Set 155:-

1>1. BEDAC
2>4. ECDBA
3>2. BEDAC
4>2. CEBDA
5>2. ECDAB

:grin:

Set 155
1)1(DAC is the link)
2)4
3)2
4)1
5)2

Set 155

1.1
2.2 (Nice one :))
3.3
4.1
5.3

SET 155:
My Take-
1
1
2
1
3
..........

Set 155:-

1.3

2.4

3.3

4.1

5.2

Set 155:-

1. A. The two neighbours never fought each other.
B. Fights involving three male fiddler crabs have been recorded, but the status of the participants was unknown.
C. They pushed or grappled only with the intruder.
D. We recorded 17 cases in which a resident that was fighting an intruder was joined by an immediate neighbour, an ally.
E. We therefore tracked 268 intruder males until we saw them fighting a resident male.
1. BEDAC 2. DEBAC 3. BDCAE 4. BCEDA

2. A. He felt justified in bypassing Congress altogether on a variety of moves.
B. At times he was fighting the entire Congress.
C. Bush felt he had a mission to restore power to the presidency.
D. Bush was not fighting just the democrats.
E. Representative democracy is a messy business, and a CEO of the White House does not like a legislature of second guessers and time wasters.
1. CAEDB 2. DBAEC 3. CEADB 4. ECDBA

3. A. In the west, Allied Forces had fought their way through southern Italy as far as Rome.
B. In June 1944 Germanys military position in World War Two appeared hopeless.
C. In Britain, the task of amassing the men and materials for the liberation of northern Europe had been completed.
D. The Red Army was poised to drive the Nazis back through Poland.
E. The situation on the eastern front was catastrophic.
1. EDACB 2. BEDAC 3. BDECA 4. CEDAB

4. A. Experts such as Larry Burns, head of research at GM, reckon that only such a full hearted leap will allow the world to cope with the mass motorisation that will one day come to China or India.
B. But once hydrogen is being produced from biomass or extracted from underground coal or made from water, using nuclear or renewable electricity, the way will be open for a huge reduction in carbon emissions from the whole system.
C. In theory, once all the bugs have been sorted out, fuel cells should deliver better total fuel economy than any existing engines.
D. That is twice as good as the internal combustion engine, but only five percentage points better than a diesel hybrid.
E. Allowing for the resources needed to extract hydrogen from hydrocarbon, oil, coal or gas, the fuel cell has an efficiency of 30 %.
1. CEDBA 2. CEBDA 3. AEDBC 4. ACEBD

5. A. But this does not mean that death was the Egyptians only preoccupation.
B. Even papyri come mainly from pyramid temples.
C. Most of our traditional sources of information about the Old Kingdom are monuments of the rich like pyramids and tombs.
D. Houses in which ordinary Egyptians lived have not been preserved, and when most people died they were buried in simple graves.
E. We know infinitely more about the wealthy people of Egypt than we do about the ordinary people, as most monuments were made for the rich.
1. CDBEA 2. ECDAB 3. EDCBA 4. DECAB

Thread is moving too slow. Can we speed things up a bit?
Please give OAs for 153, 154 to start with.

Set 154

1. A. A few months ago I went to Princeton University to see what the young people who are going to be running our country in a few decades are like.
B. I would go to sleep in my hotel room around midnight each night, and when I awoke, my mailbox would be full of repliessent at 1:15 a.m., 2:59 a.m., 3:23 a.m.
C. One senior told me that she went to bed around two and woke up each morning at seven; she could afford that much rest because she had learned to supplement her full day of work by studying in her sleep.
D. Faculty members gave me the names of a few dozen articulate students, and I sent them emails, inviting them out to lunch or dinner in small groups.
E. As she was falling asleep she would recite a math problem or a paper topic to herself; she would then sometimes dream about it, and when she woke up, the problem might be solved.

