Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 150, June 18th 2011

The Olympic Games helped to keep peace among the pugnacious states of the Greek world in that a sacred truce was proclaimed during the festival’s month.

(A) world in that a sacred truce was proclaimed during the festival’s month

(B) world, proclaiming a sacred truce during the festival’s month

(C) world when they proclaimed a sacred truce for the festival month

(D) world, for a sacred truce was proclaimed during the month of the festival

(E) world by proclamation of a sacred truce that was for the month of the festival

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Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 149, June 16th 2011

The official languages are of India, Hindi, and of Pakistan, Urdu, but neither are spoken by a majority of the population.

(A) The official languages are of India, Hindi, and of Pakistan, Urdu, but neither are
(B) The official languages are of India, Hindi, and of Pakistan, Urdu, but neither is
(C) Officially, the languages are Hindi for India and for Pakistan, Urdu, but neither are
(D) The official language of India is Hindi, and that of Pakistan is Urdu, but neither is
(E) The official language of India is Hindi, and Urdu in Pakistan, but none is

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Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 148, June 14th 2011

The odds are about 4 to 1 against surviving a takeover offer, and many business consultants therefore advise that a company’s first line of defense in eluding offers like these be to even refuse to take calls from likely corporate raiders.

(A) that a company’s first line of defense in eluding offers like these be to even refuse
(B) that a company’s first line of defense in eluding such offers be to refuse even
(C) a company defending itself against offers of this kind that, as a first line of defense, they should even refuse
(D) companies which are defending themselves against such an offer that, as a first line of defense, they should even refuse
(E) that the first line of defense for a company who is eluding offers like these is the refusal even

Solution:
Choice A is a meaning error in saying - 'even refuse'. Same with C and D. Choice E uses pronoun 'who' for a company that is not a human. Thus, E is wrong. B remains.

Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 142, June 2nd 2011

Is a^3 is divisible by 81, which of these could be the remainder when If a divided by 27?

I. 3

II. 9

III. 18

(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) III only
(D) I & II only
(E) II & III only

Answer is E

Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 141, May 31st 2011

If P, S and R are three points on the number line, is R > S?

(1)Distance between P & R is thrice the distance between R & S.
(2)R is closer to P as compared to S.

Answer is B

Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 140, May 27th 2011

Trying to learn some of the basics of programming is the same as to tinker with a car when one is a teenager: some people end up going to engineering school, and others, twenty years later, remember nothing of the experience.

(A) the same as to tinker with a car when one is a teenager
(B) similar to a teenager tinkering with a car
(C) like tinkering with a car as a teenager
(D) the same as a teenager tinkering with a car
(E) like the teenager’s tinkering with a car

Solution:

'Trying' an action is to be compared to another action - 'to tinker'. Choice C uses 'like' to compare actions. Thus, A is the best answer.

Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 139, May 24th 2011

Traveling the back roads of Hungary, in 1905 Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, and they were armed only with an Edison phonograph and insatiable curiosity.

(A) Traveling the back roads of Hungary, in 1905 Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, and they were armed only
(B) In 1905, Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály, traveling the back roads of Hungary, began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, and they were only armed
(C) In 1905 Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, traveling the back roads of Hungary armed only
(D) Having traveled the back roads of Hungary, in 1905 Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology; they were only armed
(E) Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály, in 1905 began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, traveling the back roads of Hungary, arming themselves only

Solution:
A) 'in 1905' is the not the subject.
B) traveling......., began pioneering. ( effect has preceded the cause)
C) CORRECT
D) the word having is not preferred.
E) traveling........., arming................ The word 'and' is missing before 'arming'.

Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 137, May 20th 2011

Today’s technology allows manufacturers to make small cars more fuel-efficient now than at any time in their production history.

(A) small cars more fuel-efficient now than at any time in their
(B) small cars that are more fuel-efficient than they were at any time in their
(C) small cars that are more fuel-efficient than those at any other time in
(D) more fuel-efficient small cars than those at any other time in their
(E) more fuel-efficient small cars now than at any time in

Solution: 

The correct comparison is between small cars with certain fuel efficiency to those cars in the past with lesser fuel efficiency. There is only one choice, C, that makes the correct comparison. C is the best answer.

Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 136, May 18th 2011

The nation’s three military academies have seen a dramatic rise in applications, one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, increasing tuition costs at private colleges, and improved recruiting by the academies.

