SC's Question number - 765 , 766

765). The herbicide Oryzalin was still being produced in 1979, three years after the wives of workers producing the chemical in Rensselaer, New York, were found to have borne children with heart defects or miscarriages, and none of their pregnancies was normal.

(A) to have borne children with heart defects or miscarriages, and none of their pregnancies was

(B) to have had children born with heart defects or miscarriages, and none of the pregnancies was

(C) either to have had children with heart defects or miscarriages, without any of their pregnancies being

(D) either to have had miscarriages or to have borne children with heart defects; none of the pregnancies was

(E) either to have had miscarriages or children born with heart defects, without any of their pregnancies being

766). The human growth hormone, made by the pituitary gland, is secreted during sleep in higher concentrations than when awake.

(A) during sleep in higher concentrations than when awake

(B) when sleeping in higher concentrations than waking hours

(C) in higher concentrations during sleeping than waking

(D) in higher concentrations during sleep than during waking hours

(E) in higher concentrations when asleep than when awake

Answers:

765). OA - D - parallelism - either to have had miscarriages or to have borne children with heart defects; none of the pregnancies was

A, B - incorrect - illogically suggests that children also had miscarriages

C, E - incorrect - violates parallelism - Correct form: "to have either X or Y" or "either to have X or to have Y"

766). OA - D

A, B, E - incorrect - use of when is wrong ( WHEN is used to refer the time or time duration) .. illogically suggests that hormone is asleep

C - incorrect - violating parallelism