DABCE DACEB ADBCE AECBD

1. A. To avoid this, the QWERTY layout put the keys most likely to be hit in rapid succession on opposite sides. This made the keyboard slow, the story goes, but that was the idea.
B. A different layout, which had been patented by August Dvorak in 1936, was shown to be much faster.
C. The QWERTY design (patented by Christopher Sholes in 1868 and sold to Remington in 1873) aimed to solve a mechanical problem of early typewriters.
D. Yet the Dvorak layout has never been widely adopted, even though (with electric typewriters and then PCs) the anti-jamming rationale for QWERTY has been defunct for years.
E. When certain combinations of keys were struck quickly, the type bars often jammed.

BDACE CEABD BCDEA CAEBD

My answer
1->3
2->2

Set 153 :
An easy one :)


(A) It has removed many of the material obstacles to pursuit of the good life from the majority of mankind in those countries at a high level of technical development.
(B) But it had exposed us to new dangers, not the obvious dangers of new weapons of destruction, but the much more serious ones of a purely materialist view of life.
(C) The growth of science and technology has conferred obvious and immense benefits upon the community.
(D) It has also, as we too often forget, made possible new and daring adventures of the mind.


a)CADB
b)ABDC
c)ACBD
d)CDBA
e)ABCD

My answer is a

Set 154

MY Take

1> 3
2> 2

set 154

1. (3)
2. (2)
easy set

Set 154

1. A. A few months ago I went to Princeton University to see what the young people who are going to be running our country in a few decades are like.
B. I would go to sleep in my hotel room around midnight each night, and when I awoke, my mailbox would be full of repliessent at 1:15 a.m., 2:59 a.m., 3:23 a.m.
C. One senior told me that she went to bed around two and woke up each morning at seven; she could afford that much rest because she had learned to supplement her full day of work by studying in her sleep.
D. Faculty members gave me the names of a few dozen articulate students, and I sent them emails, inviting them out to lunch or dinner in small groups.
E. As she was falling asleep she would recite a math problem or a paper topic to herself; she would then sometimes dream about it, and when she woke up, the problem might be solved.

DABCE DACEB ADBCE AECBD

1. A. To avoid this, the QWERTY layout put the keys most likely to be hit in rapid succession on opposite sides. This made the keyboard slow, the story goes, but that was the idea.
B. A different layout, which had been patented by August Dvorak in 1936, was shown to be much faster.
C. The QWERTY design (patented by Christopher Sholes in 1868 and sold to Remington in 1873) aimed to solve a mechanical problem of early typewriters.
D. Yet the Dvorak layout has never been widely adopted, even though (with electric typewriters and then PCs) the anti-jamming rationale for QWERTY has been defunct for years.
E. When certain combinations of keys were struck quickly, the type bars often jammed.

BDACE CEABD BCDEA CAEBD

My Take
1] 1)
2] 3)

My takes
153

1)4
2)1
3)1

154

1)3
2)2

set 154

1. a. A few months ago i went to princeton university to see what the young people who are going to be running our country in a few decades are like.
B. I would go to sleep in my hotel room around midnight each night, and when i awoke, my mailbox would be full of repliessent at 1:15 a.m., 2:59 a.m., 3:23 a.m.
C. One senior told me that she went to bed around two and woke up each morning at seven; she could afford that much rest because she had learned to supplement her full day of work by studying in her sleep.
D. Faculty members gave me the names of a few dozen articulate students, and i sent them emails, inviting them out to lunch or dinner in small groups.
E. As she was falling asleep she would recite a math problem or a paper topic to herself; she would then sometimes dream about it, and when she woke up, the problem might be solved.

dabce daceb adbce aecbd

2. a. To avoid this, the qwerty layout put the keys most likely to be hit in rapid succession on opposite sides. This made the keyboard slow, the story goes, but that was the idea.
B. A different layout, which had been patented by august dvorak in 1936, was shown to be much faster.
C. The qwerty design (patented by christopher sholes in 1868 and sold to remington in 1873) aimed to solve a mechanical problem of early typewriters.
D. Yet the dvorak layout has never been widely adopted, even though (with electric typewriters and then pcs) the anti-jamming rationale for qwerty has been defunct for years.
E. When certain combinations of keys were struck quickly, the type bars often jammed.

bdace ceabd bcdea caebd

1. adbce
2. ceabd

billuisback Says

set 154

1. adbce
1. ceabd

SET 154

My Take:

