Currently 26 billion barrels a year, world consumption of oil is rising at a rate of 2 percent annually A) world consumption of oil is rising at a rate of B) the world is consuming oil at an increasing rate of C) the world's oil is being consumed at the increasing rate of D) the rise in the rate of ...

Although t he restaurant company has recently added many new restaurants across the country and its sales have increased dramatically , its sales at restaurants open for more than a year have declined. A) the restaurant company has recently added many new restaurants across the country and its sales...

Despite the growing number of people who purchase plane tickets online, airline executives are convinced that, just as one-third of bank customers still prefer human tellers to automatic teller machine, many travelers will still use travel agents A) growing number of people who purchase plane ticket...

A one million-year-old skull bearing traits associated both with Homo erectus and, in addition, Homo sapiens has been found in the Afar region of Eritrea, and indicates that modern humans developed much earlier than previously thought. A) both with Homo erectus and, in addition, Homo sapiens has bee...

In July 2002, scientists announced the discovery of the first living creature on Earth to walk on four legs and which was 350 million years old. A. In July 2002, scientists announced the discovery of the first living creature on Earth to walk on four legs and which was 350 million years old. B. Scie...

Why painting the face and perfuming the body should have persisted throughout recorded history has been the subject of a substantial amount of anthropological and psychological speculation. (A) Why painting the face and perfuming the body should have persisted (B) How painting the face and perfumin...

If present metal prices continue to sharply rise , the value of the copper in a penny will soon be greater than the face value of the coin. (A) If present metal prices continue to sharply rise, (B) If present metal prices are continuing their sharp rise, (C) Should present metal prices continue the...

any number will be multiple of 990 if it is multiple of 11 and 10 and 9 (11*10*9=990).
Given that the number in question is product of 1...n. So 'n' has to be atleast 11.

Leaves me confused too

Hi Ron,
I also thought which is referring to Dickenson and not to the letters. Please explain if there is any new rule for it.

Like is a preposition and can only be followed by noun or noun phrase. As is a conjunction and can be followed by anything. When you put like just check that you are comparing nouns otherwise use as

Atleast one wire should be of cable tv and there are maximum 2 wires for cable tv. Thus, it gives us 2 cases... 1) one cable tv wire and 2 phone wires and 2) 2 cable tv wires and 1 phone wire. Thus for the the first case... No. of ways will be 2C1(for cable tv)* 3C2(for phone) = 6 for 2nd case... no...

After the Arab conquest of Egypt in A.D. 640, Arabic became the dominant language of the Egyptians, replacing older languages and writing systems. (A) became the dominant language of the Egyptians, replacing older languages (B) became the dominant language of the Egyptians, replacing languages that ...

Well here is the question... A higher interest rate is only one of the factors, albeit an important one, that keeps the housing market from spiraling out of control, like it did earlier in the decade. a) that keeps the housing market from spiraling out of control, like it did earlier in the decade. ...

I am taking GMAT in 2 weeks time. My problem is that on an average I make 8-11 mistakes in most of the tests such as MGAMT, GMATPREP, KAPLANs etc. SC takes the highest percentage in wrong answers, varying from 4-7. When I analyze the incorrect questions in SC, I find that many of the correct answers...