GRE Questions

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The second would employ a comma, or semi-colon, and not a colon so it is not properly punctuated.

The third sentence would not be correct because it uses 'like', usually used for comparison. Since you are not comparing two questions, it would not be appropriate.

The fourth sentence has 'is' before the colon, which is a implies declaration and not listing. So, again, it would not be appropriate.

Hence, the first sentence, however, is punctuated correctly.

For the given problem there are three possiblities.
Father's age can be = 36, 31, 29
Mother's age = 32, 27, 25
Son's age = 8, 3, 1.

By using only B it can be calculated.

It is The Wind which cries without a voice, flutters without wings, bites toothless and mutters mouthless.

"The moon smiled at me" is the example of personification in the given options.

Personification is a technique in which we give objects human traits like emotions, gestures, speech,... by using metaphor. 

Here moon is an object which cannot smile but using metaphor sense, we gave that sense to it.

The Riddle itself has the Answers.

What is a 4 letter word

Yet is written in 3 letters

Everything is written with 9 letters

Then with 4 letters

Rarely has 6 letters

Never is written in 5 letters.

Enforcing a penalty will motivate people to pay the bills. So, course of action a follows.
It is general tendency to act accordingly when a penalty clause slapped. So, course of action b follows.

Expressing 3/8 as a decimal fraction:

We can convert 3/8 into a decimal fraction by just dividing 3 by 8 or making 3 into 8 parts.

Then, it is 3/8 = 0.375 as a decimal fraction.

Other Method::

3/8 as a Decimal :

In this we should convert the denominator into 10, 100, 1000, 10000, 100000,... to make it simple.

Now to make 8 into 1000, we multiply numerator and denominator with 125

=> (3 x 125)/(8 x 125) = 375/1000 = 0.375.

Like commas, semicolons indicate an audible pause — slightly longer than a comma's, but short of a period's full stop.

Rules for Semicolon ::

1. A semicolon can replace a period if the writer wishes to narrow the gap between two closely linked sentences.

2. Use a semicolon before such words and terms as namely, however, therefore, that is, i.e., for example, e.g., for instance, etc., when they introduce a complete sentence. It is also preferable to use a comma after these words and terms.

3. Avoid a semicolon when a dependent clause comes before an independent clause.

4. Use a semicolon to separate units of a series when one or more of the units contain commas.

Hence according to rule no. 2) option (C) He ate; however, he didn't sleep is correctly puctuated with a semicolon.