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1、UltimateSCStrategiesfortheGMATbySandeepGupta(Ivy-GMAT,KoramangalaBangalore)sandeepgupta019739561394,FurtherResources:PreparationforSC(bySandeepGupta(Ivy-GMAT)SandeepSCNotes(bySandeepGupta(Ivy-GMAT)ManhattanGMATSCGuide4thEdition700-800SCQuestionsasetof150GMATSCQuestions(bySandeepGupta(Ivy-GMAT)MustSo

2、lveGMATlatestSCquestionsasetof277GMATSCQuestions(bySandeepGupta(Ivy-GMAT)MustSolveOG12,11,10,OGVerbalReview1stand2ndEditionsP(forIdiomreview)GMAT-PrepVerbalForumQuestionsfromManhattanGMAT.com1000SC(notnecessary,though),SCStrategiesNote:RefertotheNOTESatthebottomofeachslideforexplanations.Whereverthe

3、rearenoexplanations,thestatementontheslidewillbecorrect.,SCTips,RULESRULE:IntuitionisyourlastresortSoanychoicethatseemsright,feelsright,soundsright,smellsright,etc.maynotbetherightanswer.ItisnotaboutconventionalGrammar.ItisaboutGMAT-specificSCQuestions.UnderstandtheExaminersmindset.Themostimportantt

4、hingPOE:DonttrytoselectthecorrectanswereliminatewrongonesSCAN:UseHorizontal/VerticalScanningtolookfordifferencesinthechoicesPaper:UseatickcrosssystemwithapencilSPLIT:Lookfora2/3ora3/2split.Mostlikelyyouarelikelytonarrowdowntotwochoices.TRAP:Choice“A”canbetherightchoiceinasubstantialnumberofquestions

5、.Sodontrejectanansweronlybecauseitis“A”.,SCGeneralTechniques,Youmustreadthefullsentenceeventhenon-underlinedportionnoexceptiontothisrule.LOCATIONofErrors:MostoftheerrorsonGMAT-SCoccuratfourpotentialplacesTheBeginningoftheUnderlinedPortionTheEndoftheUnderlinedPortionAftertheCommaOneword/phrasebeforet

6、heunderlinedportion,LETusseethesethumb-rulesinapplicationonsomerealGMATQuestions,1.Withcompaniesspendinglargepartsoftheiradvertisingbudgetsonline,themarketforcontentsuchasfeaturearticlesandopinionessayscreatedbyaprofessionalwriter,ablogger,andbyindividualusers,areexpandingrapidly.themarketforcontent

7、suchasfeaturearticlesandopinionessayscreatedbyaprofessionalwriter,ablogger,andbyindividualusers,areexpandingthemarketforcontentsuchasfeaturearticlesandopinionessayscreatedbyprofessionalwriters,bloggers,andbyindividualusers,areexpandingthemarketforcontentsuchasfeaturearticlesandopinionessayscreatedby

8、aprofessionalwriter,ablogger,andindividualusers,isexpandingthemarketforcontentsuchasfeaturearticlesandopinionessayscreatedbyprofessionalwriters,bloggers,andindividualusers,areexpandingthemarketforcontentsuchasfeaturearticlesandopinionessayscreatedbyprofessionalwriters,bloggers,andindividualusers,ise

9、xpanding,2.Consumptionofbreadproductsmadefromergot-infectedgrainsoftentriggerseverelydebilitatingsymptomssuchasmusclecontractions,seizuresandgangrenebut,ataproperdose,alsocauseasignificantreductioninmaternalbleedingafterchildbirth.breadproductsmadefromergot-infectedgrainsoftentriggerseverelydebilita

10、tingsymptomssuchasmusclecontractions,seizuresandgangrenebut,ataproperdose,alsocauseasignificantreductioninproductsmadefromergot-infectedgrainsoftentriggerseverelydebilitatingsymptomssuchasmusclecontractions,seizuresandgangrenebut,ataproperdose,alsocausesignificantlyreducedbreadproductsmadefromergot-

11、infectedgrainsoftentriggersseverelydebilitatingsymptomssuchasmusclecontractions,seizuresandgangrenebut,ataproperdose,alsocausesasignificantreductioninbreadmadefromergot-infectedgrainsoftentriggersseverelydebilitatingsymptomssuchasmusclecontractions,seizuresandgangrenebut,ataproperdose,alsocauseasign

12、ificantreductioninbreadproductsmadefromergot-infectedgrainsoftentriggerseverelydebilitatingsymptomssuchasmusclecontractions,seizuresandgangrenebut,ataproperdose,alsocausesasignificantlyreduced,3.Respondingtogrowingdemandforhigh-endvehicles,theinteriorsofthenewestmodelsaresoluxuriousthattheysellforne

