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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
- 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
descended is parallel to evolved. E is the right answer.cbenk121 wrote:What is "elephant is descended" parallel to?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
- 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