NEW HERE? LEARN MORE
closeclose
Last visit was: 26 Apr 2024, 15:27 It is currently 26 Apr 2024, 15:27
Decision Tracker
My Rewards
New posts
New comers' posts

Close
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.

Customized
for You

we will pick new questions that match your level based on your Timer History

Track
Your Progress

every week, we’ll send you an estimated GMAT score based on your performance

Practice
Pays

we will pick new questions that match your level based on your Timer History
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Go to My Error Log Learn more
Close
Request Expert Reply
Confirm Cancel

Unveiling a paper robot that can autonomously fold to transform itself

SORT BY:
Date
Kudos
Tags:
Find Similar Topics 
Show Tags
Hide Tags
User avatar
S
bkpolymers1617
Manager
Manager
Joined: 01 Sep 2016
Posts: 125
Own Kudos [?]: 1122 [34]
Given Kudos: 33
GMAT 1: 690 Q49 V35
Send PM
GMAT ToolKit User Reviews Badge
Unveiling a paper robot that can autonomously fold to transform itself [#permalink] New post   09 Sep 2017, 06:56
2
Kudos
32
Bookmarks
00:00
A
B
C
D
E

Difficulty:

65% (hard)

Question Stats:

53% (01:46) correct 47% (01:50) wrong based on 798 sessions
Hide Show timer Statistics
Unveiling a paper android that can autonomously fold to transform itself into a functioning machine, researchers enumerated the various advantages of the device, which entail its affordable price and its easy accessing to difficult places because of its self-assembling feature.  


A)which entail its affordable price and its easy accessing to difficult places because of  

B)entailed among them its affordable price and its easy accessing to difficult places from  

C)entailing among these its affordable price and also its easy accessibility to difficult places because of  

D)chief among these its affordable price and its  easy accessing to difficult places from    

E)chief among them its affordable price and its easy accessibility to difficult places due to 
ShowHide Answer
Official Answer
E
avatar
G
Diwakar003
Manager
Manager
Joined: 02 Aug 2015
Posts: 127
Own Kudos [?]: 157 [1]
Given Kudos: 171
Send PM
Re: Unveiling a paper robot that can autonomously fold to transform itself [#permalink] New post   02 Jan 2019, 22:30
1
Kudos
vanam52923 wrote:
I have doubt in E.
here due to modifies accessibility or places?
due to modifies noun so should modify nearest one places but places are not due to self assembling features.
If i read it using caused by,accessibilty caused by self assembling features.Then it makes sense.Can u please elaborate on this.

ALso in option d,what is accessing?
is it verb or modifier?


Hey vanam52923,

My take is this: 'due to' is modifying the noun clause 'easy accessibility to different places'. The sentence should be read as below:

chief among them its affordable price and its easy accessibility to difficult places due to/caused by

In D, the usage of 'accessing' is wrong but I'm not sure what part of speech is 'accessing'.

Cheers!
User avatar
L
chetan2u
RC & DI Moderator
Joined: 02 Aug 2009
Status:Math and DI Expert
Posts: 11181
Own Kudos [?]: 31969 [0]
Given Kudos: 291
Send PM
Reviews Badge
Re: Unveiling a paper robot that can autonomously fold to transform itself [#permalink] New post   09 Sep 2017, 07:11
Expert Reply
bkpolymers1617 wrote:
Unveiling a paper android that can autonomously fold to transform itself into a functioning machine, researchers enumerated the various advantages of the device, which entail its affordable price and its easy accessing to difficult places because of its self-assembling feature.  


A)which entail its affordable price and its easy accessing to difficult places because of  

B)entailed among them its affordable price and its easy accessing to difficult places from  

C)entailing among these its affordable price and also its easy accessibility to difficult places because of  

D)chief among these its affordable price and its  easy accessing to difficult places from    

E)chief among them its affordable price and its easy accessibility to difficult places due to 


Hi...

The main point here is to see how the underlined portion should be connected to the initial part.
1) which modifies preceding NOUN .... Wrong
2) verb-ed and verb-ing modifiers also MODIFY earlier noun or the initial portion ..... wrong
3) what is the INTENDED use - to give further details, examples AND for this nuon Modifier is correct so D or E
E gives correct meaning through use of "due to"..