1. ADBCE

2. CEABD

Set 153 :
An easy one :)


(A) It has removed many of the material obstacles to pursuit of the good life from the majority of mankind in those countries at a high level of technical development.
(B) But it had exposed us to new dangers, not the obvious dangers of new weapons of destruction, but the much more serious ones of a purely materialist view of life.
(C) The growth of science and technology has conferred obvious and immense benefits upon the community.
(D) It has also, as we too often forget, made possible new and daring adventures of the mind.


a)CADB
b)ABDC
c)ACBD
d)CDBA
e)ABCD

is it CADB??

set 152

1. a. Surrendered, or captured, combatants cannot be incarcerated in razor wire cages; this war has a dubious legality.
B. How can then one characterize a conflict to be waged against a phenomenon as war?
C. The phrase war against terror, which has passed into the common lexicon, is a huge misnomer.
D. Besides, war has a juridical meaning in international law, which has confided the laws of war, imbuing them with a humanitarian content.
E. Terror is a phenomenon, not an entity either state or non-state.

ecdba becda ebcad cebda

2. a. I am much more intolerant of a human beings shortcomings than i am of an animals, but in this respect i have been lucky, for most of the people i have come across have been charming.
B. Then you come across the unpleasant human animal the district officer who drawled, we chaps are here to help you chaps, and then proceeded to be as obstructive as possible.
C. In these cases of course, the fact that you are an animal collector helps; people always seem delighted to meet someone with such an unusual occupation and go out of their way to assist you.
D. Fortunately, these types are rare, and the pleasant ones i have met more than compensated for them but even so, i think i will stick to animals.
E. When you travel round the world collecting animals you also, of necessity, collect human beings.

ea cbd abdce ecbda acbde

3. a. Four days later, oracle announced its own bid for peoplesoft, and invited the firm's board to a discussion.
B. Furious that his own plans had been endangered, peoplesoft's boss, craig conway, called oracle's offer "diabolical", and its boss, larry ellison, a sociopath".
C. In early june, peoplesoft said that it would buy j .d. Edwards, a smaller rival.
D. Moreover, said mr. Conway, he could imagine no price nor combination of price and other conditions to recommend accepting the offer."
e. On june 12th, peoplesoft turned oracle down.

cabde cadbe cedab caebd

1 cebda
2 eacbd
3 cabde

SET 153

My Take:

a)CADB

SET 152

My Take:

1. CEBDA
2. EACBD
3. CABDE

Set 149

1.4
2.3

p.s - sorry for attempting late puyz

Set 150

2 (CEABD)

Set 151

5
5
2

hecter ji...OA plz

Set 154
1)3
2)2

Set 152

4
3
1

watz the OA billu bhai

Set 153 :
An easy one :)


(A) It has removed many of the material obstacles to pursuit of the good life from the majority of mankind in those countries at a high level of technical development.
(B) But it had exposed us to new dangers, not the obvious dangers of new weapons of destruction, but the much more serious ones of a purely materialist view of life.
(C) The growth of science and technology has conferred obvious and immense benefits upon the community.
(D) It has also, as we too often forget, made possible new and daring adventures of the mind.


a)CADB
b)ABDC
c)ACBD
d)CDBA
e)ABCD

take in bold

set 154
ADBCE
CEABD

Set 152
1. becda
2. eacbd
3. cabde

Set 154:

3
2

Takes on Set 154:-

1. ADBCE
2. CEABD

Set 154:

3
2

Set 154

1. A. A few months ago I went to Princeton University to see what the young people who are going to be running our country in a few decades are like.
B. I would go to sleep in my hotel room around midnight each night, and when I awoke, my mailbox would be full of replies-sent at 1:15 a.m., 2:59 a.m., 3:23 a.m.
C. One senior told me that she went to bed around two and woke up each morning at seven; she could afford that much rest because she had learned to supplement her full day of work by studying in her sleep.
D. Faculty members gave me the names of a few dozen articulate students, and I sent them emails, inviting them out to lunch or dinner in small groups.
E. As she was falling asleep she would recite a math problem or a paper topic to herself; she would then sometimes dream about it, and when she woke up, the problem might be solved.

