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Imo A

Ans. is A. It maintains parralellism ' for women .....for men'

1. One reason why more young people lose their virginity during the summer than at other times of the year undoubtedly is because school vacations give adolescents more free time. (A) One reason why more young people lose their virginity during the summer than at other times of the year undoubtedly is because (B) If young people lose their virginity more during the summer than other seasons, it is undoubtedly because © One undoubtable reason that young people lose their virginity more during the summer than other times is (D) One reason more young people lose their virginity during the summer than at other times of the year is undoubtedly that (E) Young people lose their virginity more often during the summer undoubtedly because, for one reason, OA follows

C is the correct choice. Expl. are as follows: (A) ' speculators having bought on margin' is wrong. Here 'speculators' is object of the cluse ,receiving the action, and can not function as subject of ' having bought' .Surely 'small decline ' cannot be the subject of 'having bought'. (B) P_57 is correct , after semi...... © '...,those who had..' this is subodinate but essential clause hence do not need a punctuation betwen the main clause and itself.Also use of a demonstrative and relative pronoun consequtively in the subordinate clause is redundant. For example , if we write '.....speculators in particular those who ....' is correct. E is wrong for the same reason it uses a punctuation before a relative clause(a subordinate clause starting with a relative pronoun), which is an essential clause.

I have tried to make it simple : Stat : 7 Stat 2:X is the median then it has to be either 8 or 9 or 10.Since 8 and 10 do not satisfy the condition in the stem that mean is equal to median, 9 is the answer.Suff. Ans is D

In brief ,Std.dev. mesures disperssion of individual items in a series from the central tendency or mean.Dispersion is less when items are not far away from mean and s.d tends to be moderate. Between two series , one with less dispersion compared to the other will have a moderate s.d( lower s.d) than the the other with high level of dispersion. Also the series with higher dispersion will have greater range than the other series (with less dispersion) simply because items(atleast the lowest and the highest ) are far more away from mean. Stat 1 says Range of S > than that of T. hence s.d of S will be greater than T.Suf. This holds good irrespective of values of indivudual items of the series. Stat 2: Mean of S is greater than that of T . Average by itself can not give an indication of dispersion and therefore is of no help in determining s.d. Hence average of S being greater than that of T does no give us any indication about dispersion. Insuff.

Imo A

Imo C

In the last few years, the number of convicted criminals given community service sentences, which allow the criminals to remain unconfined while they perform specific jobs benefiting the public, have risen dramatically. (A) sentences, which allow the criminals to remain unconfined while they perform specific jobs benefiting the public, have (B) sentences, performing specific jobs that benefit the public while being allowed to remain unconfined, have © sentences, performing specific jobs beneficial to the public while they are allowed to remain unconfined, have (D) sentences which allow them to remain unconfined in their performing of specific jobs beneficial to the public has (E) sentences allowing them to remain unconfined while performing specific jobs that benefit the public has

Sunspots, vortices of gas associated with strong electromagnetic activity, are visible as dark spots on the surface of the Sun but have never been sighted on the Sun’s poles or equator. (A) are visible as dark spots on the surface of the Sun but have never been sighted on (B) are visible as dark spots that never have been sighted on the surface of the Sun © appear on the surface of the Sun as dark spots although never sighted at (D) appear as dark spots on the surface of the Sun, although never having been sighted at (E) appear as dark spots on the Sun’s surface, which have never been sighted on OA follows

Thanks for the link. OA is A

Explantions are : Re : Alaska (B) fund, the intention of which is to sustain the state’s economy after they have exhausted their oil reserves (active -- incorrect) © fund intended to sustain the state’s economy after oil reserves are exhausted (passive -- correct) (D) fund intended to sustain the state’s economy after exhausting its oil reserves (active -- incorrect) In B ' they ' have no clear refferant ,'Alaska ' or ' ...economy' which is being referred to ? Also ' fund, the intention of which...' is unidiomatic, it is not 'the intention of the fund' but 'the fund is intended for certain use' In C ' state's economy........its oil reserve...' is wrong, not the voice. RE : Claudet A) inescapable conclusion seems to be one of Claudet conceiving and executing part of Rodin’s enormous production of that period (active -- incorrect) This is wrong because '....seems to be one of Claudet....' is ungrammatical and needs a proper conjunction (B) conclusion of Claudet conceiving and executing part of Rodin’s enormous production of that period seems inescapable (active -- incorrect) Apart from any other thing it needs a verb.Also ' conclusion of Claudet ....' needs a conjunction . Wrong © conclusion seems inescapable that part of Rodin’s enormous production of that period was conceived and executed by Claudet (passive -- correct) It places conjunction ' that ' in proper place and conveys the meaning correctly. (D) conclusion of part of Rodin’s enormous production of that period having been conceived and executed by Claudet seems inescapable (E) seemingly inescapable conclusion is that Claudet would have conceived and executed part of Rodin’s enormous production of that period (active -- incorrect '...Claudet would have ......' wrong use of tense. Also 'conclusion seems inescapable' is far more idiomatic ,in this context than '.. seemingly inescapable conclusion ...'

OA is B When two subjects are connected with 'not only...but also', the verb agrees with the latter subject, in this case ' the manager' hence the singular form of verb 'is' is correct.

In D ' rate of .............failing....' appears to be unidiomatic. E is correct.

Margaret Courtney-Clarke has traveled to remote dwellings in the Transvaal to photograph the art of Ndebele women, whose murals are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries embellished with old and new iconography and in a style that varies from woman to woman and house to house. (A) whose murals are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries embellished with old and new iconography and in a style that varies from woman to woman and house to house (B) whose murals are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries are embellished with old and new iconography, and their style is varying among women and houses © whose murals are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries are embellished with old and new iconography, and they are in styles that vary from woman to woman and house to house (D) with murals brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries embellished with old and new iconography, and their style varies among women and houses (E) with murals that are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries embellished with old and new iconography, and their styles vary among women and houses OA follows

yes , Yokesh- you are correct. I made a mistake there.It is B

Is |x-y| > |x|-|y| 1)y 2)Xy Ans is D Both stat 1 and 2 individually suff.

Correct,stands withdrwan

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Thanks all of you for initiating and sustaining an interesting discussion .Here are two more links where you can find some kind of ranking of schools for Ph.D in finance based on several parameters.For AAU Schools-www.aau.edu/aau/members.html and for Research 1 Schools -wwwwashington.edu/tools/universities.html

stat 1: if x is less than 1 but more than 0, then x-3 is negative and x+1 is positive and this whole eq. being negaive ,is less than 0. If x >-1 but less than 0 , then ,x+1 will be positive and x-3 will be negative will be and the eq. will be negative and less than 0. stat1 is suff. Stat 2 for the reasons above ,this is insuff.

Ans is D

Stat 1 is insuff. Because total of 3,6,2,2,1,5 is 19 ,adding 1,5,7 & 9 any of this digit we get a number which is 4 times of an interger. So the missing digit could be any one of this. stat2 is also insuff. It could be any one of 4,7,8 and 9. Ans. is C by adding 9 only we get 28 which equals to 28 4 times 7.

Ans is B

The record of the past is always incomplete, and the historian who writes about it inevitably reflects the preoccupations of their own time. (A) the historian who writes about it inevitably reflects (B) the historian writing about it will inevitably reflect © a historian writing about it inevitably reflects (D) writing about it, it is inevitable for historians to reflect (E) historians in writing about it inevitably reflect OA follows