vedigaurav

Difficult one..... C, D amd E are wrong for ostensible reasons. :) Between A and B, I pick B. "short is sweet".

These have been discussed in previous threads. 1) C 2) B Forget 3). This is not of GMAT quality.

E is good.

"so...as to" is correct idiom. A is correct.

E is parallel and clear.

D is the answer for above mentioned explanations. :)

D is clear. E is ambiguous. "It" has no clear referent. "It" may refer to award or drama.

E is correct.

E is correct. Good reasoning by Kum.

Congrats Singita..... All the best for your apps. :)

B is correct.

I pick D.

A is correct.

None of the answer choices is correct. "arachnids" should be compared with "scorpions". Only C does but then usage of "has" is absolutely wrong.

B is correct.

This is an excellent score. Congrats :) Get 2-3 years of exp. I am sure who will get into the top universities.

Congrats Gagan :)

Yes, OA is B. This has been discussed in previous threads. Please search for it.

Best way is to reaarange the sentence and removing unnecesary things. This is what I do quite often. Lets take C first. The problem with C is that it changes the meaning. "which" refers to the nearest object. In this case, the nearest object is "moth" and not the "caterpillar". So, the problem is very much visible. It seems that moth is striking and not the caterpillar which is wrong. Lets take E now: Here who is striking ? Caterpillar and not the "moth". So, E correct this problem. Also we can remove the unnecessary information and rearrange the sentence as: E makes perfect sense.

not.....but is the correct idiom. You can say that not X.....but Y is the superset of "not......but". X and Y has to be parallel as well. e.g. not for.....but for.. not to....but to.... not eat[ing]....but play[ing] -> ing form etc. The thing is that construction after "but" should be on the same lines as construction after "not".

"rates for" is correct idiom. Read spidey's notes. E is correct. "rates of" is incorrect in D.

"rates for" is correct idiom. Read spidey's notes. E is correct. "rates of" is incorrect in D.

TopGun, Considering you are applying for European universities, 660 with 6 years exp is very competitive. It is equivalent to somone who is having 720+ with 3 years of exp. You can still get into IE/ESADE/Manchester business school/Oxford Said School/HEC Paris/. Had I been at your place, I would have gone with this score. There is no surety that you will get into these B-Schools even if you get 720+. All that matters is an amalgamation of decent gmat score, good academics, good no. of years of exp, involvement in extra curricular activities and a "can-do" attitude. These things should be reflected in your GMAT essays that you will be writing for each university. All the best. Nothing to afraid. Go ahead with your applications. I have seen lot of people getting into these schools with 640-650 with 3+ years of exp. University will not rule you out just because you have 660, what puts you at par with others is the years of exp that you have. Let me tell you honestly, there are only 10-15 percent of people in each university with over 6 years of exp. Each university wants people from different domains and experiences. All the best for your applications.

"Distinguish between X and Y" is correct. "Distinguish between X or Y" is incorrect. So, only choices A, B and C remains. "try to" is correct idiom. Only A is correct. Also lot of tense prolem in others as rightly pointed by all of you. :)

A is good.