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SC Questions September - 11 :

Q1. Although mentioned in Plato’s dialogues, classical scholars believe that the legend of Atlantis actually dates from a much earlier time.

A. Although mentioned in Plato’s dialogues

B. Despite being mentioned in Plato’s dialogues

C. Having been mentioned in Plato’s dialogues

D. Although receiving mention in Plato’s dialogues

E. Although Plato mentioned it in his dialogues

Q2. A recent survey done in the US shows that, in 2013, child penalty – the amount by which women’s earnings falls behind men after they become mothers – alone was responsible for the entire difference between the incomes of men and women and the women who had working mothers tended to suffer less in terms of child penalties.

(A) falls behind those of men after they become mothers – alone was responsible for the entire difference between the incomes of men and women and the women who had

(B) fall behind those of men after they become mothers – alone was responsible for the entire difference between the incomes of men and women and that the women who had

(C) falls behind those of men after they become mothers – alone was responsible for the entire difference between the incomes of men and women, and that the women who had

(D) fall behind men after they become mothers – alone was responsible for the entire difference between the incomes of men and women and the women who had

(E) fall behind men after they become mothers – alone was responsible for the entire difference between the incomes of men and women, and that the women who are



Difficulty - Hard

Prices at the producer level are only 1.3 percent higher now than a year ago and are going down, even though floods in the Midwest and drought in the south are hurting crops and therefore raised corn and soybean prices.


(A) than a year ago and are going down, even though floods in the Midwest and drought in the south are hurting crops and therefore raised

(B) than those of a year ago and are going down, even though floods in the Midwest and drought in the south are hurting crops and therefore raising

(C) than a year ago and are going down, despite floods in the Midwest and drought in the south, and are hurting crops and therefore raising

can you ppl explain this comparison question between B and C

And if B is the answer than why in other set of similar type of question this same reason is violated??

[Heating-oil prices are expected to be higher this year than last because refiners are paying about $5 a barrel more for crude oil than they were] last year.


(A) Heating-oil prices are expected to be higher this year than last because refiners are paying about $5 a barrel more for crude oil than they were

(B) Heating-oil prices are expected to rise higher this year over last because refiners pay about $5 a barrel for crude oil more than they did

(C) Expectations are for heating-oil prices to be higher this year than last year’s because refiners are paying about $5 a barrel for crude oil more than they did

(D) It is the expectation that heating-oil prices will be higher this year over last because refiners are paying about $5 a barrel more for crude oil now than what they were

(E) It is expected that heating-oil prices will rise higher this year than last year’s because refiners pay about $5 a barrel for crude oil more than they did

1) prices are higher now THAN THOSE OF A YEAR AGO. Definite comparison to price
2) prices are higher now than a year ago. Vague comparison to

In 2nd question A is correct as price is not compared at that point, prices are compares way later in the passage, so year to year "than" comparison is valid

*compared

B and D are out cz they use higher and over

but why vague, it is absolutely fine in the second example??

Diff is comparing year to price and year to year

Can’t explain in more simple words

cool, many people are lacking in this concept then.

simply answering questions doesn’t help...in GMAT

There are no simpler words.
You have to know the rules and make the connections. Simple.

Checking for parallels, both in grammar and context continuation solves 80% of your problems. Rest is practice and you start seeing the patterns. Not that tough.

CR Questions September - 11 :

Q1. For the first time, an earth-like planet has been discovered. This planet is orbiting another star. Since we can now say with confidence that at least some of the 100 billion other stars like our sun may have planets like earth, the greatest chance for extraterrestrial life to exist is outside our solar system.

The argument above assumes which of the following?


A. Extraterrestrial organisms are likely to appear in forms similar to terrestrial ones.

B. Life cannot exist on the other planets of our solar system.

C. Life will always occur wherever earth-like planets exist.

D. Life is most likely to arise under earth-like conditions.

E. Life from other kinds of planets is too difficult to detect.

Q2. The U.S. census is not perfect: thousands of Americans probably go uncounted. However, the basic statistical portrait of the nation painted by the census is accurate. Certainly some of the poor go uncounted, particularly the homeless; but some of the rich go uncounted as well, because they are often abroad or traveling between one residence and another.

Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument above depends?


(A) Both the rich and the poor have personal and economic reasons to avoid being counted by the census.