E
User avatar
S
bkpolymers1617
Manager
Manager
Joined: 01 Sep 2016
Posts: 125
Own Kudos [?]: 1122 [2]
Given Kudos: 33
GMAT 1: 690 Q49 V35
Send PM
GMAT ToolKit User Reviews Badge
Re: Unveiling a paper robot that can autonomously fold to transform itself [#permalink] New post   09 Sep 2017, 07:21
1
Bookmarks
Here is my take:
A) Incorrect usage of because of - because of modifies action verbs.
B) entailed is an ed-modifier- ed modifiers show that the action was done on the subject. It is trying to refer to advantages, and is completely illogical.
C) Wrong usage of because of- needs to modify action verb and not nouns
D) accessing vs accessibility- accessibility is a noun, so much better as before and, we have affordable price. Also from does not clearly show the meaning. Also, incorrect usage of "these".
E) CORRECT USAGE OF DUE TO, which can modify nouns. Hence correct
User avatar
B
darn
Manager
Manager
Joined: 12 Sep 2016
Posts: 59
Own Kudos [?]: 20 [0]
Given Kudos: 794
Location: India
Schools: Kellogg '20 Schulich Sept 18 Intake (I)
GMAT 1: 700 Q50 V34
GPA: 3.15
Send PM
Reviews Badge
Re: Unveiling a paper robot that can autonomously fold to transform itself [#permalink] New post   10 Sep 2017, 03:04
In option C, the use of 'and also' is redundant.
The right answer, therefore, should be E.
User avatar
D
gvij2017
Director
Director
Joined: 09 Aug 2017
Posts: 689
Own Kudos [?]: 415 [0]
Given Kudos: 778
Send PM
Re: Unveiling a paper robot that can autonomously fold to transform itself [#permalink] New post   02 Jan 2019, 17:37
I need help here.
I crossed off E because of "them". Them could refer to researchers or advantages.
Would anyone elaborate where I was wrong?
User avatar
G
vanam52923
Manager
Manager
Joined: 17 Jul 2017
Posts: 205
Own Kudos [?]: 93 [0]
Given Kudos: 228
Send PM
Re: Unveiling a paper robot that can autonomously fold to transform itself [#permalink] New post   02 Jan 2019, 20:38
chetan2u wrote:
bkpolymers1617 wrote:
Unveiling a paper android that can autonomously fold to transform itself into a functioning machine, researchers enumerated the various advantages of the device, which entail its affordable price and its easy accessing to difficult places because of its self-assembling feature.  


A)which entail its affordable price and its easy accessing to difficult places because of  

B)entailed among them its affordable price and its easy accessing to difficult places from  

C)entailing among these its affordable price and also its easy accessibility to difficult places because of  

D)chief among these its affordable price and its  easy accessing to difficult places from    

E)chief among them its affordable price and its easy accessibility to difficult places due to 


Hi...

The main point here is to see how the underlined portion should be connected to the initial part.
1) which modifies preceding NOUN .... Wrong
2) verb-ed and verb-ing modifiers also MODIFY earlier noun or the initial portion ..... wrong
3) what is the INTENDED use - to give further details, examples AND for this nuon Modifier is correct so D or E
E gives correct meaning through use of "due to"..

E

chetan2u
I have doubt in E.
here due to modifies accessibility or places?
due to modifies noun so should modify nearest one places but places are not due to self assembling features.
If i read it using caused by,accessibilty caused by self assembling features.Then it makes sense.Can u please elaborate on this.

ALso in option d,what is accessing?
is it verb or modifier?
User avatar
G
vanam52923
Manager
Manager
Joined: 17 Jul 2017
Posts: 205
Own Kudos [?]: 93 [0]
Given Kudos: 228
Send PM
Re: Unveiling a paper robot that can autonomously fold to transform itself [#permalink] New post   02 Jan 2019, 22:35
Diwakar003 wrote:
vanam52923 wrote:
I have doubt in E.
here due to modifies accessibility or places?
due to modifies noun so should modify nearest one places but places are not due to self assembling features.
If i read it using caused by,accessibilty caused by self assembling features.Then it makes sense.Can u please elaborate on this.

ALso in option d,what is accessing?
is it verb or modifier?


Hey vanam52923,

My take is this: 'due to' is modifying the noun clause 'easy accessibility to different places'. The sentence should be read as below:

chief among them its affordable price and its easy accessibility to difficult places due to/caused by

In D, the usage of 'accessing' is wrong but I'm not sure what part of speech is 'accessing'.

Cheers!

Thanks :)
User avatar
S
NinetyFour
Manager
Manager
Joined: 22 Sep 2018
Posts: 191
Own Kudos [?]: 173 [0]
Given Kudos: 78
Send PM
Re: Unveiling a paper robot that can autonomously fold to transform itself [#permalink] New post   03 Jan 2019, 17:31
chetan2u wrote:
bkpolymers1617 wrote:
Unveiling a paper android that can autonomously fold to transform itself into a functioning machine, researchers enumerated the various advantages of the device, which entail its affordable price and its easy accessing to difficult places because of its self-assembling feature.  


A)which entail its affordable price and its easy accessing to difficult places because of  

B)entailed among them its affordable price and its easy accessing to difficult places from  

C)entailing among these its affordable price and also its easy accessibility to difficult places because of  

D)chief among these its affordable price and its  easy accessing to difficult places from    

E)chief among them its affordable price and its easy accessibility to difficult places due to 


Hi...

