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SC Questions December - 27 :

Q1. Fernande Olivier was an artist who Picasso met in 1904 during the Rose Period, which is characterized by images of acrobats, harlequins, and other circus people.


A. who Picasso met in 1904 during the Rose Period, which is characterized by images of acrobats, harlequins, and other circus people

B. whom Picasso met in 1904 during the Rose Period, which is characterized by images of harlequins, acrobatic, and other circus people

C. whom Picasso met in 1904 during the Rose Period, which is characterized by images of acrobats, harlequins, and other circus people

D. whom Picasso met in 1904 during the Rose Period, which is characterized by images of acrobats, harlequins, and shows other circus people

E. who, in 1904, Picasso met during the Rose Period, which is characterized by images of acrobats, harlequins, and other circus people

Q2. Financial advisors recommend that families account and manage all of their expenses.


A. account and manage

B. accounted for and managed

C. accounting for and managing

D. account for and manage

E. have accounted for and managed

Correct answer C. Grammar Error: " Who " acts as a subject of modifying clause while "whom" acts as object. Context of this sentence demands " whom" so A & E are gone. D has a has parallelism issues as it makes sense to present the nouns acrobats, harlequins and other circus people as parallel entities. B is gone as it now uses acrobatic instead of acrobats. It really doesn’t make sense to use an adjective here as the list is clearly comprised of nouns. So C is our clear winner.

Recommend here takes subjunctive form. Option D is our winner- Simplified from - account for all of their expenses and manage all of their expense. Now if you look account for clearly makes sense.

option C sounds correct as it uses passive voice.

option D uses the correct idiom

Hey guys, few days back I posted my bad experience with GMAT online, I even wrote a mail to MBA.com customer care about this. I am happy to express here that GMAC has apologized for the technical inconvenience caused, given me one free offline attempt and cancelled my last score. Thank you all for the support

Congrats. Happy to know this and thanks for updating us all.
I hope you’re mentally prepared for the new sitting and that there wont be any Anxiety due to the previous one.
Tip: A good work out and a nice drink could soothe it.

Workout shortly before the exam

Yea, thank you. Noted

But they have clearly mentioned that online attempt is barred. So I am going for an offline attempt.

Sounds better. The environment change would be easier for you.
Unless ofc logistics is an issue.

Hi I need some help. I have taken coursea from Princeton and egmat both but they online video method is not my piece of cake. I need A fully reliable offline material that i can work with. Be it a book or an online doc that i can print. Does anyone have any idea?

Those are all not a big issue. We can go to center an hour back and relax or meditate. The problem happens only when we encounter something bad during the test ( which happened to me). Everything should be fine it seems!

According to my experience Princeton Review is the worst of all. Even after one spending hefty in Princeton, he/she will not cross 600.

Anyone plan study in Germany

I opted out of using tutorials for the same reason. My best tip which have been working for me though slow is to ALWAYS check FORUM for any Q’s you do. Even if you get it right. Cause FORUM discussions, you’ll find many alternative methods to approach a Q.

Any one use GMAT whiz?