SC's Question number - 649 , 650

649). George’s personal diary and album formed the basis for his book about the places he had visited.

(A) the basis for his book about the places he had visited.

(B) the basis for his book regarding the places he had visited.

(C) the basis of his book about the places he visited.

(D) the basis of his book about the places which he had visited.

(E) the basis of his book about the places he had visited.


650). For many years the idea as to if the Xenomorph employed an exoskeleton or endoskeleton plagued debates and discussions with unanswered questions; however, recent ideas based on Dr. Wren's studies suggest that the Xenomorph may employ an endo-exoskeleton: a skeletal structure that exists as both an epidermal structure and as a subdermal structure.

(A) the idea as to if the Xenomorph employed an exoskeleton or endoskeleton plagued debates and discussions with unanswered questions; however, recent ideas based on Dr. Wren's studies suggest that the Xenomorph may employ an endo-exoskeleton: a skeletal structure that exists as both

(B) the idea as to whether the Xenomorph employed an exoskeleton or endoskeleton plagued debates and discussions with unanswered questions; however, recent ideas based on Dr. Wren's studies suggest that the Xenomorph may employ an endo-exoskeleton: a skeletal structure that exists as both

(C) the idea as to whether the Xenomorph employed an exoskeleton or endoskeleton plagued debates and discussions with unanswered questions; however, recent ideas based on Dr. Wren's studies suggests that the Xenomorph may employ an endo-exoskeleton: a skeletal structure that exists both as

(D) the idea if the Xenomorph employed an exoskeleton or endoskeleton plagued debates and discussions with unanswered questions; however, recent ideas basing on Dr. Wren's studies suggest that the Xenomorph may employ an endo-exoskeleton: a skeletal structure that exist both as

(E) the idea as to whether the Xenomorph employed an exoskeleton or endoskeleton plagued debates and discussions with unanswered questions; however, recent ideas based on Dr. Wren's studies suggest that the Xenomorph may employ an endo-exoskeleton: a skeletal structure that exists both as


Answers:

649). OA - C - right tense

Explanation: George’s personal diary and album formed the basis of his book (that he wrote) about the places (that) he had visited.

Here perfect tense is unnecessary in the sentence "he wrote about the places that he (had) visited"

We can do without it since there is no confusion regarding the timeline.

Further, in the reduced form, construction in E, with perfect tense, is highlighting an inappropriate sequence of actions: he visited those places before his personal diary and album formed the basis of his book.

650). OA - E - idiomatic - both as X and as Y

A, B - incorrect - unidiomatic

C - incorrect - subject verb agreement - ...recent ideas(plural) based on Dr. Wren's studies suggests(singular) that....

D - incorrect - subject verb agreement - .... a skeletal structure(singular) that exist(plural) both as...

SC's Question number - 651 , 652

651). Recent psychological studies indicate that if children associate with and play with other children, they will experience fewer psychological problems and develop quicker socially than children that lead relatively isolated lives.

(A) play with other children, they will experience fewer psychological problems and develop quicker socially than

(B) play with other children, they experience fewer psychological problems and develop quicker socially than do

(C) played with other children, they experienced fewer psychological problems and develop quicker socially than will

(D) play with other children, they will experience fewer psychological problems and develop more quickly socially than do

(E) played with other children, they have experienced fewer psychological problems and have developed more quickly socially than do

652). As envisioned by researchers, commercial farming of lobsters will enable fisheries to sell the shellfish year-round, taking advantage of off-season demand, standardize its sizes and colors, and to predict sales volume in advance.

(A) taking advantage of off-season demand, standardize

(B) taking advantage of off-season demand, to standardize

(C) taking advantage of off-season demand, standardizing

(D) take advantage of off-season demand, standardizing

(E) take advantage of off-season demand, to standardize


Answers:

651). OA - D - parallel, idiomatic, right comparison - if X happens Y will happen - ...associate with....play with other children, they will experience fewer psychological problems and develop(verb) more quickly(adverb) socially than do...

A, B - incorrect - we need an adverb to modify a verb - ...develop(verb) quicker(adjective)

C, E - incorrect - violating parallelism - ...associate with...played with...

652). OA - B - parallel - .... to sell...to standardize...to predict...

A, C, D - incorrect - violating parallelism

E - incorrect - violating parallelism, modifier error

SC's Question number - 655, 656

655). So poorly educated and trained are many young recruits to the United States work force that many business executives fear this country will lose its economic preeminence.

