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Strengthen Question

Drug use among teens concerns many people in Ganaria. Advocates of the “Stop Drugs Now” program, which was piloted in public schools in five Ganaria states last year, argue that the program should be used throughout the country to decrease drug use among teenagers. Which of the following statements,...

by visjain

Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:48 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Strengthen Question
Replies: 7
Views: 1695

Has/ Have and Been

Professor Karkow’s theory fails to explain the extent to which savings from personal income has shifted to short-term bonds, capital-market funds, and other mid-term investments by the instability in the commodities market. A. to which savings from personal income has shifted B. of savings from pers...

by visjain

Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:20 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Has/ Have and Been
Replies: 5
Views: 1468

IMO (A)

Because the sentence says Largest 500 manufacturing firms in United States produce good that are worth almost as much as that of [worth of] 400000 firms that remain.

I guess not really a GMAT type of question as there is too much left for interpretation.

by visjain

Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:49 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: largest manufacturing firms
Replies: 21
Views: 5548

To what the worth of the goods produced by 500 largest manufacturing firms in the United states is being compared with

a) worth of the remaining 400000 firms? OR
b) worth of the goods produced by the remaining 400000 firms?

:shock:

by visjain

Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:45 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: largest manufacturing firms
Replies: 21
Views: 5548

Quadrilateral - Rectangle

If Q is a quadrilateral, is Q a rectangle?

1) Opposite sides of Q are parallel.

2) One of the four angles of Q is 90 deg.

Please explain why this can't be a trapezoid with one angle at 90 deg and opposite sides being parallel.

OA [spoiler](C)[/spoiler]

by visjain

Wed Jun 10, 2009 8:27 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Quadrilateral - Rectangle
Replies: 3
Views: 1153

@nervesofsteel

Doesn't (b) change the meaning of the sentence?

by visjain

Wed May 27, 2009 8:00 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Being Isomniac
Replies: 20
Views: 4181

Graduating Seniors

They gave presents to the top graduating seniors, Johansen and I.

a) Johansen and I
b) Johansen and myself
c) me and Johansen
d) Johansen and me
e) among which were Johansen and me.

by visjain

Wed May 27, 2009 6:03 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Graduating Seniors
Replies: 8
Views: 1384

Being Isomniac

The most chance of being an isomniac is not the overworked executive or the student overwhelmed by the studies but the bored housewife who feels unfulfilled. a) The most chance of being an isomniac is not the overworked executive or the student overwhelmed by the studies but the bored housewife who...

by visjain

Wed May 27, 2009 5:54 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Being Isomniac
Replies: 20
Views: 4181

Dropout rate

The dropout rate in Srilankan schools is 10 times that of Asian Nations

a) that of Asian nations
b) what the rate is in Asian nations
c) that which it is in Asian nations
d) Asian nations'
e) that which they are in Asian nations

by visjain

Wed May 27, 2009 5:20 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Dropout rate
Replies: 17
Views: 3688

Salsa Dancers - Excercise Routine

Salsa Dancers warm up before every performance by doing a series of warmup and stretching exercises, and it reduces the chance of injury. a) Salsa Dancers warm up before every performance by doing a series of warmup and stretching exercises, and it reduces the chance of injury. b) exercises, which r...

by visjain

Sun May 24, 2009 6:04 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Salsa Dancers - Excercise Routine
Replies: 19
Views: 4831

Another SC - Meaning of the sentence

In the early stage of development of criminal law, equitable remedies were available only in the courts of the consumers and not in the courts of law, such as injunctions . a) equitable remedies were available only in the courts of the consumers and not in the courts of law, such as injunctions b) e...

by visjain

Sun May 24, 2009 5:10 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Another SC - Meaning of the sentence
Replies: 5
Views: 1346

Interesting SC

Having been forbidden by society law to marry, it was not unusual for a priest during the Middle Ages to sire a family. a) Having been forbidden by society to marry it was not unusual for a priest during the Middle Ages to sire a family. b) Forbidden by society law to marry, it was not unusual for a...

by visjain

Sun May 24, 2009 4:59 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Interesting SC
Replies: 18
Views: 4371

CR - Inference Question

OA Given is (E). I am also trying to analyze it. Here are my thoughts. 1) Look at the following things in passage carefully a) dramatic reversal of trend --> It does not mean people did not migrate at all. They might have migrated to small towns and rural regions only within the state boundaries or ...

by visjain

Thu May 14, 2009 11:04 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: CR - Inference
Replies: 16
Views: 3773

CR - Inference

A population study based on a 'Representative data sample', a sample just large enough to allow for decently accurate projections found that in 1975 there had been a dramatic reversal of a 10 year tendency toward migration of Litivia residents older than 60 to small towns and rural regions both with...

by visjain

Tue May 05, 2009 7:57 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: CR - Inference
Replies: 16
Views: 3773

D is wrong because she could have been entitled to say 4 weeks of holidays considering that she did not use 2 weeks of holidays from 2nd year. We can't be sure of how many holidays she carried forward from last year.

by visjain

Tue May 05, 2009 6:16 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: CR- Vacation
Replies: 8
Views: 2295