13、arlytwicethepriceoflastyearsmodels.theinteriorsofthenewestmodelsaresoluxuriousthattheyselltheinteriorsofthenewestmodelsaresoluxuriousthatthecarsaresoldautomakershaveinstalledinteriorsinthenewestmodelsthataresoluxuriousthattheyselltheinteriorofthenewestmodelsaresoluxuriousthattheyaresoldautomakershav

14、einstalledsuchluxuriousinteriorsinthenewestmodelsthatthesecarssell,4.Unsolicitedelectronicjunkmail,alsotermedspam,hashurtcompaniesbybothdrainingcompanyresourcesusedtocombattheproblemanddiminishingemployeeproductivity.bothdrainingcompanyresourcesusedtocombattheproblemanddiminishingemployeeproductivit

15、ydrainingbothcompanyresourcesusedtocombattheproblemanddiminishingemployeeproductivitydrainingbothcompanyresourcesusedtocombattheproblemanddiminishinghowproductiveitsemployeesarebothdrainingcompanyresourcesusedtocombattheproblemandtheproductivityofemployeesisdiminishedbothdrainingcompanyresourcesused

16、tocombattheproblemanddiminishinghowproductiveitsemployeesare,5.FromtheCivilWartosoldiersinVietnam,Smithithasroomsforexercising,meetingwithstaff,operatingincaseofmedicalemergencyandaplacetotapeinterviews.,StringSpecialcase,Sometimesthelastelementinastringmayactuallynotbelongtothestringitmaycontainsom

17、ethingcontradictory/outofsyncSincetheteacherintroducedtheclassroomrewardsystem,studentshavebegunpayingcloserattention,completinghomework,followingdirections,andhavestoppedcausingdisruptionsduringlessons.,StringSpecialcase,WRONG:Sincetheteacherintroducedtheclassroomrewardsystem,studentshavebegunpayin

18、gcloserattention,completinghomework,followingdirections,andhavestoppedcausingdisruptionsduringlessons.Here,thelistof“begun”includesonly3thingsthefourthitemis“stopped”sotheword“and”hastocomebeforethelastelementinthestringandtomake“begun”and“stopped”parallel,weneedonemore“and”.RIGHT:Sincetheteacherint

19、roducedtheclassroomrewardsystem,studentshavebegunpayingcloserattention,completinghomework,ANDfollowingdirections,andhavestoppedcausingdisruptionsduringlessons.,StringSpecialcase,Considerthefollowingsentence:ThedietoftheordinaryGreekinclassicaltimeswaslargelyvegetarianvegetables,freshcheese,oatmeal,a

20、ndmealcakes,andmeatrarely.,StringSpecialcase,WRONG:ThedietoftheordinaryGreekinclassicaltimeswaslargelyvegetarianvegetables,freshcheese,oatmeal,andmealcakes,andmeatrarely.Thediet.waslargelyvegetarian:meatcannotbetreatedaspartofthelistofvegetarianfoods.Sowehavetoshowmeatasacontrast.RIGHT:Thedietoftheo

21、rdinaryGreekinclassicaltimeswaslargelyvegetarianvegetables,freshcheese,oatmeal,andmealcakes,withmeatasararity.Theword“with”canbeusedtoshowcontrast,e.g.,Heisbrilliant,withsometracesofdumbness.,CauseEffectParallelism,Ifthereisaclearcauseandeffectsequence,thecauseisgenerallyinthepast/presentsimpletense

22、andalltheeffectshavetobeparallelintheingform(subordinateaction):Kentraveledaroundtheworld,visitinghistoricsites,eatingnativefoods,andlearningaboutnewcultures.Theraincontinuedtofall,providingwaterforthethirstyplantsbutfloodingthestreetsaswell.Theydancedthroughlife,lovingoneanotherandenjoyingtheiradve

23、ntures.,Thestockmarketcrashed,whichcausedalotofpeopletolosemoney.Thestockmarketcrashed,anditcausedalotofpeopletolosemoney.Thestockmarketcrashedandcausedalotofpeopletolosemoney.Thestockmarketcrashed,causingalotofpeopletolosemoney.Thesnowcoveredthetraintracksbymorethanafoot,promptedthetransitauthority

24、toshutdownservicetemporarily,andcausingdiscontentamongcommuterswhowereleftstrandedforhours.,CauseEffectParallelism,thatandthatParallelism,HesaidTHATthecollegehadrusticatedhimandTHAThisfuturewasbleak.ThetwobiggestgainsfromtheriseofthestockmarketsareTHATcompanieslookforwardtogrowthandTHATinvestorsrema