DABCE DACEB ADBCE AECBD

1. A. To avoid this, the QWERTY layout put the keys most likely to be hit in rapid succession on opposite sides. This made the keyboard slow, the story goes, but that was the idea.
B. A different layout, which had been patented by August Dvorak in 1936, was shown to be much faster.
C. The QWERTY design (patented by Christopher Sholes in 1868 and sold to Remington in 1873) aimed to solve a mechanical problem of early typewriters.
D. Yet the Dvorak layout has never been widely adopted, even though (with electric typewriters and then PCs) the anti-jamming rationale for QWERTY has been defunct for years.
E. When certain combinations of keys were struck quickly, the type bars often jammed.

BDACE CEABD BCDEA CAEBD

Set 152


OA

1. CEBDA
EA CBD
3.
CABDE

set 152

1. cebda
2. ea cbd
3. cabde

Set 153 :
An easy one :)


(A) It has removed many of the material obstacles to pursuit of the good life from the majority of mankind in those countries at a high level of technical development.
(B) But it had exposed us to new dangers, not the obvious dangers of new weapons of destruction, but the much more serious ones of a purely materialist view of life.
(C) The growth of science and technology has conferred obvious and immense benefits upon the community.
(D) It has also, as we too often forget, made possible new and daring adventures of the mind.


a)CADB
b)ABDC
c)ACBD
d)CDBA
e)ABCD

My Take
a)

Set 152

1. A. Surrendered, or captured, combatants cannot be incarcerated in razor wire cages; this war has a dubious legality.
B. How can then one characterize a conflict to be waged against a phenomenon as war?
C. The phrase war against terror, which has passed into the common lexicon, is a huge misnomer.
D. Besides, war has a juridical meaning in international law, which has confided the laws of war, imbuing them with a humanitarian content.
E. Terror is a phenomenon, not an entity either State or non-State.

ECDBA BECDA EBCAD CEBDA

2. A. I am much more intolerant of a human beings shortcomings than I am of an animals, but in this respect I have been lucky, for most of the people I have come across have been charming.
B. Then you come across the unpleasant human animal the District Officer who drawled, We chaps are here to help you chaps, and then proceeded to be as obstructive as possible.
C. In these cases of course, the fact that you are an animal collector helps; people always seem delighted to meet someone with such an unusual occupation and go out of their way to assist you.
D. Fortunately, these types are rare, and the pleasant ones I have met more than compensated for them but even so, I think I will stick to animals.
E. When you travel round the world collecting animals you also, of necessity, collect human beings.

EA CBD ABDCE ECBDA ACBDE

3. A. Four days later, Oracle announced its own bid for PeopleSoft, and invited the firm's board to a discussion.
B. Furious that his own plans had been endangered, PeopleSoft's boss, Craig Conway, called Oracle's offer "diabolical", and its boss, Larry Ellison, a sociopath".
C. In early June, PeopleSoft said that it would buy J .D. Edwards, a smaller rival.
D. Moreover, said Mr. Conway, he could imagine no price nor combination of price and other conditions to recommend accepting the offer."
E. On June 12th, PeopleSoft turned Oracle down.

CABDE CADBE CEDAB CAEBD

My Take
1) 4)
2) 2)
3) 1)

Set 153


OA : (a)

Set 152
1)4
2)3
3)1

Set 153
1) CADB

My TAkes:

Set 152 -

4
1
1

....

set 153:
option a CADB
...........................

Set 153 :
An easy one :)

My take:
a)CADB

Set 152:-

1.
2.
3.

