower than it is in
[spoiler]B?[/spoiler]

by thestartupguy

Thu Jun 07, 2012 12:26 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Bihar
Replies: 4
Views: 1220

Can someone please explain to me? In 1987 sinusitis was the most common chronic medical condition in the United States, followed by arthritis and high blood pressure, in that order. The incidence rates for both arthritis and high blood pressure increase with age, but the incidence rate for sinusiti...

by thestartupguy

Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:31 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: OG 10th edition CR-q174
Replies: 4
Views: 2767

Kasia@MasterGMAT wrote:You are supposed to choose which of the answers given is best supported by the premises provided in the text of the task.
Kasia - could you pls explain how to solve this. Is option E correct?

by thestartupguy

Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:21 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Confusing CR
Replies: 7
Views: 1437

it's Must be True type CR

by thestartupguy

Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:43 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Confusing CR
Replies: 7
Views: 1437

Confusing CR

People who have spent a lot of time in contact with animals often develop animal-induced allergies, a significant percentage of which are quite serious. In a survey of current employees in major zoos, about 30 percent had animal-induced allergies. However, a zoo employee who develops a serious anima...

by thestartupguy

Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:38 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Confusing CR
Replies: 7
Views: 1437

Celiac disease results from an inability of the digestive tract, specifically the small intestine, to absorb gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley, and certain other grains. The body’s immune system attacks the gluten as if the protein were a harmful pathogen, often resulting in serious damage...

by thestartupguy

Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:36 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: CR
Replies: 3
Views: 1611