25、inupbeattoexplorenewopportunities.ThecoachtoldtheplayersTHATtheyshouldgetalotofsleep,THATtheyshouldnoteattoomuch,andTHATtheyshoulddosomewarm-upexercisesbeforethegame.,thatandthatParallelism,ThesalesmanexpectedTHAThewouldpresenthisproductatthemeeting,THATtherewouldbetimeforhimtoshowhisslidepresentati

26、on,andTHATquestionswouldbeaskedbyprospectivebuyers.Myobjectionsare,first,THATthemeasureisunjust;second,THATitisunconstitutional.,ParallelConnectors(X|Y),XratherthanYBetweenXandYBothXandY(Range)FromXtoYEitherXorYNeitherXnorYJustasXsoYNotonlyXbut(also)YNotXbut(rather)YNotsoXasYSameXasYXisGreater,fewer

27、,less,morethanY,MoreXthanYBelieveXtobeYXisYTothinkofXasYXregardedasYPreferXtoYMistakeXforYThesametoXastoYAstoXastoYNolesswasXthanwasYThemoreX.theerYAsXasYWhetherXorY,CriticsofthecurrentBowlChampionshipSeriesfeelthatmovingfromacomputer-rankingformattocreatingaplayoffsystemwillimprovetheintegrityofthe

28、competition.JimThorpe,thelegendarymulti-sportstar,enjoyedplayingfootballmorethanherantrackandfield,butitwaswinningthegoldmedalatthe1912Olympicpentathlonthatshothimtofame.Atimenotforwords,butaction.,ParallelConnectors(X|Y),ParallelConnectors,AND(XANDY)BUTASWELLASORYETALTHOUGH,Ralphlikesavarietyofpeop

29、le,includingthosewhoarepopularandwhoarenot.TheDepartmentofMotorVehiclesisconsideringanewpagingsystemthatwouldalleviatelinesforwalk-incustomersrenewingtheirlicensesandifemployeesareoverwhelmedtheywouldbeassisted.,ParallelConnectors,XisYparallelism,Considerthesentence:OnelegacyofMadisonAvenuesrecentca

30、mpaigntoappealtopeoplefiftyyearsoldandoveristorealizethatwhenapersonages,hisorherconcernschangeaswell.HereXisYcanbeobserved.LegacyistorealizeNOTparallelRIGHT:OneLEGACYofMadisonAvenuesrecentcampaigntoappealtopeoplefiftyyearsoldandoverisTHEREALIZATIONthataspeopleage,theirconcernschangeaswell.,XisYpara

31、llelism,TosaythatIdonotdeserveherisbeingunfairtome.Theexperienceswehavewhenchildrenstillinfluenceourbehaviorinadulthood.Thenewtoywasthefatherstryingtoappeasetheruffledchild.AccordingtotheteachingsoftheBuddhistandHindureligions,attainingnirvanaistoenterastateofsupremeliberation.,WRONG:Thedoctorshaveb

32、eenandwillcontinuetoconducttestsonthesickpatient.WRONG:Sheisabelieverandsupporterofthetheoryofloveatfirstsight.RIGHT:Thedoctorshavebeenconductingandwillcontinuetoconducttestsonthesickpatient.RIGHT:Sheisabelieverinandasupporterofthetheoryofloveatfirstsight.,OMISSION(Parallelstructure),Semicolonbothsi

33、desparallel,WRONG:Formerly,sciencewastaughtbythetextbookmethod,whilenowthelaboratorymethodisemployed.RIGHT:Formerly,sciencewastaughtbythetextbookmethod;nowitistaughtbythelaboratorymethod.,ParallelismMixed-bagPracticeGMATstyleQuestions,1.TheearliestEnglishsettlersinVirginiafailedtosurvivetheirfirstwi

34、nterintheNewWorldbecauseoffactorssuchasinadequatefoodsupplies,harshweather,andaninabilitytocommunicatewithNativeAmericans.aninabilitythattheywereunablebecausetheywereunablebeingunableLackinganability,2.OriginallydevelopedbyancientHawaiians,surfingappealstopeopleduetothesportsunusualconfluenceofadren

35、aline,skill,andhighpacedmaneuvering,anunpredictablebackdropthatis,byturns,gracefulandserene,violentandformidable,andthecamaraderiethatoftendevelopsamongpeopleintheircommonquesttoconquernature.SAMEsurfingsappealisitsunusualconfluenceofadrenaline,skill,andhighpacedmaneuvering,anunpredictablebackdropth

