SC's Question number - 653 , 654

653). Although many Whites, noting the presence of some Blacks in the middle class, think that the time for enforcing civil rights measures is past, Blacks generally are aware that the figures for average income and unemployment show as wide of a radical discrepancy as ever.

(A) that the figures for average income and unemployment show as wide of

(B) that average-income and unemployment figures show as wide

(C) that the average-income and unemployment figures are showing as wide of

(D) of average-income and unemployment figures that show as wide of

(E) of figures for average income and unemployment showing as wide

654). In 1973 mortgage payments represented twenty-one percent of an average thirty-year-old male's income; and forty-four percent in 1984.

(A) income; and forty-four percent in 1984

(B) income; in 1984 the figure was forty-four percent

(C) income, and in 1984 forty-four percent

(D) income, forty-four percent in 1984 was the figure

(E) income that rose to forty-four percent in 1984


Answers

653). OA - B - idiomatic - ...as...as...

A, C, D - incorrect - unidiomatic - ... as .. of ... as

E - incorrect - awkward, wrong tense - ...unemployment showing as wide...

654). (OG 10th Ques no - 81) - OA - B

OE: To establish the clearest comparison between circumstances in 1973 and those in 1984, a separate clause is needed to describe each year. Choices A and C, in failing to use separate clauses, are too elliptical and therefore unclear. Choice A also incorrectly uses and and a semicolon to separate an independent clause and a phrase. Choice D incorrectly separates two independent clauses with a comma; moreover, the placement of in 1984 is awkward and confusing. In choice E, that refers illogically to income, thereby producing the misstatement that income rather than mortgage payments rose to forty-four percent in 1984. Choice B is best; two properly constructed clauses that clearly express the comparison are separated by a semicolon.

A - incorrect - use of semicolon is wrong
Read: Using semicolon

C - incorrect - use of comma wrong

D - incorrect - use of comma wrong
Read: Editing Comma Splice

E - incorrect - pronoun error - that incorrectly refers to income

SC's Question no - 667 , 668

667). Spanning more than fifty years, Friedrich Muller began his career in an unpromising apprenticeship as a Sanskrit scholar and culminated in virtually every honor that European governments and learned societies could bestow.

(A) Muller began his career in an unpromising apprenticeship as

(B) Muller’s career began in an unpromising apprenticeship as

(C) Muller’s career began with the unpromising apprenticeship of being

(D) Muller had begun his career with the unpromising apprenticeship of being

(E) the career of Muller has begun with an unpromising apprenticeship of

668). South Korea has witnessed the world’s most dramatic growth of Christian congregations; church membership is expanding by 6.6 percent a year, fully two-thirds of the growth coming from conversions rather than the population increasing.

(A) coming from conversions rather than the population increasing

(B) coming from conversions rather than increases in the population

(C) coming from conversions instead of the population’s increasing

(D) is from conversions instead of population increases

(E) is from conversions rather than increasing the population


Answers:

667). (OG 10th Ques no - 235) - OA - B - idiomatic - apprenticeship as

OE: The best answer, B, uses the logical and grammatically correct construction. Spanning more than fifty years, Friedrich Muller's career began . . . and culminated. Note that the noun phrase appearing after the comma is modified by Spanning and serves as the subject of began and culminated. Choice A produces an illogical statement by placing Friedrich Muller in this subject position. Choice C corrects this error but produces an unidiomatic construction by using apprenticeship of being instead of apprenticeship as. Choice D repeats both this error and the subject error of A. D and E needlessly change the simple past tense began to the past perfect had begun and the present perfect has begun, respectively, and E uses apprenticeship of, which is unidiomatic in this context.

A, D - incorrect - modifier error - Spanning more than fifty years should modify Friedrich Muller's career and not Friedrich Muller

C - incorrect - unidiomatic: apprenticeship of being

E - incorrect - awkward, unidiomatic: apprenticeship of; wrong tense: has begun

668). OA - B - parallel - coming from conversions rather than increases in the population

A, C - incorrect - violating parallelism

D - incorrect - use of instead of is wrong: Instead of is a preposition and can introduce only a phrase i.e no verb
http://gmat-grammar.blogspot.com/2006/06/rather-than-vs-instead-of.html

E - incorrect - comma splice run on error
http://gmat-grammar.blogspot.com/2007/01/editing-comma-splices.html

SC's Question number - 707 , 708

707). The caterpillar of the geometrid moth strikes when special tactile hairs on its body are disturbed, after capturing its prey, holds the victim so that it cannot escape.