(A) one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, increasing tuition costs at private colleges, and improved recruiting by the academies
(B) one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, tuition costs that have increased at private colleges, and academies improving their recruiting
(C) one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, private colleges that increased their tuition costs, and recruiting improvements by the academies
(D) fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, tuition costs increasing at private colleges, and academies improving their recruiting
(E) fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, increasing tuition costs at private colleges, and academies improving their recruiting

Solution (Posted on 20th):
Choice A makes the list parallel. All elements in the list are nouns. A remains.

Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 133, May 11th 2011

In how many ways can the letters A, B, C, D, and D be arranged so that there are is least one letter between two "D"s?

(A) 12

(B) 18

(C) 24

(D) 36

(E) 60

Answer is D

Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 131, May 9th 2011

A 4-digit positive integer consists of none zero digits. If exactly two of the digits are the same, how many such integers are possible?

(A) 72

(B) 144

(C) 216

(D) 504 

(E) 1008

Answer is E

Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 130, May 7th 2011

Eight students are equally divided into 4 groups who divide 4 different projects between themselves.  How many different groups are possible?

(A) 1280

(B) 960

(C) 840

(D) 1680

(E) 540

Answer is D

Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 129, May 5th 2011

A 6-digit code consists of two number digit chosen from 0, 1, 2, 3 and four letters chosen from p, q, r, s, t. If the first and last digit must be a number digit and each digit can appear more than once in a code, how many different codes are possible?

(A) 375

(B) 625

(C) 1,875

(D) 5000

(E) 10,000

Answer is E

Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 128, May 3rd 2011

How many integers from 500 to 799, inclusive, contain 6 or 7 in it ?

(A) 220

(B) 236

(C) 238

(D) 240

(E) 242

Answer is B

Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 124 April 25th 2011

Rules banning cancer-causing substances from food apply to new food additives and not to natural constituents of food because their use as additives is entirely avoidable.

(A) their use as additives is

(B) as additives, their use is

(C) the use of such additives is

(D) the use of such additives are

(E) the use of them as additives is

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Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 123, April 23rd 2011

Roy Wilkins was among the last of a generation of civil rights activists who led the nation through decades of change so profound many young Americans are not able to imagine, even less to remember, what segregation was like.

(A) so profound many young Americans are not able to imagine, even less to remember

(B) so profound that many young Americans cannot imagine, much less remember

(C) so profound many young Americans cannot imagine nor even less remember

(D) of such profundity many young Americans cannot imagine, even less can they remember

(E) of such profundity that many young Americans are not able to imagine, much less to remember

Solution (Posted on April 25th):

A) so...'that' is missing.

B) CORRECT

C) Same as A

D) such..'that' is missing

E) are - wrong tense. 

Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 122, April 20th 2011

Rising inventories, when unaccompanied correspondingly by increases in sales, can lead to production cutbacks that would hamper economic growth.

(A) when unaccompanied correspondingly by increases in sales, can lead

(B) when not accompanied by corresponding increases in sales, possibly leads

(C) when they were unaccompanied by corresponding sales increases, can lead

(D) if not accompanied by correspondingly increased sales, possibly leads

(E) if not accompanied by corresponding increases in sales, can lead

Solution (Posted on April 23rd): 

A) when unaccompanied correspondingly by.... - meaning error.

B) Leads - singular; inventories - plural

C) they - unnecessary pronoun

D) Same as B

E) CORRECT; the meaning intent is clear. 

Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 120, April 14th 2011

Pensions are now viewed as a deferred payment of salary, money a worker is compelled to put away to take care of one’s later years.

(A) a worker is compelled to put away to take care of one’s

(B) that a worker is compelled to put away to take care of oneself in

(C) a worker is compelled to put away to take care of oneself in

(D) workers are compelled to put away to take care of them in

(E) workers are compelled to put away to take care of themselves in

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Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 119, April 12th 2011

Parliament did not accord full refugee benefits to twelve of the recent immigrants because it believed that to do it rewards them for entering the country illegally.

(A) to do it rewards

(B) doing it rewards

(C) to do this would reward

(D) doing so would reward

(E) to do it would reward

Solution (Posted on 14th) :

Phrases 'do it', 'do so..' are always incorrect. In choice C, 'this' does not refer to any clear antecedent. D remains.

Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 118, April 10th 2011

Paleontologists believe that fragments of a primate jawbone unearthed in Burma and estimated at 40 to 44 million years old provide evidence of a crucial step along the evolutionary path that led to human beings.

(A) at 40 to 44 million years old provide evidence of

(B) as being 40 to 44 million years old provides evidence of

(C) that it is 40 to 44 million years old provides evidence of what was

(D) to be 40 to 44 million years old provide evidence of

(E) as 40 to 44 million years old provides evidence of what was

Solution (Posted on April 12th):

Idiom - Estimate to be. D is the correct answer.