36、atis,byturns,gracefulandserene,violentandformidable,andthecamaraderiethatoftendevelopssurfingsappealtopeopleisduetothesportsunusualconfluenceofadrenaline,skill,andhighpacedmaneuvering,anunpredictablebackdropthatis,byturns,gracefulandserene,violentandformidable,anddevelopingcamaraderiesurfingappealst

37、opeopleduetothesportsunusualconfluenceofadrenaline,skill,andhighpacedmaneuvering,abackdropthatisunpredictableandthatis,byturns,gracefullyandserenelyviolentandformidable,andthecamaraderiethatoftendevelopssurfingappealstopeopleduetotheirunusualconfluenceofadrenaline,skill,andhighpacedmaneuvering,anunp

38、redictablebackdropthatis,byturns,gracefulandserene,violentandformidable,andthecamaraderiethatoftendevelops,3.ManifestationsofIslamicpoliticalmilitancyinthefirstperiodofreligiousreformismweretheriseoftheWahhabisinArabia,theSanusiinCyrenaica,theFulaniinNigeria,theMahdiintheSudan,andthevictoryoftheUsul

39、imujtahidsinShiiteIranandIraq.ManifestationsofIslamicpoliticalmilitancyinthefirstperiodofreligiousreformismweretheriseoftheWahhabisinArabia,theSanusiinCyrenaica,theFulaniinNigeria,theMahdiintheSudan,andManifestationsofIslamicpoliticalmilitancyinthefirstperiodofreligiousreformismwereshownintheriseoft

40、heWahhabisinArabia,theSanusiinCyrenaica,theFulaniinNigeria,theMahdiintheSudan,andalsoInthefirstperiodofreligiousreformism,manifestationsofIslamicpoliticalmilitancyweretheriseoftheWahhabisinArabia,oftheSanusiinCyrenaica,theFulaniinNigeria,theMahdiintheSudan,andInthefirstperiodofreligiousreformism,man

41、ifestationsofIslamicpoliticalmilitancywereshownintheriseoftheWahhabisinArabia,theSanusiinCyrenaica,theFulaniinNigeria,theMahdiintheSudan,andInthefirstperiodofreligiousreformism,IslamicpoliticalmilitancywasmanifestedintheriseoftheWahhabisinArabia,theSanusiinCyrenaica,theFulaniinNigeria,andtheMahdiint

42、heSudan,andin,4.Thebasicneedsoftheaveragecataresimpleandlargelyinexpensive:food,water,affection,andshelter,andoccasionalvisitstotheveterinarian.andoccasionalvisitstotheveterinarianwithoccasionalveterinarianvisitswithoccasionalvisitstotheveterinarianyetoccasionallyvisitingtheveterinarianbutsomeoccasi

43、onalvisitstotheveterinarianareneeded,5.Examplesoftulipomania,atermcoinedfromthetulipcrazeoftheseventeenth-centuryintheNetherlands,includespeculativebubblesinSouthSeastradingrightsinthe1720s,Victorianrealestateinthe1880s,theU.S.stockmarketinthe1920s,andtheobsessionforBeanieBabiesinthe1990s.SAMEExampl

44、esoftulipomania,atermcoinedfromtheseventeenth-centurytulipcrazeintheNetherlands,includespeculativebubblesinSouthSeastradingrightsinthe1720s,Victorianrealestateinthe1880s,andtheU.S.stockmarketinthe1920s,aswellasCoinedfromtheseventeenth-centurytulipcrazeintheNetherlands,examplesoftulipomaniaincludespe

45、culativebubblesinSouthSeastradingrightsinthe1720s,Victorianrealestateinthe1880s,andtheU.S.stockmarketinthe1920s,aswellasCoinedfromtheseventeenth-centurytulipcrazeintheNetherlands,tulipomaniaincludesexamplessuchasspeculativebubblesinSouthSeastradingrightsinthe1720s,Victorianrealestateinthe1880s,theU.

46、S.stockmarketinthe1920s,andTulipomania,coinedfromtheseventeenth-centurytulipcrazeintheNetherlands,includedspeculativebubblesinSouthSeastradingrightsinthe1720s,Victorianrealestateinthe1880s,theU.S.stockmarketinthe1920s,and,6.Thoughoncepowerfulpoliticalforces,laborunionshavelostmuchoftheirinfluence,wh

47、ichhasresultedinapoliticalclimatethatsomeanalystsclaimtofavormanagement.whichhasresultedinapoliticalclimatethatsomeanalystsclaimtofavorresultinginapoliticalclimatethatsomeanalystsclaimfavorswhichhasresultedinapoliticalclimatethatsomeanalystsclaimthatfavorsresultinginapoliticalclimatethatsomeanalysts

