Saturday, April 28, 2007

SC's Question number - 903 , 904

903). Unlike the United States, Japanese unions appear reluctant to organize lower-paid workers.

(A) Unlike the United States, Japanese unions appear reluctant to organize

(B) Unlike those in the United States, Japanese unions appear reluctant to organize

(C) In Japan, unlike the United States, unions appear reluctant to organize

(D) Japanese unions, unlike the United States, appear reluctant to organize

(E) Japanese unions, unlike those in the United States, appear reluctant about organizing

904). Unlike the United States, where farmers can usually depend on rain or snow all year long, the rains in most parts of Sri Lanka are concentrated in the monsoon months, June to September, and the skies are generally clear for the rest of the year.

(A) Unlike the United States, where farmers can usually depend on rain or snow all year long, the rains in most parts of Sri Lanka

(B) Unlike the United States farmers, who can usually depend on rain or snow all year long, the rains in most parts of Sri Lanka

(C) Unlike those of the United States, where farmers can usually depend on rain or snow all year long, most parts of Sri Lanka's rains

(D) In comparison with the United States, whose farmers can usually depend on rain or snow all year long, the rains in most parts of Sri Lanka

(E) In the United States, farmers can usually depend on rain or snow all year long, but in most parts of Sri Lanka the rains



Answers:

903). OA - B - correct idiom - reluctant to. Further those represents unions in the United States

A, D - incorrect - wrong comparison


C - incorrect - In Japan must be followed by in the United States. (preposition in cannot follow the preposition unlike)

E - incorrect - unidiomatic - reluctant about wrong - reluctant to is the correct idiom

904). OA - E - (Official guide 1oth - ques number 193) - right comparison between conditions in the United States and those in most parts of Sri Lanka.


In comparative structures (unlike X, Y ...; in comparison with X, Y..) X and Y must be both logically and grammatically parallel)

A, B, C, D - incorrect - violating logical parallelism


B - incorrect - compares farmers in United States with rains in Sri Lanka

D - incorrect - compares United States with farmers

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