Verbal Question of the Day Chat Group

Isn’t the ’because of’ the same as ’due to’?

due to can modify nouns and IN B it is modifying verb

why "A" is not correct because after comma we need a helping verb to start with

A is incorrect because it reads: Malaysia’s economy is expected to grow between 4% and 5% in 2017, ..., hurt by
It is expected to grow hurt by? A makes 0 sense.

I was discussing about the Malaysia’s economy….. question. I agree with your view on the Africa’s population of elephants… question.

Oops! Sorry, I have misunderstood your ques.

No problem. What do you think about the ‘Malaysia’s economy….’ question.

Firstly, to solve any SC questions you need to see that the correct option is logical and should make sense and then fix any grammar issues. I have rejected option A as it seems to be illogical or non-sensical whereas C is more crystal clear and logically correct. So, option C is the best one.

a. There’s no helping verb to support the sentence. (Also if in case you read the sentence it is somewhat illogical.)
b. Malaysia’s economy is expected <growing.....> (Not in the continuous stage. Doesn’t make any sense to even consider this option).
c. Malaysia’s economy is expected to grow between 4% and 5% in 2017, compared with 4% and 4.5% growth this year, and "has" (helping verb for this sentence) been hurt by.....
d. "compared with" -> used for similar things whereas "compared to" used for dissimilar things. Since we are comparing the growth rate of the economy, we can’t use "compared to".
e. Final option to is same as option ’c’ (but commas help to read the sentence in a clear tone rather than reading whole sentence without any break!)

I hope it helps.

CR Questions September - 19 :

Q1. Science, because people engage in it, is a socially embedded activity. It progresses by hunch, vision, and intuition. Much of its change through time does not record a closer approach to absolute truth, but the alternation of the cultural contexts that influence it so strongly. Facts are not pure and unsullied bits of information— culture influences what we see and how we see it. Theories, moreover, are not inexorable inductions from facts. The most creative theories are often imaginative visions imposed upon facts; the source of imagination is also strongly cultural.

The author implies that those who rely on scientific results should

a) realize that science relies on imagination to approach absolute truth

b) insist on pure and unsullied facts rather than on theories

c) understand that theories are frequently strict inductions from facts

d) consider the cultural biases of scientists

e) reject the imaginative visions imposed on facts


Difficulty - Hard

Q2. Tent caterpillars’ routes between their nests and potential food sources are marked with chemical traces called pheromones that the caterpillars leave behind. Moreover, routes from food sources back to the nest are marked more heavily than are merely exploratory routes that have failed to turn up a food source. Thus, tent caterpillars are apparently among the insect species that engage in communal foraging, which consists in the conveying of information concerning the location of food to other members of the colony, nest, or hive.

Which one of the following, if true, adds the most support to the argument?

(A) A hungry tent caterpillar is more likely to follow heavily marked routes than lightly marked routes.

(B) Tent caterpillars can detect the presence but not the concentration of pheromones.

(C) Sometimes individual tent caterpillars will not return to the nest until a food source is located.

(D) The pheromones left by tent caterpillars are different from the pheromones left by other animals.

(E) The pheromones that tent caterpillars leave behind are detectable by certain other species of caterpillars.


Difficulty - Hard

I think D because rejecting is not discussed anywhere

these are today’s questions ?

SC Questions September - 20 :

Q1. Many women who might otherwise choose teaching as a career in the past are now going into business, government, and industry, areas where there are opportunities not previously available to them.


(A) who might otherwise choose teaching as a career in the past

(B) who otherwise might once choose teaching as a career

(C) who might once have chosen teaching as a career

(D) who, in the past, might otherwise once have chosen teaching as a career

(E) who, as a career, might have chosen teaching in the past

Q2. A huge flying reptile that died out with the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago, the Quetzalcoatlus had a wingspan of 36 feet, believed to be the largest flying creature the world has ever seen.

(A) believed to be

(B) and that is believed to be

(C) and it is believed to have been

(D) which was, it is believed,

(E) which is believed to be


Difficulty - Hard

My answer is C. Can the admin/someone post the right answer?

E. Can anyone share the right answer?

D?

A?

Can you please share the answer for this one ?

A - simple present tense
B - "that" should not be used to refer to the same subject again (questz.)
C - "it" specifies we are talking about the reptile, "to have been" is an infinitive used correctly as it was alive in past
D - Complete nonsense
E - "which" makes it seem like the wingspan is the biggest ever seen instead of the reptile(sub)

C seems to be more logical .

IMO A