(A) So poorly educated and trained are many young recruits to the United States work force that

(B) As poorly educated and trained as many young recruits to the United States work force are

(C) Because of many young recruits to the United States work force who are so poorly educated and trained

(D) That many young recruits to the United States work force are so poorly educated and trained is why

(E) Many young recruits to the United States work force who are so poorly educated and trained explains why

656). Socrates could have fled from Athens after he was sentenced to death, but he refused to do it.

(A) Socrates could have fled from Athens after he was sentenced to death, but he refused to do it.

(B) After he was sentenced to death, Socrates might have fled from Athens, but he refused to do it.

(C) After he was sentenced to death, Socrates could have fled from Athens, but he refused to do so.

(D) After he was sentenced to death, Socrates could have done so after he was sentenced to death.

(E) Socrates could have fled from Athens but refused to after he was sentenced to death.


Answers:

655). OA - A - idiomatic - So X that Y

B - incorrect - no comparison here so As..as usage is wrong here

D - incorrect - unidiomatic, wordy

E - incorrect - subject verb agreement - Many young recruits(plural) to the United States work force who are so poorly educated and trained explains(singular) why...

656). OA - C

A, B - incorrect - no clear antecedent for pronoun it

D - incorrect - awkward - ...Socrates could have done so...

E - incorrect - changes the meaning

SC's Question number - 657 , 658

657). Some analysts of retirement problems insist that the only way to provide equity and protection for all Americans is to amalgamate all retirement-income systems, including Social Security, into one central system.

(A) insist that the only way to provide equity and protection for all Americans is to amalgamate

(B) have insisted the only way equity and protection can be provided for all Americans is amalgamating

(C) insist the only way to provide equity and protection for all Americans is the amalgamation of

(D) are insistent that the only way equity and protection can be provided for all Americans is the amalgamation of

(E) insist that the only way for the provision of equity and protection for all Americans is to amalgamate

658). Some analysts contend that true capitalism exists only when the ownership of both property and the means of production is regarded as an inalienable right of an individual’s, and it is not a license granted by government and revokable at whim.

(A) is regarded as an inalienable right of an individual’s, and it is not

(B) are regarded as individuals’ inalienable rights, and that it not be

(C) is regarded as an individual’s inalienable right, not as

(D) are regarded as an individual’s inalienable rights, not when they are

(E) is regarded as the inalienable rights of an individual, not when it is


Answers:

657). OA - A - subjunctive. Also parallel - ..to provide X is to amalgamate Y..

B, C, D - incorrect - subjunctive - require insist that

E - incorrect - violating parallelism

658). OA - C - parallel - ..regarded as X not as Y

A - incorrect - awkward - an inalienable right of an individual’s

B, D - incorrect - subject verb agreement - ....ownership(singular)....are(plural)...

E - incorrect - wrong comparison, awkward - ... inalienable rights...

Note: Subjunctive verbs: Read here

SC's Question number - 665 , 666

665). Some scientists have been critical of the laboratory tests conducted by the Federal Drug Administration on the grounds that the amounts of suspected carcinogens fed to animals far exceeds those that humans could consume.

(A) far exceeds those that humans could consume

(B) exceeds by far those humans can consume

(C) far exceeds those humans are able to consume

(D) exceed by far those able to be consumed by humans

(E) far exceed those that humans could consume

666). Some psychiatric studies indicate that among distinguished artists the rates of manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times as prevalent as in the population at large.

(A) the rates of manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times as prevalent as in

(B) the rates of manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times more prevalent than in

(C) the rates of manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times more prevalent when compared to

(D) manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times as prevalent when compared to

(E) manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times more prevalent than in

Answers:

665). OA - E (OG 10th Ques no 243)

OE: The plural verb exceed agrees in number with its subject, amounts, and the phrase those that humans could consume conveys the intended meaning clearly and without unnecessary wordiness.

A, B, C - incorrect - the singular exceeds does not agree in number with its plural subject, amounts.

B, C - incorrect - omit the conjunction that an omission that is grammatically acceptable, but in the case of this sentence diminishes clarity.

D - incorrect - the use of the passive voice in the phrase those able to be consumed by humans is unjustified, as it increases wordiness while stating the meaning less precisely: it is accurate to call humans " able", but not to call those( amounts) "able".

666). OA - E

A, B, C - incorrect - illogically suggests that the rates are prevalent

D - incorrect - unidiomatic - ..as..when..

