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The source can be Official Guide, Or Verbal/Quantitative Review, or GMATPrep

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Agreed, but two grammatically correct options A and D, with different meaning, which to choose? Gmat club questions confused me as they eliminated D only cause it was different in meaning than A

Thanks a lot!

SC Questions July - 4 :

Q1. The poetry of George Herbert is regarded by many critics as equal in quality, though less influential, than the work of his more famous contemporary John Donne.

(A) equal in quality, though less influential, than the work

(B) equal in quality to, though less influential than, the work

(C) qualitatively equal, though less influential than, that

(D) equal in quality as, though less influential than, the work

(E) of equal quality, though of less influence, than that




Difficulty - Hard

Q2. Comparing tensile strength, spider’s silk is much better at holding its own weight than high-grade alloy steel, considerably lighter because the organic composition is less dense than the metallic elements.

A. Comparing tensile strength, spider’s silk is much better at holding its own weight than high-grade alloy steel

B. Comparing tensile strength, spider’s silk is much better than high-grade alloy steel at holding its own weight

C. Comparable in tensile strength, spider’s silk is much better at holding its own weight than high-grade alloy steel

D. Comparable in tensile strength, spider’s silk, much better than high-grade alloy steel at holding its own weight

E. Comparable in tensile strength, spider’s silk is much better than high-grade alloy steel at holding its own weight



Difficulty - Hard

Meaning of option A should be your base but not for always. If you see two options without grammatical error try to strict with option A if it has a logical meaning

you can always avoid "based", if there are no exception, if it related to human. So, we have only two choices C & E. E doesnt make sense.

Can anyone pls tell me where do we find explainations to the above posted ques?

All the questions posted here will be from GMATClub, so you can simply copy the question into the search function of GMATClub where you will see the thread with relevant explanations

Thanks for your response.

Thanks for your response.
I am sorry, I couldn’t understand what you meant.
Could you please explain.

Generally speaking, a verb-ed modifier at the beginning of the sentence modifies the Subject of the main clause (also, sometimes the entire clause itself). So in the question "based on" has to modify the "geologists" and it doesn’t make sense if you consider "based on the softness of soil, geologists believe in something". So options A, B and D are out. Between C and E, only C conveys the intended meaning (softness of soil vs soft soil). So C is the answer.

I think you got your answer from Susarla96’s explanation



CR Questions July - 4 :

Q1. Fact: Asthma, a bronchial condition, is much less common ailment than hay fever, an allergic inflammation of the nasal passages.

Fact: Over 95 percent of people who have asthma also suffer from hay fever.

If the information given as facts above is true, which of the following must also be true?

(A) Hay fever is a prerequisite for the development of asthma.

(B) Asthma is a prerequisite for the development of hay fever.

(C) Those who have neither hay fever nor asthma comprise less than 5 percent of the total population.

(D) The number of people who have both of these ailments is greater than the number of people who have only one of them.

(E) The percentage of people suffering from hay fever who also have asthma is lower than 95 percent.

Q2. Museum visitor : The national government has mandated a 5 percent increase in the minimum wage paid to all workers. This mandate will adversely affect the museum-going public. The museum’s revenue does not currently exceed its expenses, and since the mandate will significantly increase the museum’s operating expenses, the museum will be forced either to raise admission fees or to decrease services.

Which one of the following is an assumption required by the museum visitor’s argument?

(A) Some of the museum’s employees are not paid significantly more than the minimum wage.

(B) The museum’s revenue from admission fees had remained constant over the past five years.

(C) Some of the museum’s employees are paid more than the current minimum wage.

(D) The annual number of visitors to the museum has increased steadily.

(E) Not all visitors to the museum are required to pay an admission fee.



Difficulty - Hard

SC Questions July - 5 :

Q1. Influenced by Western individualism and they studied European women of the Renaissance, the anthropologist defined a peculiar form of personhood as an innately bounded unit.

