(A) The growing demand for housing, traffic congestion, and longer commuting trips has
(B) Traffic congestion, the growing demand for housing, and longer commuting trips has
(C) Longer commuting trips, traffic congestion, and the growing demand for housing has
(D) Traffic congestion, longer commuting trips, and the growing demand for housing have
(E) The growing demand for housing, as well as traffic congestion and longer commuting trips, have
762). The growth of the railroads led to the abolition of local times, which was determined by when the sun reached the observer’s meridian and differing from city to city, and to the establishment of regional times.
(A) which was determined by when the sun reached the observer’s meridian and differing
(B) which was determined by when the sun reached the observer’s meridian and which differed
(C) which were determined by when the sun reached the observer’s meridian and differing
(D) determined by when the sun reached the observer’s meridian and differed
(E) determined by when the sun reached the observer's meridian and differing
Answers:
761). OA - D
A, B, C - incorrect - subject verb agreement - ..growing demand for housing, traffic congestion, and longer commuting trips has
E - incorrect - illogically suggests that there is growing demand for congestion and commuting trips
762). OA - E - .... local times are determined by X (past participle:times were determined in the past).....local times are differing from place to place till today (present participle:times are still differing)
Read about participles here
A, B ,C - incorrect - use of which is wrong. Relative pronoun which is used to refer to things and not time. Further in A and B use of was is wrong. We need were here to correctly modify times
D - incorrect - violating participle parallelism - use of differed is wrong: local times are differing from place to place not only in the past but also today. Present participle(differing) to logically illustrate the same.
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