SC's Question number - 763 , 764

763). The guiding principles of the tax plan released by the Treasury Department could have even a greater significance for the economy than the particulars of the plan.

(A) even a greater significance for the economy than

(B) a significance that is even greater for the economy than

(C) even greater significance for the economy than have

(D) even greater significance for the economy than do

(E) a significance even greater for the economy than have

764). The gyrfalcon, an Arctic bird of prey, has survived a close brush with extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than when the use of DDT was sharply restricted in the early 1970’s.

(A) extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than

(B) extinction; its numbers are now five times more than

(C) extinction, their numbers now fivefold what they were

(D) extinction, now with fivefold the numbers they had

(E) extinction, now with numbers five times greater than


Answers:

763). OA - D - to compare actions do is required here. Do rightly compares
the significance of the guiding principles of the tax plan to the significance of the particulars of the plan

A, B - incorrect - wrong comparison - incorrectly compares significance to the particulars of the plan

C - incorrect - ..have even greater significance for the economy than have...- better to use do when same verb is repeated. Also read post on do-auxiliary verb

C, E - incorrect - use of have is wrong in ...greater for the economy than have...because have is not acting as an auxiliary verb but as a main verb in ...Treasury Department could have ...

764). (OG 10th Ques no - 251) - OA - A

OE: A - the best choice, uses a singular pronoun, its, to refer to the singular antecedent The gyrfalcon, and it properly uses the construction its numbers are now ... greater than.

B - incorrect - the construction its numbers are ...more is not idiomatic: there are more birds, but not more numbers.

C, D - incorrect - use a plural pronoun, their or they, to refer to a grammatically singular antecedent, The gyrfalcon.

D, E - incorrect - wrongly use a phrase introduced by now with to modify The gyrfalcon. In both choices, the phrase confusingly seems to parallel with
extinction; a new clause with a present tense verb is needed to state what the gyrfalcon's numbers are now.