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Hi, My name is Srinivas Doijode. I am from Bangalore, India. Request for a feedback on what areas I could concentrate while writting my essays for ISB Name: Srinivas Doijode Indian/ Male/ 32 yrs old GMAT: 700 10th: Karnataka State board with 78 % 12th: Karnataka State board with 75% UG: BE from univ...
- by dodgeforgmat
Thu Aug 11, 2011 9:31 pm- Forum: The Application Process
- Topic: Profile Evaluation for Insead, ISB
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1822
- by dodgeforgmat
Mon Aug 01, 2011 7:32 am- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: End of a long GMAT journey with a 740
- Replies: 58
- Views: 23351
@Mundasingh123, E does not weaken the conclusion. The premise clearly states 'Standard Weapons' and there is no mention of development of innovative weapons. Hence, statement E, if true, does not affect 'Standard Weapons' Prephrasing the answer, I came up with 2 possiblities 1. Any answer choice tha...
- by dodgeforgmat
Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:09 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: CR Wrong Turn OG 30
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1955
Whenever we see 'absolute' words like 'Always',as in option A, we need to identify the scope of the premise and conclusion. I this case, saying Mechanical devices always fail is way out of scope and there is nothing in the premise or conclusion that indicates this. Even if A were true, I dont see ho...
- by dodgeforgmat
Tue Jul 26, 2011 1:12 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Airline
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1297
Arithmetic progression
In an AP, if A times the Ath term is equal to B times the Bth term, what is (A+B)th term of the AP
1.A^2 - B^2
2.A-B
3. 1
4. 0
5. Cannot be determined
- by dodgeforgmat
Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:12 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Arithmetic progression
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3718
When I see 'Due to' in a sentence, I replace it with 'caused by' and see if the sentence makes sense. Doing so, I dont see a problem with using 'Due to' in the given sentence.
- by dodgeforgmat
Mon Jul 25, 2011 8:21 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Due to wrong usage i,Post on BTG
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1722
- by dodgeforgmat
Mon Jul 25, 2011 8:16 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: trouble with so as to
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1311
I agree that A is incorrect but the reasoning according to me is different. There is a comparision issue ofcourse but the issue is with comparing 'Other Warbler species' to 'Male and Female..'. The comparision has to be b/w most warbler species to blue-winged warbler.
IMO C
- by dodgeforgmat
Sun Jul 24, 2011 5:20 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Comparison..
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1440
Agreed that this is an issue that is not likely to appear on the GMAT. I remember that in cases like this, the subject of the sentence is not 100 % people but 1%. Hence in this case, the verb should be singular.
- by dodgeforgmat
Sun Jul 24, 2011 4:57 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: IS / ARE
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1411
IMO A Answer choices A and C are very close. C: -The safety benefits of the latest equipment can be offset by inadequate preparation. Inadequate Preparation is a little out of scope for me. Training would be only one part of preparation involved when undertaking a high risk activity. There might be ...
- by dodgeforgmat
Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:05 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Inference-Manhattan CAT
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1708
In order for the conclusion to hold good, the amount of hazardous waste generated by the Passanger Jet, on the whole, should have reduced by atleast half of that in 1994. The premise shows that the amount of waste generated per production worker has reduced by half. Now if the number of production w...
- by dodgeforgmat
Thu Jul 21, 2011 9:44 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Please explain
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1153
- by dodgeforgmat
Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:13 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Youth Hockey League - Strengthen conclusion
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1862
M+N = 250 M>N implies M is positive When N is negative or zero, M >= 250 and N <= 0 When N is positive then M >= 126 0<N<=124 (since M greater than N, N cannot be greater than (250/2)-1) Hence Range of M is any positive integer greater than 126 Is M-R > S-N => M+N > R+S => R+S < 250 (since M+N = 250...
- by dodgeforgmat
Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:19 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: inequality 2
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1126
Brian Galvin- Prime factors
Brian Galvin posted this on BTG to explain the importance of breaking complex numbers into their prime factors. While I totally endorse what he has to say, I am not convinced on the answer to the question he used as an example. Here is my attempt to solve the problem and would request for advice. x ...
- by dodgeforgmat
Wed Jul 20, 2011 2:05 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Brian Galvin- Prime factors
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1187
The largest trade-book publisher in the United States has announced the creation of a new digital imprint division, under which it will publish about 20 purely digital works to be sold online as either electronic books or downloadable copies that can be printed upon purchase. (A) works to be sold o...
- by dodgeforgmat
Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:44 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The largest trade-book publisher in the United States
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5690