(B) All Americans may reasonably be classified as either poor or rich.

(C) The percentage of poor Americans uncounted by the census is close to the percentage of rich Americans uncounted.

(D) The number of homeless Americans is approximately equal to the number of rich Americans.

(E) The primary purpose of the census is to analyze the economic status of the American population.



Difficulty - Hard

Is E the answer?

is C the answer?

1.D - C is tempting but you need not always need life to occur.. for "the greatest chance for extraterrestrial life to exist is outside our solar system". Hope it helps.

2.C - here we dont care about actual #s so D is out. Rest are easy eliminations as not relevant.

And D: Cases possible: hhht, thhh and hhhh. We need Porbability of hhht in this list. so will be 1/3

Q1. Knocked from the asteroid belt, an asteroid that comes close to Earth may be captured by Earth’s gravitational field, ultimately spiraling inward and, fully consumed during its fiery descent through the atmosphere while being a “falling star”, or is redirected at high speeds along a new trajectory.


(A) spiraling inward and, fully consumed during its fiery descent through the atmosphere while being a “falling star”, or is redirected

(B) having spiraled inward and, fully consumed when its fiery descent through the atmosphere to be a “falling star”, or is redirected

(C) having spiraled inward and being fully consumed when its fiery descent through the atmosphere as a “falling star”, or was redirected

(D) spiraling inward and, fully consumed during its fiery descent through the atmosphere to act like a “falling star”, or be redirected

(E) spiraling inward and being fully consumed during its fiery descent through the atmosphere as a “falling star”, or be redirected


Difficulty - Hard

1.John has lived in the same house for twenty years.

2 John has been leaving in the same house for twenty years.

Are these two sentences mean the same meaning?

Q2. When chemist Amedeo Avogadro (1776 – 1856) posited that equal volumes of different gases, at the same temperature and pressure, containing equal numbers of molecules, and many scientists, doubting that, even if this theory were true, the number could ever be measured, but in the early 20th century, Perrin measured the value of "Avogadro’s number" by use of several different experimental designs.

A. When chemist Amedeo Avogadro (1776 – 1856) posited that equal volumes of different gases, at the same temperature and pressure, containing equal numbers of molecules, and many scientists, doubting that, even if this theory were true, the number could ever be measured, but in the early 20th century, Perrin measured the value of "Avogadro’s number" by use of

B. The chemist Amedeo Avogadro (1776 – 1856), positing that equal volumes of different gases, at the same temperature and pressure, would contain equal numbers of molecules, and many scientists doubted that, even if this theory were true, the number could not be ever measured, while in the early 20th century, Perrin measured the value of "Avogadro’s number" using

C. The chemist Amedeo Avogadro (1776 – 1856) posited that equal volumes of different gases, at the same temperature and pressure, would contain equal numbers of molecules, but many scientists doubted that, even if this theory is true, the number could never be measured, but in the early 20th century, Perrin has measured the value of "Avogadro’s number" by use of

D. The chemist Amedeo Avogadro (1776 – 1856) posited that equal volumes of different gases, at the same temperature and pressure, would contain equal numbers of molecules, and many scientists doubted that, even if this theory were true, the number could ever be measured, but in the early 20th century, Perrin measured the value of "Avogadro’s number" using

E. The chemist Amedeo Avogadro (1776 – 1856), posited that equal volumes of different gases, at the same temperature and pressure, would contain equal numbers of molecules, although many scientists doubted that, even if this theory were true, the number could be ever measured, then in the early 20th century, Perrin, measuring the value of "Avogadro’s number" by use of

SC Questions September - 13 :

Q1. Knocked from the asteroid belt, an asteroid that comes close to Earth may be captured by Earth’s gravitational field, ultimately spiraling inward and, fully consumed during its fiery descent through the atmosphere while being a “falling star”, or is redirected at high speeds along a new trajectory.