48、claimtobeinfavorofwhichhasresultedinapoliticalclimatethathasbeenclaimedbysomeanalyststofavor,7.Agenciesstudyingdiscriminationinhousinghaveexperimentallyprovedthatminorityclientsareoftendiscouragedasprospectivebuyersofresidentialrealestateandtheantidiscriminationlegislationofrecentdecadeswereonlymiti

49、gating,ratherthanabolishing,inequityinhousingpractices.theantidiscriminationlegislationofrecentdecadeswereonlymitigating,ratherthanabolishing,inequityinhousingpracticesinrecentdecades,theantidiscriminationlegislationonlymitigated,ratherthanabolishing,inequityinhousingpracticesthatantidiscriminationl

50、egislationofrecentdecadeshasonlymitigated,ratherthanabolished,inequityinhousingpracticesthat,inrecentdecades,antidiscriminationlegislationhasonlymitigated,ratherthanabolishing,housingpracticesinequitythatrecentdecadesantidiscriminationlegislationonlyweremitigating,ratherthanabolishing,housingpractic

51、esinequity,8.Accordingtoanthropologists,theuseofhumanlanguagecoversawidespectrumfrompracticalcommunicationbetweenpeopleengagedinthesametasktoestablishinghierarchywithinasocialgroup.practicalcommunicationbetweenpeopleengagedinthesametasktoestablishinghierarchycommunicatingpracticallybetweenpeopleenga

52、ginginthesametasktotheestablishmentofhierarchypracticalcommunicationbetweenpeopleengagedinthesametasktotheestablishingofhierarchycommunicatingpracticallybetweenpeopleengaginginthesametasktohierarchyestablishedpracticalcommunicationbetweenpeopleengagedinthesametasktotheestablishmentofhierarchy,9.Arte

53、xpertshaveattributedtheenduringintrigueofLeonardodaVincisMonaLisatoeverythingfromhavinganenigmaticsmile,whichwasneverexplained,toherassociationwiththerichandpowerfulfamiliesofEurope.havinganenigmaticsmile,whichwasneverexplainedhavinganenigmaticsmile,whichhasneverbeenexplainedherenigmaticsmile,forwhi

54、chtherehasneverbeenanexplanationherenigmaticsmile,whichhasneverbeenexplainedhavinganenigmaticsmile,forwhichtherehasneverbeenanexplanation,10.Recentresearchhasindicatedthatsustainableweightlossisgenerallyaresultnotofself-deprivationoradoptinganextremediet,butahealthylifestylethatintegratesabalanceddi

55、et,regularexercise,andalong-termapproach.self-deprivationoradoptinganextremediet,butself-deprivationortheadoptionofanextremediet,butofself-deprivationortheadoptionofanextremediet,butdeprivingoneselforadoptinganextremediet,butdeprivingoneselforadoptinganextremediet,butthatof,11.Thoughlaypeopleoftenre

56、fertothepandaasabear,duetoitsphysicalresemblancetoone,DNAtestinghasshownthatitismorecloselyrelatedtothecommonraccoonthananymemberofthebearfamily.duetoitsphysicalresemblancetoone,DNAtestinghasshownthatitismorecloselyrelatedtothecommonraccoonthanduetothefactthatitphysicallyresemblesone,DNAtestingshowe

57、dthatitismorecloselyrelatedtothecommonraccoonthanisbecauseofitsphysicalresemblancetoone,DNAtestinghasshownthatitismorecloselyrelatedtothecommonraccoonthanbecauseofitsresemblancetoonephysically,DNAtestinghasshownthatitismorecloselyrelatedtothecommonraccoonthanisbecauseofitsphysicalresemblancetoone,DN

58、Atestinghasshownthatitismorecloselyrelatedtothecommonraccoonthanto,12.Whilelargerbankscanaffordtomaintaintheirowndata-processingoperations,manysmallerregionalandcommunitybanksarefindingthatthecostassociatedwithupgradingdata-processingequipmentandwiththedevelopmentandmaintenanceofnewproductsandtechni

59、calstaffareprohibitive.costassociatedwithcostsassociatedwithcostsarisingfromcostofcostsof,13.ThediscoverythatEarthsinnercorerotatesindependentlyofandmorequicklythanEarthsouterlayersisresponsibleforadvancingstudiesoftheflowofheatfromtheinnerthroughtheouterplanetandoftheformationandperiodicreversalindirectionofEarthsmagneticfield.SAMEcorerotatesindependentlyofandmorequicklythanEarthsouterlayersisresponsibleforadvancingstudiesofhowheatfromtheinnercoreflowsthroughtheouterplanet,andtheformationandperiodicreversalindire