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by peelamedu » Mon May 23, 2011 10:15 pm
My take on this.
The question is 'How symbiotic stars differ from other binary systems'. The key word is 'Differ'.
Difference occurs between one subject/object with other(s). So look at the answers and eliminate the ones which are absolute and not relative.
We can eliminate B, C, E.
What leaves us with A & D.
The first line of the passage which reads ' A tiny fraction of binary systems..' indicates that it's not so common. We can eliminate D as well.
That leaves us with option A.

I'll go with Option A.
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by mundasingh123 » Tue May 24, 2011 2:56 am
man , who knows the OA to the quest 1 and quest . 2?
whats the answer to the 2nd quest
1A 2 C
Did anybody comprehend the last para of the passage and was anybody able to connect it to the previous paras
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by peelamedu » Tue May 24, 2011 3:04 am
The passage talks about Symbiotic stars. Generally the author is positive about the main subject/object. So we can eliminate option B.
Also this question is a general/generic question and so the answer has to be generic. So we can eliminate A, D & E.
That leaves us with the option C.
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by sourabh33 » Tue May 24, 2011 3:36 am
OA 1 A 2 C

additional questions (attached) related to passage could be tried

Though few may think it is a badass question, I feel that this is v nice and truly resembles an actual gmat passage.


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by mundasingh123 » Tue May 24, 2011 3:44 am
sourabh33 wrote:OA 1 A 2 C

additional questions (attached) related to passage could be tried

Though few may think it is a badass question, I feel that this is v nice and truly resembles an actual gmat passage.


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badass means wicked / tuf
3 D
4 E
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by sourabh33 » Tue May 24, 2011 3:46 am
;-) then my vocabulary is not that badass (read wicked/tuf)
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by mundasingh123 » Tue May 24, 2011 4:03 am
sourabh33 wrote:;-) then my vocabulary is not that badass (read wicked/tuf)
whats the OA for 3 and 4 .
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by sourabh33 » Tue May 24, 2011 4:04 am
3. D 4. E
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by mundasingh123 » Tue May 24, 2011 4:05 am
sourabh33 wrote:what are yr answers?
3d 4e
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by mundasingh123 » Wed May 25, 2011 9:01 am
U know the Oa for 3 and 4 ?
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by sourabh33 » Wed May 25, 2011 7:22 pm
3. D 4. E

Brilliant!
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by mundasingh123 » Wed May 25, 2011 11:00 pm
Beginners luck
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by krackgmat » Thu Jun 02, 2011 4:59 pm
Guys,
I got the first 2 questions correct, understand the mistake i made in the 3rd one, but am not able understand why is E better than D in the 4th question.

Any help is appreciated.

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by mundasingh123 » Fri Jun 03, 2011 12:04 am
krackgmat wrote:Guys,
I got the first 2 questions correct, understand the mistake i made in the 3rd one, but am not able understand why is E better than D in the 4th question.

Any help is appreciated.

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Recently 2 star systems, the first to be detected out side our galaxy
Implies that these systems are not the only systems.There are others too
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