(A) spiraling inward and, fully consumed during its fiery descent through the atmosphere while being a “falling star”, or is redirected

(B) having spiraled inward and, fully consumed when its fiery descent through the atmosphere to be a “falling star”, or is redirected

(C) having spiraled inward and being fully consumed when its fiery descent through the atmosphere as a “falling star”, or was redirected

(D) spiraling inward and, fully consumed during its fiery descent through the atmosphere to act like a “falling star”, or be redirected

(E) spiraling inward and being fully consumed during its fiery descent through the atmosphere as a “falling star”, or be redirected


Difficulty - Hard

Q2. When chemist Amedeo Avogadro (1776 – 1856) posited that equal volumes of different gases, at the same temperature and pressure, containing equal numbers of molecules, and many scientists, doubting that, even if this theory were true, the number could ever be measured, but in the early 20th century, Perrin measured the value of "Avogadro’s number" by use of several different experimental designs.

A. When chemist Amedeo Avogadro (1776 – 1856) posited that equal volumes of different gases, at the same temperature and pressure, containing equal numbers of molecules, and many scientists, doubting that, even if this theory were true, the number could ever be measured, but in the early 20th century, Perrin measured the value of "Avogadro’s number" by use of

B. The chemist Amedeo Avogadro (1776 – 1856), positing that equal volumes of different gases, at the same temperature and pressure, would contain equal numbers of molecules, and many scientists doubted that, even if this theory were true, the number could not be ever measured, while in the early 20th century, Perrin measured the value of "Avogadro’s number" using

C. The chemist Amedeo Avogadro (1776 – 1856) posited that equal volumes of different gases, at the same temperature and pressure, would contain equal numbers of molecules, but many scientists doubted that, even if this theory is true, the number could never be measured, but in the early 20th century, Perrin has measured the value of "Avogadro’s number" by use of

D. The chemist Amedeo Avogadro (1776 – 1856) posited that equal volumes of different gases, at the same temperature and pressure, would contain equal numbers of molecules, and many scientists doubted that, even if this theory were true, the number could ever be measured, but in the early 20th century, Perrin measured the value of "Avogadro’s number" using

E. The chemist Amedeo Avogadro (1776 – 1856), posited that equal volumes of different gases, at the same temperature and pressure, would contain equal numbers of molecules, although many scientists doubted that, even if this theory were true, the number could be ever measured, then in the early 20th century, Perrin, measuring the value of "Avogadro’s number" by use of

No, has and has been have different meaning

CR Questions September - 13 :

Q1. Every action has consequences and among the consequences of any action are other actions. And knowing whether an action is good requires knowing whether its consequences are good, but we cannot know the future, so good actions are impossible.

Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?


(A) Some actions have only other actions as consequences.

(B) We can know that past actions were good.

(C) To know that an action is good requires knowing that refraining from performing it is bad.

(D) Only actions can be the consequences of other actions.

(E) For an action to be good we must be able to know that it is good.

Q2. Country Z’s National Health-Care Program(NHCP) provides free health care to all citizens. In the last five years, NHCP has received increase funds, both in absolute terms and as a percent of country Z’s gross national product. Yet the standard of health care in the country Z has decreased. Meanwhile, the standard of health care in other industrialized countries has increased. Clearly, over the past five years, NHCP must have become an overgrown and wasteful bureaucracy.

Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the conclusion reached in the passage?


A. Over the past five years, the percentage of the NHCP funds spent on actual health care has increased, while the percentage spent on the management of NHCP’s program has decreased.

B. Five years ago the standard of health care in the country Z was better than the standard of health care in other industrialized countries that have national health care programs.

C. The average salaries of doctors and nurses in country Z are slightly higher than the average salaries of doctors and nurses in other industrialized countries that have national health care programs

D. National Healthcare programs in other industrialized countries provide free medical care to resident aliens and tourists, as well as to citizens.

E. Over the past five years, the increase in the absolute amount of funds received by NHCP has averaged approximately two percent above country Z’s rate of inflation during that time period.

Is the correct option B?

What’s the reason behind your pick?

Why option A, sir?!

A. Conclusion indicates NHCP has become wasteful bureaucracy. Option A directly addresses that money spent on management has decreased.

In ques 2 Conclusion which is the last line of the sentence says that NHCP must have become overgrown and wasteful bureaucracy. Here, we have to weaken the conclusion. Mostly, in assumption ques we either attack the conclusion or the assumption of the stimulus. Option A clearly weakens the conclusion as it says the NHCP has spent more funds on health care rather than on the management of the program. This choice surely attacks the conclusion and proves that NHCP is not a wasteful bureaucracy. So, option A is a winner. Hope it helps!