SC's Question number - 679, 680

679). Temporary-employment agencies benefit not only from the increasing demand for clerical workers but also the higher profits made when highly paid professionals are placed, requests for whom have increased in the recent wave of corporate takeovers.

(A) the higher profits made when highly paid professionals are placed, requests for whom

(B) the higher profits that are made in the placement of highly paid professionals, requests for whom

(C) from the requests for highly paid professionals, who make higher profits for the agencies when placed and whose requests

(D) from highly paid professionals, whose placement makes higher profits for the agencies and whose requests

(E) from the higher profits made in placing highly paid professionals, requests for whom

680). Television programs developed in conjunction with the marketing of toys, which was once prohibited by federal regulations, are thriving in the free market conditions permitted by the current Federal Communications Commission.

(A) Television programs developed in conjunction with the marketing of toys, which was once prohibited by federal regulations, are

(B) Television programs developed in conjunction with the marketing of toys, a practice that federal regulations once prohibited, is

(C) Developing television programs in conjunction with the marketing of toys, as once prohibited by federal regulations, is

(D) Federal regulations once prohibited developing television programs in conjunction with the marketing of toys, but they are

(E) Federal regulations once prohibited developing television programs in conjunction with the marketing of toys, but such programs are

Answers:

679). OA - E - parallel - not only from X, but also from Y

A, B - incorrect - violating parallelism - ..not only from..but also the..

C, D - incorrect - illogically suggests that requests made by the professionals have increased. Benefit is from profits, and not from requests or from the professionals

680). OA - E

A - incorrect - which incorrectly modifies toys

B - incorrect - B - incorrect - subject verb agreement - Television programs(subject - plural) developed in conjunction with the marketing of toys, a practice that federal regulations once (appositive), is (verb - singular)

C - incorrect - use of as is incorrect

D - incorrect - ambiguous they

SC's Question no - 691, 692

691). The aristocratic values expressed in the writings of Marguerite Yourcenar place her within the French classical tradition, as does her passionate interest in history, particularly Roman history.

(A) as does

(B) so do

(C) as do

(D) so is the case with

(E) similarly, does

692). The attorney turned down the law firm’s offer of a position because she suspected that it was meant merely to fill an affirmative action quota with no commitment to minority hiring and eventually promoting.

(A) quota with no commitment to minority hiring and eventually promoting

(B) quota, having no commitment to minority hiring and eventually promoting

(C) quota and did not reflect a commitment to minority hiring and eventual promotion

(D) quota, not reflecting a commitment to minority hiring and eventual promotion

(E) quota, not one that reflected that minority hiring and eventual promotion was a commitment


Answers:

691). OA - A

B, C - incorrect - subject verb agreement - ..interest(singular)...do(plural)..

D - incorrect - wordy

E - incorrect - awkward

692). OA - C

A, B, D - incorrect - violating parallelism

E - incorrect - awkward

SC's Question number - 699 , 700

699). The black hole has entered the popular imagination as an object too massive that neither light nor matter can escape its gravitational pull.

(A) too massive that neither light nor matter can escape its

(B) too massive for either allowing light or matter to escape its

(C) massive enough that either light or matter cannot escape their

(D) so massive that neither light nor matter could escape their

(E) so massive that neither light nor matter can escape

700). The boom in agricultural exports in the early 1970’s emptied United States grain bins and many were led to thinking that overproduction was now a problem of the past.

(A) many were led to thinking that overproduction was now

(B) many had been led to thinking of overproduction as if it were

(C) the thought this led to was that overproduction had become

(D) led many to the thought of overproduction as if it were

(E) led many to think that overproduction had become


Answers:

699). OA - E - idiomatic - ..so .. ..that..

A, B - incorrect - unidiomatic - too massive that

C, D - incorrect - subject verb agreement - ... black hole(singular)..their(plural)..

700). OA - E - parallel - ....exports in the early 1970’s emptied United States...and led many to think ...

A, B, C - incorrect - violating parallelism

D - incorrect - awkward

SC's Question number - 725 , 726

725). The decisions of John Marshall, the fourth chief justice, have had a greater influence than any chief justice in history.

(A) than any chief justice in history

(B) historically than any other chief justice

(C) than have those of any chief justice in history

(D) in history as any other chief justice has had

(E) than those of any other chief justice in history

726).The delinquency rates on mortgages for office buildings, hotels, shopping malls, and other commercial properties held by the nation’s insurance companies in recent months have increased sharply, leading to predictions that foreclosures on these types of loan could double over the next three years.

