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To succeed in these tests it is absolutely necessary for you to aim at speed and accuracy.

(A) for you to aim at speed and accuracy. -> CORRECT -> aim at is used with verbs -> aim at getting higher scores.here in this context aim at speed (implies aim at improving speed)
(B) for you to aim for speed and accuracy. -> incorrect since aim for is followed by a proper noun.for eg : aim for GMAT ,aim for AIIMS.Here aim for higher speed would have been correct but not aim for speed
(C) for you to go for speed and accuracy. -> eliminate unidiomatic to go is actually awkward
(D) that you aim speed and accuracy. -> eliminate since necessary for is correct usage
(E) that you should aim for speed and accuracy.-> eliminate since necessary for is correct usage

IMO (A) kindly post in the OE and OA
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The explanation of this Q says :
'aim at' is correct when used in the sense of intending to achieve something.
'Aim for' may be used in the context of obtaining something tangible, as in ‘aim for a gold medal at the Olympics’.
Is this explanation right.. i don't see the difference here ?

I’ve checked the dictionary. Both ‘aim at’ and ‘aim for’ are idiomatic. Although there is a slight difference in which context they used, it seems that ‘aim for’ can be used with not tangible things as well. I found no respectable source that states otherwise (if anyone here knows of such a source, I’d like to know about it as well). So I'm a bit confused - because judging from the OE posted, the answer should be A...

Is the source of this question official – I mean OG, GMATPrep etc?
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No... this Q appeared in one of the a test software called crack GMAT :P
That is y i don't trust their explanation
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ok as far as i have seen (GMAT) there are only two idiomatic options using the word 'aim'

aim at
aim to

Crack gmat i m sure is not representative of the official questions



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