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Correct usage is ' ... not because ... but because ... '
---> Eliminate CD
'to tell a lie' is singular. So, 'to tell a lie are' is wrong.
---> Eliminate A
Same way, 'lying are' is incorrect.
---> Eliminate E
Ans. B
- by himalaya savalia
Wed Dec 26, 2018 10:04 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Often people lie not because they are morally corrupt but be
- Replies: 1
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Here, once we use the word 'Despite', using 'Yet' after the comma is redundant.
So eliminate options DE.
Now, in the underlined sentence, we are talking about 'the proportion'.
So we have to use singular verb 'has', and not 'have'.
So eliminate options AB.
Ans. C
- by himalaya savalia
Mon Dec 24, 2018 11:16 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Despite the increasing number of women graduating from law s
- Replies: 1
- Views: 604
It seems correct. Here we are expressing our objection 'to' something. So, objection to is correct. And when you ask 'what' do we object to, you get answer 'having Vladimir Putin’s man in the job' , which is a clause. So, you have to see sentence like ---> object to 'clause' Hence, the sentence se...
- by himalaya savalia
Mon Dec 24, 2018 11:08 pm- Forum: GMAT Verbal & Essays
- Topic: The Economist "Sentence" doubt
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3601
Answers of few of your questions
Look for error of parallelism. A. Incorrect to separate --> found B. Incorrect found --> redesigning C. Incorrect separated --> finding. Also it wrongly implies that task are to be separated by finding best way of performing the motions. These are two independent tasks. D. Correct separating --> fin...
- by himalaya savalia
Mon Dec 24, 2018 10:32 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Frederick Winslow Taylor, a machinist and engineer who worke
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- Views: 609
The word 'Despite' shows that ticket sales was extremely poor.
To show extremeness, 'so poor' is correct usage, not 'poor enough'
Remaining options ---> CDE
Now, show can not close itself. It must be closed by its operators.
Hence ---> D
Ans. D
- by himalaya savalia
Mon Dec 24, 2018 10:23 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Despite an expensive publicity campaign, ticket sales for th
- Replies: 1
- Views: 645
When a number is divided by 10, unit digit of that number will be remainder. Statement 1 : x = 26 Any number which has 6 as its unit digit, when raised to any positive integer power, will give a number with 6 as a unit digit. So x^y will always have 6 as unit digit. So remainder = 6 ---> sufficient ...
- by himalaya savalia
Mon Dec 24, 2018 10:18 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: If x and y are positive integers, what is the remainder when
- Replies: 2
- Views: 544
A. Correct As given in the premise, planting too many viruses in a host system would be a failure for the hacker, because viruses will destroy themselves. Now, if hacker can not make viruses smaller than some particular size, than for any host system of small enough size, those viruses would be too...
- by himalaya savalia
Mon Dec 24, 2018 10:13 am- Forum: GMAT Verbal & Essays
- Topic: CR - Conclusion
- Replies: 1
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Statement 2 : 3000 men voted for X. But out of remaining 6000, we don't know how many are men and how many are women. And so we also can't decide how many of them voted for X. ---> insufficient Statement 1 : This statement means that 66.67 % women voted for X and 33.33 % did not. But without exact n...
- by himalaya savalia
Mon Dec 24, 2018 7:02 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Of the 9,000 people who voted in a recent election, how many
- Replies: 1
- Views: 452
Statement 1 : Z * F can be positive in 2 cases (1) When both Z and F are positive (2) When both Z and F are negative So we can't say whether they will be on right side of the zero, i.e. positive. ---> insufficient Statement 2 : Z + F can be positive in 2 cases (1) both Z and F are positive (2) one i...
- by himalaya savalia
Sun Dec 23, 2018 11:41 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Number Properties
- Replies: 2
- Views: 532
Suppose we want to write a number in its basic form, i.e. with help of prime numbers only. $$Ex.\ 12\ =\ 2^2\ X\ 3$$ sentence 1 : Now, if we take one factor of N which is greater than $$\sqrt{N}$$ another factor must be less than $$\sqrt{N}$$. So, the first factor can not be the least prime factor. ...
- by himalaya savalia
Sun Dec 23, 2018 11:33 am- Forum: GMAT Math
- Topic: Divisibility/Multiples/Factors , Number Properties
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1842
Average speed is calculated as $$Average\ speed\ =\frac{Total\ Dis\tan ce}{Total\ Time}$$ In this case, total distance = (k + 300) km and total time = (96 + t) min But we are asked speed in km / hr $$So\ total\ time=\frac{96\ +\ t}{60}\ hr$$ $$So,\ Average\ speed\ =\ \frac{60\ \left(\ 300\ +\ k\righ...
- by himalaya savalia
Sun Dec 23, 2018 5:07 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: A plane traveled k miles in its first 96 minutes of flight
- Replies: 4
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Solve this question using the concept of relative speed. Harry left from point P one hour before Ron. In this 1 hr Harry covered 30 km. To meet Harry at point Q, Ron will have to cover this 30 km relative to Harry. Relative speed of Ron compared to Harry = 40 - 30 = 10 km / hr $$So\ Ron\ had\ to\ dr...
- by himalaya savalia
Sun Dec 23, 2018 5:02 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: While driving on a highway, Harry and Ron crossed checkpoint
- Replies: 3
- Views: 815
Here, we have to look at how much weightage each test carries while calculating overall grade. As per the question, the midterm and the final exam both have double weightage compared to one quiz. Take weightage of each quiz = X % So weightage of 5 quizzes = 5X % , that of midterm exam = 2X % and tha...
- by himalaya savalia
Sat Dec 22, 2018 12:26 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: A student's grade ina college course is determined by the
- Replies: 1
- Views: 500
answer
You have to imagine that one circle is tangent to another circle from inside . So, in the circle with radii of 5 cm, draw the circle with radii 3 cm. Then, inside the circle with radii 3 cm, draw circle with radii 2 cm such that it touches only circle with radii of 3 cm and not the circle with radii...
- by himalaya savalia
Sat Dec 22, 2018 11:55 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Three circles with radii of 2 cm, 3 cm and 5 cm, respective
- Replies: 2
- Views: 589