(A) in recent months have increased sharply, leading to predictions that foreclosures on these types of loan could double over the next three years

(B) have increased sharply in recent months, leading to predictions that foreclosures on these types of loans could double over the next three years

(C) have increased sharply in recent months, leading to predictions that doubling of foreclosures on these types of loans could occur over the next three years

(D) has increased sharply in recent months, and lead to predictions that over the next three years doubling of foreclosures on this type of loan could occur

(E) in recent months has increased sharply, and this leads to predictions that foreclosures on that type of loan in the next three years could double


Answers:

725). OA - E - The decisions of....than those of...

A, B, C, D - incorrect - wrong comparison

726). OA - B

A - incorrect - modifier error

C - incorrect - wordy

D, E - incorrect - subject verb agreement - .....rates(plural).....has(singular)....

SC's Question number - 731 , 732

731). The direction in which the Earth and the other solid planets—Mercury, Venus, and Mars—spins were determined from collisions with giant celestial bodies in the early history of the Solar System.

(A) spins were determined from

(B) spins were determined because of

(C) spins was determined through

(D) spin was determined by

(E) spin was determined as a result of

732). The distinctive hereditary tartans that are alleged to be worn since antiquity by members of the Highland clans were in fact designed by Scottish woolen manufacturers in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

(A) that are alleged to be worn

(B) alleged to have been worn

(C) that are worn, it was alleged

(D) alleged as having been worn

(E) that are worn, allegedly


Answers:

731). OA - D

A, B, C - incorrect - subject verb agreement - ...Earth and the other solid planets—Mercury, Venus, and Mars(plural).....spins(singular)

E - incorrect - wordy and unidiomatic. Right idiom is determined by

732). OA - B

A - incorrect - wrong tense

C, D, E - incorrect - unidiomatic - right idiom is alleged to

SC's Question number - 739 , 740

739). The end of the eighteenth century saw the emergence of prize-stock breeding, with individual bulls and cows receiving awards, fetching unprecedented prices, and excited enormous interest whenever they were put on show.

(A) excited

(B) it excited

(C) exciting

(D) would excite

(E) it had excited


740). The endurance and consistency of baseball star Lou Gehrig, known as “The Iron Horse,” are legendary.

(A) The endurance and consistency of baseball star Lou Gehrig, known as “The Iron Horse,” are legendary.

(B) The endurance and consistency of Lou Gehrig, a baseball star known as “The Iron Horse,” is legendary.

(C) Known as “The Iron Horse,” the endurance and consistency of Lou Gehrig, the baseball star, is legendary.

(D) The reason baseball star Lou Gehrig is known as “The Iron Horse” is because of his legendary endurance and consistency.

(E) Known as “The Iron Horse,” baseball star Lou Gehrig’s endurance and consistency are legendary.

Answers:

739). (OG 10th Ques no - 25) - OA - C

OE: Choice C is best. The third verb phrase in the series describing bulls and cows should have the same grammatical form as the first two. Only choice C has a present participle (or "-ing" form) that is parallel with the two preceding verbs, receiving and fetching.

A, B - incorrect - instead of the present participle, choices A and B use the past
tense (excited)

D - incorrect - uses an auxiliary verb (would excite)

E - incorrect - uses the past perfect tense (had excited).

B, E - incorrect - the incorrect verb tenses in B and E are introduced by a pronoun, it, that lacks a logical noun referent

740). OA - A

B, C - incorrect - .....endurance and consistency(plural).....is(singular)...

D - incorrect - redundancy error - reason...because...

E - incorrect - modifier error

SC's Question number - 743 , 744

743). The exhibition of art from Nubians, the site of a Black civilization that goes back to the fourth millennium B.C., makes clear the Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt to that of sub-Saharan Africa.

(A) the Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt to that

(B) that the Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt to that

(C) the Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt with that

(D) that the Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt with those

(E) that Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt and those


744). The exigencies of dramatic art, as shown even by the history plays of Shakespeare, makes the foreshortening of dramatized historical events inevitable.

(A) makes the foreshortening of dramatized historical events inevitable

(B) made dramatized historical events inevitably foreshortened

(C) make the foreshortening of dramatized historical events inevitable

(D) has inevitably foreshortened dramatized historical events

(E) inevitably foreshortens dramatized historical events


Answers: 743). OA - D - right idiom - combine X with Y

A, B, C - incorrect - require those instead of that because elements is plural...elements from Egypt to that...