(A) strikes when special tactile hairs on its body are disturbed,

(B) striking when special tactile hairs on its body are disturbed, but

(C) which strikes when special tactile hairs on its body are disturbed,

(D) which, striking when special tactile hairs on its body are disturbed,

(E) strikes when special tactile hairs on its body are disturbed and,

708).The Coast guard is conducting tests to see whether pigeons can be trained to help find survivors of wrecks at sea.

(A) to see whether pigeons can be trained to help find

(B) to see whether pigeons can be trained as help to find

(C) to see if pigeons can be trained for helping to find

(D) that see if pigeons are able to be trained in helping to find

(E) that see whether pigeons are able to be trained for help in finding


Answers:

707). OA - E - parallel - ....strikes...holds...

A, C - incorrect - sentence fragment

B, D - incorrect - violating parallelism.

708). (OG 10th Ques no - 236) - OA - A - idiomatically expresses the idea of purpose by using the infinitives to see and to help: the purpose of the tests is to see whether pigeons can be trained, and the purpose of training them is to
help find survivors.

B - incorrect - unidiomatic - as help to find

C - incorrect - unidiomatic - for helping to find. Whether is preferred to if when there are only two alternatives. Whether vs If

D, E - incorrect - wordy - are able to be.

D - incorrect - Whether is preferred to if when there are only two alternatives.

E - incorrect - unidiomatic - for helping in finding

SC's Question number - 709 , 710

709). The Coast Guard recently redesigned channel markers in the Chesapeake Bay to accommodate large numbers of ospreys, whose huge nests formerly obstructed the lights.

(A) numbers of ospreys, whose huge nests

(B) numbers of ospreys, their huge nests

(C) amounts of ospreys, the huge nests of which

(D) nests of ospreys they

(E) numbers of ospreys, and their huge nests


710). The colorization of black-and-white films by computers is defended by those who own the film rights, for the process can mean increased revenues for them; many others in the film industry, however, contend that the technique degrades major works of art, which they liken to putting lipstick on a Greek statue.

(A) which they liken to putting lipstick on a Greek statue

(B) which they liken to a Greek statue with lipstick put on it

(C) which they liken to lipstick put on a Greek statue

(D) likening it to a Greek statue with lipstick put on it

(E) likening it to putting lipstick on a Greek statue


Answers:

709). OA - A

B, D - incorrect - sentence fragment. Editing Comma Splice

C - incorrect - ospreys is countable thus use of amount is wrong

E - incorrect - distorts the meaning

710). (OG 1oth Ques nno - 229) - OA - E - correctly and logically compares the technique of colorization to the act of putting lipstick on a Greek statue.

A, B, and C - incorrect - wrong comparison - the relative pronoun which refers not to the technique but to the noun phrase immediately preceding it, major works of art. As a result, these works are compared to putting lipstick on ... in A, to a Greek statue in B, and to lipstick in C.

D - incorrect - illogically compares the technique to a Greek statue.

SC's Question number - 797 , 798

797). The original building and loan associations were organized as limited life funds, whose members made monthly payments on their share subscriptions, then taking turns drawing on the funds for home mortgages.

(A) subscriptions, then taking turns drawing

(B) subscriptions, and then taking turns drawing

(C) subscriptions and then took turns drawing

(D) subscriptions and then took turns, they drew

(E) subscriptions and then drew, taking turns

798). The original employees hired, who had been there over twenty years, were fiercely loyal to the firm and it offered no retirement benefits or profit sharing to any employees.

(A) and it offered no

(B) and it offered neither

(C) still it offered no

(D) though it offered no

(E) though it offered neither


Answers:

797). (OG 1Oth Ques No - 71) - OA - C

OE: The sentence speaks of a sequence of actions in the past:
shareholders made their monthly payments and subsequently took turns drawing on the funds. Choice C, the best answer, uses parallel past-tense verb forms to express this sequence.

A, B - incorrect - violate parallelism by using taking where took is required.

D - incorrect - run-on sentence and does not specify what the members
took turns doing.

E - incorrect - does not specify what the members drew, and taking turns produces nonsense when combined with the rest of the sentence

798). OA - D

A, B - incorrect - run on sentence - Comma Splice

C - incorrect - use of still is wrong

B, E - incorrect - neither is followed by nor ...so neither...or is wrong