The main point here is to see how the underlined portion should be connected to the initial part.
1) which modifies preceding NOUN .... Wrong
2) verb-ed and verb-ing modifiers also MODIFY earlier noun or the initial portion ..... wrong
3) what is the INTENDED use - to give further details, examples AND for this nuon Modifier is correct so D or E
E gives correct meaning through use of "due to"..

E


I'd love to know more about the DUE TO usage here. DUE TO is a substitute for caused by. its accessibility is caused by its self-assembling feature? That doesn't make much sense to me. chetan2u
User avatar
G
tamal99
Manager
Manager
Joined: 01 Jan 2018
Posts: 124
Own Kudos [?]: 153 [0]
Given Kudos: 445
Location: India
Schools: IIM (II)
GMAT 1: 640 Q46 V32
GPA: 3.84
Send PM
Unveiling a paper robot that can autonomously fold to transform itself [#permalink] New post   04 Jan 2019, 01:25
Hello egmat,
Here I have a doubt in the use of "due to" in correct answer (option E). Could you please explain the case here.

Thanks,
Tamal

Posted from my mobile device
User avatar
G
yash312
Manager
Manager
Joined: 28 Aug 2018
Posts: 174
Own Kudos [?]: 163 [0]
Given Kudos: 22
Send PM
Re: Unveiling a paper robot that can autonomously fold to transform itself [#permalink] New post   04 Jan 2019, 01:39
tamal99 wrote:
Hello egmat,
Here I have a doubt in the use of "due to" in correct answer (option E). Could you please explain the case here.

Thanks,
Tamal

Posted from my mobile device


Hi tamal

Due to is used when u need to address the noun, due to can be replaced by caused by and it should make sense

Here due to is used to address the feature addressed as noun phrase .moreover, you can replace due to by caused by..it still makes sense


Hence correct
User avatar
G
yash312
Manager
Manager
Joined: 28 Aug 2018
Posts: 174
Own Kudos [?]: 163 [0]
Given Kudos: 22
Send PM
Re: Unveiling a paper robot that can autonomously fold to transform itself [#permalink] New post   04 Jan 2019, 01:41
kchen1994 wrote:
chetan2u wrote:
bkpolymers1617 wrote:
Unveiling a paper android that can autonomously fold to transform itself into a functioning machine, researchers enumerated the various advantages of the device, which entail its affordable price and its easy accessing to difficult places because of its self-assembling feature.  


A)which entail its affordable price and its easy accessing to difficult places because of  

B)entailed among them its affordable price and its easy accessing to difficult places from  

C)entailing among these its affordable price and also its easy accessibility to difficult places because of  

D)chief among these its affordable price and its  easy accessing to difficult places from    

E)chief among them its affordable price and its easy accessibility to difficult places due to 


Hi...

The main point here is to see how the underlined portion should be connected to the initial part.
1) which modifies preceding NOUN .... Wrong
2) verb-ed and verb-ing modifiers also MODIFY earlier noun or the initial portion ..... wrong
3) what is the INTENDED use - to give further details, examples AND for this nuon Modifier is correct so D or E
E gives correct meaning through use of "due to"..

E


I'd love to know more about the DUE TO usage here. DUE TO is a substitute for caused by. its accessibility is caused by its self-assembling feature? That doesn't make much sense to me. chetan2u


Due to is used to address noun or noun phrase...
Here in option E , due to correctly modifies the noun phrase "it's self...." A noun phrase

Hence usage is correct

Posted from my mobile device
User avatar
VerbalBot
Non-Human User
Joined: 01 Oct 2013
Posts: 17226
Own Kudos [?]: 848 [0]
Given Kudos: 0
Send PM
Re: Unveiling a paper robot that can autonomously fold to transform itself [#permalink] New post   13 Jul 2023, 14:40
Hello from the GMAT Club VerbalBot!

Thanks to another GMAT Club member, I have just discovered this valuable topic, yet it had no discussion for over a year. I am now bumping it up - doing my job. I think you may find it valuable (esp those replies with Kudos).

Want to see all other topics I dig out? Follow me (click follow button on profile). You will receive a summary of all topics I bump in your profile area as well as via email.
GMAT Club Bot
gmatclubot
Re: Unveiling a paper robot that can autonomously fold to transform itself [#permalink]
13 Jul 2023, 14:40
Moderators:
GMATNinja
GMAT Club Verbal Expert
6923 posts
GMATNinjaTwo
GMAT Club Verbal Expert
238 posts

Powered by phpBB © phpBB Group | Emoji artwork provided by EmojiOne
Main navigation
GMAT Resources
Partners
MBA Resources
www.gmac.com|www.mba.com | | GMAT Club Rules | Terms and Conditions