E - incorrect - unidiomatic

744). OA - C

A - incorrect - subject verb agreement - ..exigencies(plural)....makes(singular)...

B - incorrect - changes the meaning

D - incorrect - subject verb agreement - ..exigencies(plural)....has(singular)...

E - incorrect - subject verb agreement - ..exigencies(plural).. foreshortens (singular)

SC's Question number - 747 , 748

747). The fastest of mammals, cheetah’s bodies are geared to accelerate from one to forty miles per hour in less than two seconds and reach speeds of seventy miles per hour.

(A) The fastest of mammals, cheetah’s bodies are geared to

(B) The fastest of mammals, the body of cheetah’s bodies is able to

(C) Faster than other mammals, the body of the cheetah is geared to

(D) The fastest of mammals, the cheetah can

(E) The cheetah, the fastest of mammals, have bodies that can

748). The fear of rabies is well founded; few people are known to recover from the disease after the appearance of the clinical symptoms.

(A) few people are known to recover from the disease after the appearance of the clinical symptoms

(B) few people are known to have recovered from the disease once the clinical symptoms have appeared

(C) there are few known people who have recovered from the disease once the clinical symptoms have appeared

(D) after the clinical symptoms appear, there are few known people who have recovered from the disease

(E) recovery from the disease is known for only a few people after the clinical symptoms appear

Answers:

747). OA - D

A, B, C - incorrect - modifier error - The fastest of mammals incorrectly modifying bodies

E - incorrect - subject verb agreement - The cheetah(singular), the fastest of mammals, have(plural) bodies that can

748). Given OA - B...however IMO answer should be A for this question - fear of rabies is well founded is a fact till date...people have recovered and are still recovering till date

B - incorrect - wrong tense

C, D - incorrect - wordy - there are

E - incorrect - awkward

SC's Question number - 749 , 750

749). The federal government requires hospitals to tell a Medicare patient of their legal right of challenge their discharge if they feel they are being sent home prematurely.

(A) hospitals to tell a Medicare patient of their

(B) hospitals to tell Medicare patients that they have a

(C) hospitals to tell Medicare patients that there is a

(D) that hospitals tell a Medicare patient of their

(E) that hospitals tell a Medicare patient that they have a


750). The Federal Reserve Board’s reduction of interest rates on loans to financial institutions is both an acknowledgement of past economic trends and an effort to influence their future direction.

(A) reduction of interest rates on loans to financial institutions is both an acknowledgement of past economic trends and an effort

(B) reduction of interest rates on loans to financial institutions is an acknowledgement both of past economic trends as well as an effort

(C) reduction of interest rates on loans to financial institutions both acknowledge past economic trends and attempt

(D) reducing interest rates on loans to financial institutions is an acknowledgement both of past economic trends and an effort

(E) reducing interest rates on loans to financial institutions both acknowledge past economic trends as well as attempt


Answers:

749). OA - B - idiomatic - require + subject + to + verb

A, D - incorrect - pronoun error - ....a Medicare patient...their...

C - incorrect - wordy - there is

E - incorrect - pronoun error - ambiguous they

750). (OG 10th Ques no - 66) - OA - A

OE: Choice A is best.

B - incorrect - both must come before acknowledgment if it is to link acknowledgment and effort; as misplaced here, it creates the unfulfilled expectation that the reduction of interest rates will be an acknowledgment
of two different things. Moreover, both... as well as ... is redundant: the correct idiom is both x and y.

C - incorrect - the plural verbs acknowledge and attempt do not agree with their singular subject, reduction; also, it is imprecise to characterize a reduction as performing actions such as acknowledging or attempting.

D, E - incorrect - the use of the participle reducing rather than the noun reduction is awkward. Like B, D misplaces both, while E repeats both the
redundancy of B and the agreement error of C.

SC's Question number - 751 , 752

751). The Federalist papers, a strong defense of the United States Constitution and important as a body of work in political science as well, represents the handiwork of three different authors.

(A) and important as a body of work in political science as well, represents

(B) as well as an important body of work in political science, represent

(C) and also a body of work of importance in political science is representing

(D) an important body of work in political science and has been representative of

(E) and as political science an important body of work too, represent

752). The figure of the jaguar, being a recurring symbol within Olmec art, is prominent among the hieroglyphics inscribed on a monument that was discovered in the Mexican state of Veracruz.