(A) individualism and they studied European women of the Renaissance, the anthropologist defined a peculiar form of personhood as an innately bounded unit

(B) individualism, anthropologists have defined a peculiar form of personhood to be an innately bounded unit, studying European women of the Renaissance

(C) individualism, a peculiar form of personhood is defined as an innately bounded unit by the anthropologist, studying European women of the Renaissance

(D) individualism and studying European women of the Renaissance, anthropologists define a peculiar form of personhood as an innately bounded unit

(E) individualism, the anthropologist who has studied European women of the Renaissance has defined a peculiar form of personhood to be an innately bounded unit




Difficulty - Hard

Q2. With Britain in political crisis and a new deadline to leave the European Union two weeks away, Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit plan is debating in Parliament, which it had already rejected doubled by large margins, before the third vote on Friday afternoon.


A) Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit plan is debating in Parliament, which it had already rejected doubled by large margins, before the third vote on Friday afternoon.

B) Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit plan is debating in Parliament, which it has already rejected twice by large margins, before the third vote on Friday afternoon.

C) Parliament is debating Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit plan, which it had already rejected twice by large margins, before a third vote on Friday afternoon.

D) Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit plan was debated in Parliament while it has already rejected twice by large margins, before the third vote on Friday afternoon.

E) Parliament is debating Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit plan, which it has already rejected twice by large margins, before a third vote on Friday afternoon





Difficulty - Hard

Is the answer E for this ?

down to C and E... You can eliminate A,B,D for the opening modifier
I believe C is incorrect, because it has "had rejected" but no prior action, which is required for past perfect
So should be E

CR Questions July - 5 :

Q1. Doctor: Research shows that adolescents who play video games on a regular basis are three times as likely to develop carpal tunnel syndrome as are adolescents who do not play video games. Federal legislation that prohibits the sale of video games to minors would help curb this painful wrist condition among adolescents.

The doctor’s conclusion depends on which of the following assumptions?


(A) The majority of federal legislators would vote for a bill that prohibits the sale of video games to minors.

(B) Not all adolescents who play video games on a regular basis suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome.

(C) Playing video games is the only way an adolescent can develop carpal tunnel syndrome.

(D) Most parents would refuse to purchase video games for their adolescent children.

(E) The regular playing of video games by adolescents does not produce such beneficial effects as better hand-eye coordination and improved reaction time.




Difficulty - Hard

Q2. Editorial: “Spam,” or unsolicited commercial email, exists only because a significant number of people buy the advertised products. A response by just one recipient out of every thousand receiving a spam message makes spam profitable enough to encourage certain businesses to send more. But any benefits the few respondents receive from the purchased products are surely outweighed by the nuisance that spam creates for the vast number of uninterested recipients. Therefore, it is socially irresponsible to buy anything advertised through spam.

Which of the following, if assumed, would enable the conclusion of the editorial’s argument to be properly drawn?

A. Doing anything that encourages a person or organization to act in a way that creates a nuisance for many more people than it benefits is socially irresponsible.

B. Any socially irresponsible action creates a nuisance for at least some other people.

C. At least some socially irresponsible actions create a nuisance for a vast number of people while benefiting few if any people.

D. It is socially irresponsible for a business to send spam to a vast number of uninterested recipients in order to reach only a few interested recipients.

E. When deciding whether to purchase an advertised product, one should consider whether the benefits one will receive from the product outweigh the nuisance the advertising creates for other people.



Difficulty - Hard

C
I guess this is a necessary vs sufficient problem. The premise here is a sufficient condition and the conclusion drawn is based on the premise being necessary. So for the doctor’s conclusion, the assumption should be necessary regarding the premise.

Please do not take my answer on face value as I am just starting out to this place and it’s been 2 days for me here and am just trying out✌🏻

A

in-1958-jack-kilby-was-the-first-scientist-to-build-an-integrated-413483.html ----- why is C wrong ?

Correct answer is A