Elk now live almost solely in the Rocky Mountains, which would make it seem that elk are mountain dwellers, while they once ranged over virtually all of the continental United States except for a small strip in the extreme Southwest.
A. Elk now live almost solely in the Rocky Mountains, which would make it seem that elk are mountain dwellers, while
B. The fact that elk now live almost solely in the Rocky Mountains would make it seem that they are mountain dwellers, but
C. It would seem that elk would be mountain dwellers because of their living now solely almost in the Rocky Mountains, but still
D. Now living almost solely in the Rocky Mountains, it would seem that elk were mountain dwellers, although
E. It seems that elk would be mountain dwellers from the fact that they now live solely almost in the Rocky Mountains, since

Is it possible for the Ans to be A here as stated ???
I feel B is right even though the usage of "the fact that" is incorrect because it is not historical or permanent, it is a situation.
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Samy, not certain where these paper tests originated, but they certainly contain poor questions. Personally, I would go with B rather than A. In A, "which" incorrectly refers to Rocky Mountains. Additionally, "but" in choice B is better than "while" in choice A since the second part of the sentence negates the main idea from the first part.

-dan

Dan,

Is it possible that the pronoun "they" in choice B could refer to either the elk or the Rocky Mountains? My thought is that "they" may not have a clear antecedent?

Could you please clarify? Thanks again for the excellent work you do!!

-Mandy

Probably not a pronoun issue - it wouldn't make logical sense to say that the Rocky Mountains are mountain dwellers, so we can discard that as a possibility.

I'm guessing the "paper based test" is one of the old official tests (if so, Samy, please be sure to specify that when you post). These are now all over the web in the public domain and, a lot of times, the wrong answers get posted / associated with the questions.

Also, in general, I don't recommend studying from paper-based tests. The questions are all at least 10 years old, were not written specifically for the CAT, and were written by a company that no longer writes the GMAT. You may have done all of the OG questions once or twice - but if you haven't hit your target score, then you are not done studying those OG questions yet. Remember that your study is not just about doing lots of questions. It's about analyzing and picking apart every single aspect of the questions until you feel like you could teach that question to someone else. (Or, if you're really ambitious, until you feel like you could write questions yourself!)

These are Old Paper Based Test Questions.
I got them from the net. People largely practice from here.

I agree, OG is critical, but after some time, OG q's get by hearted and then the fun is gone.
So I am looking for some more challenging stuff.
Dont like other Books.
So had no option.
Have done your Online CAT's though.
They are really good. Only thing the RC questions I have been getting are all in the 600-700 range, but the RC and SC are in 700-800 range. I find the Maths is really good and helps a lot.

Thanks and I will try to avoid the above tests.

If you know all of the OG questions and you still need to study, then you haven't been studying the questions the right way. If you really study the right way, you shouldn't need to do even all of the OG questions.

Make sure you are really analyzing the structure of the passages, arguments, questions and answer choices, especially the wrong answers for verbal. You should be analyzing these as though someone is going to be make you start writing them yourself! (Or, at least, as though you're going to have to teach these to someone else.) The best study is not just doing lots of questions - it's spending a TON of time analyzing how they're put together and how to work through them. Quality, not quantity, of study is the key.

Thanks and will take care of that note.
:D