(A) being a recurring symbol within

(B) a symbol having recurred within

(C) a recurring symbol in

(D) having been a symbol that recurred in

(E) recurring as it is, a symbol in


Answers:


751). (OG 10th Ques No - 213) - OA - B

OE:
A, C, D - incorrect - contain singular verbs that do not agree in number with the plural subject, papers. Furthermore, A violates parallelism by aligning the adjective important with the noun defense; C, employing the present progressive tense, wrongly suggests that the triple authorship of The Federalist papers is a developing situation rather than an accomplished fact; and D, employing the present perfect tense, suggests that the situation of triple authorship is no longer the case. D is also garbled syntactically because the conjunction and
has been misplaced.

E - incorrect - the wording is awkward.

752). OA - C

A, D - incorrect - use of being/ having been

B, E - incorrect - changes the meaning

SC's Question number - 757 , 758

757). The Forbidden City in Beijing, from which the emperors ruled by heavenly mandate, was a site which a commoner or foreigner could not enter without any permission, on pain of death.

(A) which a commoner or foreigner could not enter without any permission,

(B) which a commoner or foreigner could enter without any permission only

(C) which no commoner or foreigner could enter without permission,

(D) which, without permission, neither commoner or foreigner could only enter,

(E) which, to enter without permission, neither commoner or foreigner could do.

758). Question number 28 on link below
Golden crab


Answers:

757). OA - C - rightly conveys the intended meaning - no one can enter without permission.

A, B - incorrect - unidiomatic - ...without any permission...

B - incorrect - distorts the meaning - suggests that a commoner or foreigner could enter

D, E - incorrect - ....without permission, neither commoner or foreigner.... - Correct form is neither X nor Y

758). OA - C - explanation on link below:
Answer golden crab - Ques number 28

SC's Question number - 761 , 762

761). The growing demand for housing, traffic congestion, and longer commuting trips has all but eliminated the cost advantage of owning a house in many rural communities.

(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.

SC's Question number - 771 , 772

771). The labor agreement permits staff reductions through attrition with increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program for speeding it up.

(A) attrition with increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program for speeding it up

(B) attrition and provides increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program to speed the attrition process

(C) attrition, which will be speeded up by providing increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program

(D) attrition, which, by their providing increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program, will speed the process

(E) attrition, which provides increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program for speeding the attrition process

772). The lack of complete historical records from the mid-to-late 1800’s have made some Black inventions difficult to trace to their originators.

(A) have made some Black inventions difficult to trace to their originators

(B) have made for difficulties in tracing some inventions by Blacks to their originators

(C) have made it difficult to trace some inventions by Blacks to their originators

(D) has made it difficult to trace some inventions to their Black originators

(E) has made it difficult in tracing some Black inventions to their originators

Answers:

771). OA - B

A - incorrect - ambiguous it

C - incorrect - passive

D - incorrect - passive, pronoun error - ...labor agreement ....their

D, E - incorrect - wrongly says attrition provides the increase pension benefits

772). OA - D

A, B, C - incorrect - The lack (singular).....have(plural)...

E - incorrect - Black inventions

SC's Question number - 775 , 776

775). The main reasons for the phenomenal growth of agribusiness over the last fifteen years are because of elevated land prices, the basing of retail marketing networks on produce imported from other states, and decreased competition from developers.

(A) because of elevated land prices, the basing of retail marketing networks

(B) a result of elevated land prices, retail marketing networks based

(C) that land prices are elevated, retail marketing networks are based

(D) elevated land prices, retail marketing networks based

(E) because land prices are elevated, the basing of retail marketing networks

776). The major areas of medicine in which lasers are effective is in the cutting and closing of blood vessels, and in the destruction of tumors.

(A) is in the cutting and closing of blood vessels, and in the destruction

(B) are the cutting and closing of blood vessels, and also the case of destroying

(C) are the cutting, closing of blood vessels, and in the destroying

(D) are the cutting and closing of blood vessels, and the destruction

(E) is in the cutting and closing of blood vessels, and the destroying


Answers:

775). OA - D

A, E - incorrect - ..main reasons.....are because

B - incorrect - wordy

C - incorrect - unidiomatic - ...main reasons ...are that..

776). OA - D

A, E - incorrect - subject verb agreement - ...major areas.....is...

B - incorrect - also the case of not needed

C - incorrect - violating parallelism