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- by Fatehdeep Singh
Sun May 29, 2011 8:15 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Doubt With OA
- Replies: 9
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Currently 26 billion barrels a year, world consumption of oil is rising at a rate of 2 percent annually. A. world consumption of oil is rising at a rate of --- Correct --> Modifier 26 billion barrels a year correctly modifies World consumption of oil B. the world is consuming oil at an increasing r...
- by Fatehdeep Singh
Sat Mar 26, 2011 5:32 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Currently 26 billion barrels
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7758
Also who is modifying boys in B. I have a doubt here. Shouldn't who refer to boys rather than group because in sentence we have who resort to murder and savagery during their brief time So i think who should refer to Boys Group is singular and therefore their incorrectly refers to group. Also can y...
- by Fatehdeep Singh
Sat Mar 26, 2011 2:09 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Golding’s most famous novel
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4457
As U.S. nuclear attack submarines prowl their familiar haunts deep within the oceans of the world these days, they increasingly are engaged in missions far different from the tasks for which they were built and for which their crews were trained over the last forty years. (A) they increasingly are e...
- by Fatehdeep Singh
Tue Mar 15, 2011 4:38 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: As U.S. nuclear attack submarines prowl their familiar haunt
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1365
Carbon-14 dating reveals that the megalithic monuments in Brittany are nearly 2,000 years as old as any of their supposed Mediterranean predecessors. (A) as old as any of their supposed (B) older than any of their supposed (C) as old as their supposed (D) older than any of their supposedly (E) as ol...
- by Fatehdeep Singh
Sat Mar 12, 2011 1:09 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Qn 200 from 1000 SC
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4541
A) Compared to the disappointment……, this year's loss —Wrong We are comparing disappointment with loss(comparing different things) B) As compared with sports fans……, this year's loss —Wrong We are comparing sports fans with loss(comparing different things) C) Unlike the hometown soccer t...
- by Fatehdeep Singh
Mon Mar 07, 2011 12:15 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Knewton SC-Comparison-need help
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3133
Answer shud be C. We can rule out both A and B But if you consider C Take II first:R has one side double than that of S.If dimensions of S are L=4,W=1.Area of S =4 Now for R.Dimensions can be L=8,W=x(say) or L=x(say),W=2.Area for R can be 8x or 2x Take I: Area is same for both rectangles So case 1: ...
- by Fatehdeep Singh
Mon Feb 14, 2011 4:05 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: "Silver" rectangle
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2579
3. If k is a positive integer, then 20k is divisible how many different positive integers ? (1) k is prime (2) k=7 IMO D 2: 20k = 140 = 2^2 * 5^1 * 7 ^ 1 Total positive divisors = (2+1)(1+1)(1+1) = 12 (Not required step but Sufficient) 1: k is prime that means k has no other divisors but 1 and k. 2...
- by Fatehdeep Singh
Sun Oct 17, 2010 10:16 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: can somebody explain these problems
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1464
Length can vary.But we need height.Height is the perpendicular drawn from the vertex to the base.So if your vertex is anywhere on the line(y=3 or y=1),perpendicular distance(distance between vertex and base) will remain constant(=1 in this case).
- by Fatehdeep Singh
Thu Oct 14, 2010 8:37 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Area of Triangle
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1805
I do not think we need x coordinate. Area =b*h/2 Base = Distance between (-2,2) & (3,2) Height=1(in both cases as described clearly by neerajkumar1_1 in the diagram) So you can find the area and as we know that area of the triangles with same base and formed within 2 parallel lines is same. So d...
- by Fatehdeep Singh
Thu Oct 14, 2010 7:46 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Area of Triangle
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1805