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Sentence Completion

Unfortunately, too many American actors in a Shakespeare play chop the verse into gobbets that are _____ to the audience and _____ to their own vocal chords.

(A) inscrutable . . . an expedience
(B) congenial . . . a danger
(C) galling . . . a panacea
(D) anodyne . . . an emollient
(E) incomprehensible . . . a threat

Quantitative Comparison

Given x>0
Column A
6 \sqrt{5x}
Column B
5 \sqrt{7x}
(A) Column A > Column B
(B) Column A < Column B
(C) Column A = Column B
(D) Cannot be determined

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Posted on 26-March-09

So, folks here are the correct answers

Sentence Correction
The correct answer is (E). The Unfortunately at the beginning tells us to look for words with negative denotations. Of the five choices, only E has both an adjective and a noun with meanings that are unfavorable.
Quantitative Comparison

The correct answer is A.
This can be answered easily by squaring the values of Column A and Column B.
On squaring Column A, we get 180x and on squaring Column B we get 175x.Since x>0, it is evident that Column A is greater than ColumnB

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  1. Mehul Joshi saidThu, 19 Mar 2009 06:51:52 -0000 ( Link )

    the answer of the above question is B andD…..

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  2. Jivesh saidThu, 19 Mar 2009 06:53:38 -0000 ( Link )

    C, B

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  3. rubie1988 saidThu, 19 Mar 2009 07:02:43 -0000 ( Link )

    verbal=E, quant=D

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  4. cbajit saidThu, 19 Mar 2009 07:23:18 -0000 ( Link )

    D and A

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  5. himanshunm saidThu, 19 Mar 2009 07:57:43 -0000 ( Link )

    E and D

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  6. atdubey saidThu, 19 Mar 2009 11:44:17 -0000 ( Link )

    sc-A quant-D

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  7. atdubey saidThu, 19 Mar 2009 11:44:19 -0000 ( Link )

    sc-A quant-D

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  8. himanshu-gautam-84 saidThu, 19 Mar 2009 11:46:59 -0000 ( Link )

    not sure bt i would go with C in verbal A for quant

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  9. Andro saidThu, 19 Mar 2009 17:13:18 -0000 ( Link )

    E and A

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  10. Hema_Kannan saidThu, 19 Mar 2009 18:01:11 -0000 ( Link )

    Verbal – E and Quan – A

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  11. suraj667 saidThu, 19 Mar 2009 19:06:45 -0000 ( Link )

    the answer for verbal is E while that for quant would be A

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  12. pratapkool saidThu, 19 Mar 2009 19:56:40 -0000 ( Link )

    E, A

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  13. prakriti saidFri, 20 Mar 2009 05:30:18 -0000 ( Link )

    E, D

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  14. georgeomiat saidFri, 20 Mar 2009 07:36:57 -0000 ( Link )

    Verbal SE—> E and Quant Comparsion—> A

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  15. gospel saidFri, 20 Mar 2009 09:31:26 -0000 ( Link )

    Quant-A

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  16. an31588 saidFri, 20 Mar 2009 16:22:06 -0000 ( Link )

    answer is verbal=A n quant=A

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  17. navjot sidhu saidSat, 21 Mar 2009 11:45:21 -0000 ( Link )

    E & D

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  18. coolphool saidSun, 22 Mar 2009 09:56:28 -0000 ( Link )

    The answers are E & A

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  19. nang_anin saidSun, 22 Mar 2009 14:50:27 -0000 ( Link )

    E, A

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  20. saif127 saidTue, 24 Mar 2009 07:52:55 -0000 ( Link )

    E and A

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  21. oxymoron saidTue, 24 Mar 2009 09:20:16 -0000 ( Link )

    Sentence completion – E

    Quant – D

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  22. faraz92 saidTue, 24 Mar 2009 11:46:03 -0000 ( Link )

    E & A

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  23. krishnavenkat saidTue, 24 Mar 2009 14:30:10 -0000 ( Link )

    B&C

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  24. Sureshbala saidThu, 26 Mar 2009 09:02:05 -0000 ( Link )

    So, folks here are the correct answers

    Sentence Correction
    The correct answer is (E). The Unfortunately at the beginning tells us to look for words with negative denotations. Of the five choices, only E has both an adjective and a noun with meanings that are unfavorable.
    Quantitative Comparison

    The correct answer is A.
    This can be answered easily by squaring the values of Column A and Column B.On squaring Column A, we get 180x and on squaring Column B we get 175x.Since x>0, it is evident that Column A is greater than ColumnB

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