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Hi, Both your essays are good..In timed mode, it is even much better effort, i would say. Off the essay topic, however, you wrote a sentence saying mother saved life of a child in the issue. I will say that it is a selfish act of mother on her child. If you could have written that a mother has saved...

by raghavakumar85

Fri Jul 16, 2010 4:20 pm
Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
Topic: Please review my essays
Replies: 3
Views: 1523

E is the answer that maintains parallelism. to provide, to create are parallel with the not-underlined portion (to disclose) of the sentence.

by raghavakumar85

Thu Jul 08, 2010 5:31 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: OG-11R-SC-62
Replies: 5
Views: 1656

B is introducing unnecessary pronoun THEM, which is not required.

C is concise and satisfies all the subject-verb agreements!

by raghavakumar85

Thu Jul 08, 2010 5:29 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Brutal SC - 57
Replies: 7
Views: 3034

GMAT - Retake - Strategy needed

Hi Guys, I gave my gmat last week and I was disappointed with my score. 580 (Q 48 V 22). I did not feel any difficulty in the quant section other than making some silly mistakes that can be avoided. Regarding verbal, I felt I did well in the exam (expected a 30) but I was shocked after seeing my ver...

by raghavakumar85

Thu Dec 10, 2009 1:54 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: GMAT - Retake - Strategy needed
Replies: 1
Views: 1191

you must consider all the possible values of x ie., if x is 1, >1 and is a fraction (0<x<1). then you will get the right option D. this question tests the knowledge of number properties. consider x = 3 then I holds good consider x = 3/4; then 4/3;6/4;(3/4)^2 => x^2 < 1/x < 2x thanks!

by raghavakumar85

Tue Dec 01, 2009 10:13 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Positive X
Replies: 7
Views: 3736

A is tempting. But Answer is E Question: Weaken the statement about double benefits 1. helping hunters maintain their current income 2. helping manate;'s survival E: To maintain their current income, manatee hunters who switched to guiding tourists would have to use far larger boats and make many mo...

by raghavakumar85

Sun Nov 29, 2009 10:32 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: manatee
Replies: 9
Views: 5313

the parallelism is between two prepositional phrases.

IN.. ......IN its return...

C is the answer

by raghavakumar85

Sat Nov 28, 2009 10:00 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: one more Halley's comet question
Replies: 12
Views: 7536

IMO E [spoiler]A B & C[/spoiler] are not valid reasoning for the flaw.

D is a statement which has no effect on the argument.

by raghavakumar85

Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:24 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: tough one
Replies: 5
Views: 3707

Whereas the use of synthetic fertilizers has greatly expanded agricultural productivity in many parts of the world, an increase in their use can create serious environmental problems such as water pollution, and their substitution for more traditional fertilizers may accelerate soil structure deter...

by raghavakumar85

Wed Nov 25, 2009 1:40 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: synthetic fertilizers
Replies: 7
Views: 4941

IMO surely E.

All other choices are about electronics and about the goods mentioned in the argument. Frozen foods is no way related to the argument. So, it cannot strengthen.

by raghavakumar85

Tue Nov 24, 2009 10:53 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: international prestige
Replies: 10
Views: 2125

Please can someone identify the correct option with explanations. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Q15: In little more than a decade, Argentina has become the world�s leading exporter of honey, with nearly 90,000 tons a y...

by raghavakumar85

Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:24 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: exporter of honey
Replies: 43
Views: 24149

Discussed Earlier!

http://www.beatthegmat.com/mgmat-employ ... 22028.html

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by raghavakumar85

Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:50 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Employees
Replies: 1
Views: 1384

cbenk121 wrote:
gmatv09 wrote:Parallelism .... Also needs a present tense
[spoiler](E)[/spoiler]
to suggest that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal and that its trunk originally evolved
What is "elephant is descended" parallel to?
descended is parallel to evolved. E is the right answer.

by raghavakumar85

Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:20 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Elephants
Replies: 4
Views: 1508

A is correct. The circumstance here is catching fish without any legal limits. I guess that's the reason C is wrong. It looks like which is modifying the noun Monkfish. E .. "contributing to their depletion because they are overfished" is not clear to me. I am not sure though. I would like...

by raghavakumar85

Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:41 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Monkfish
Replies: 27
Views: 16247

Remember that Assumption is never stated in the argument. If it is stated, It is not an assumption but premise of the argument.

Assumption is always what you have to find out in an argument by observing the premise and the conclusion and how they are connected together.

by raghavakumar85

Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:52 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Assumption
Replies: 10
Views: 2859