Set 153 :
An easy one :)


(A) It has removed many of the material obstacles to pursuit of the good life from the majority of mankind in those countries at a high level of technical development.
(B) But it had exposed us to new dangers, not the obvious dangers of new weapons of destruction, but the much more serious ones of a purely materialist view of life.
(C) The growth of science and technology has conferred obvious and immense benefits upon the community.
(D) It has also, as we too often forget, made possible new and daring adventures of the mind.


a)CADB
b)ABDC
c)ACBD
d)CDBA
e)ABCD

Takes on Set 152:-

1. CEBDA
2. EA CBD
3. CABDE

Set 152

1. A. Surrendered, or captured, combatants cannot be incarcerated in razor wire cages; this war has a dubious legality.
B. How can then one characterize a conflict to be waged against a phenomenon as war?
C. The phrase war against terror, which has passed into the common lexicon, is a huge misnomer.
D. Besides, war has a juridical meaning in international law, which has confided the laws of war, imbuing them with a humanitarian content.
E. Terror is a phenomenon, not an entity either State or non-State.

ECDBA BECDA EBCAD CEBDA

2. A. I am much more intolerant of a human beings shortcomings than I am of an animals, but in this respect I have been lucky, for most of the people I have come across have been charming.
B. Then you come across the unpleasant human animal the District Officer who drawled, We chaps are here to help you chaps, and then proceeded to be as obstructive as possible.
C. In these cases of course, the fact that you are an animal collector helps; people always seem delighted to meet someone with such an unusual occupation and go out of their way to assist you.
D. Fortunately, these types are rare, and the pleasant ones I have met more than compensated for them but even so, I think I will stick to animals.
E. When you travel round the world collecting animals you also, of necessity, collect human beings.

EA CBD ABDCE ECBDA ACBDE

3. A. Four days later, Oracle announced its own bid for PeopleSoft, and invited the firm's board to a discussion.
B. Furious that his own plans had been endangered, PeopleSoft's boss, Craig Conway, called Oracle's offer "diabolical", and its boss, Larry Ellison, a sociopath".
C. In early June, PeopleSoft said that it would buy J .D. Edwards, a smaller rival.
D. Moreover, said Mr. Conway, he could imagine no price nor combination of price and other conditions to recommend accepting the offer."
E. On June 12th, PeopleSoft turned Oracle down.

CABDE CADBE CEDAB CAEBD

set 151

1. 5

2. 5

3. 2

1->2
2->3
3->4

Set 147

1.)

A. What they forget and do not understand is that the problems drowned in drugs come back with a vengeance to torment them once the effect wears off.
B. Drug addiction implies physical dependence upon a drug including the development of tolerance and withdrawal.
C. Many drugs give the user a kick and tend to eradicate the frustrations and adversities that life throws in his way.
D. An addict who develops tolerance requires more and more of the drug to transport him to the world of fantasy.
E. The addicts endeavour is escapism and it is doomed to catastrophic failure even before it begins.
F. If the addict is not allowed to take the drug, he suffers from painful and uncontrollable convulsions, vomiting, depression and various other maladies.

(1) ABCDEF (2) BDFECA (3) BDFCAE (4) DEFCAB


2.)

A. It has become not a subject of curiosity and an object of study but an instrument of the scientist to be taken for granted by him, to be used by him, to be taught to him as a mode of action.
B. When quantum theory was first taught in the universities and institutes, it was taught by those who had participated or had been engaged as spectators in its discovery.
C. It is taught not as history, not as a great adventure in human understanding, but as a piece of knowledge, as a set of techniques to be used by the student in understanding and exploring new phenomena in the advance of science.
D. Some of the excitement and wonder of the discoverer was in their teaching; now after two or three decades it is taught not by the creators but by those who have learned from others who have learned from those creators

(1) ABCD (2) BADC (3) BDCA (4) DACB

1 (2)
2 (3)

My nemesis..

Set 151:
1) 5
2) 5
3) 2

SET 151:
1) 5
2) 5
3) 2

Set 150
my take option 2

mt take option 2

SET 151..


MY take

1--5
2--5
3--3

set 149..

My take
1--3(EDBAC)
2--3(EACBD)

my take:set 150

1--2

Set 148


My take
1--b
2--b
3--c

set 151:

5)BCDAE
5)DCBEA
2)EACDB

What's the OA for Set 149 ????

Set 151

1. 5

2. 5

3. 2

THE OAs for 151

1) 5
2) 5
3) 2

SET 151:

1> Option 4
2> Option 2
3> Option 3

wats d OA?