SC's Question number - 645, 646

645). The manager of the plastic fork factory tried to convince the unruly factory workers they should join forces to optimize production on the belt rather than attempting to be contrary.

(A) they should join forces to optimize production on the belt rather than attempting to be contrary.

(B) that they should join forces to optimize production on the belt rather than attempt to be contrary.

(C) about joining forces to optimize production on the belt instead of attempting to be contrary.

(D) for the joining of forces to optimize production on the belt rather than attempt to be contrary.

(E) to join forces to optimize production on the belt rather than attempting to be contrary.

646). Of all the major developments in information technology that have influenced literary production, maybe none is more influential as the printing press, which brought the entire classical canon to people throughout Europe within 60 years of its invention.

(A) maybe none is more influential as

(B) it may be that none is more influential as

(C) perhaps it is none that is more influential than

(D) maybe it is none that was more influential than

(E) perhaps none was more influential than

Answers:

645). OA - B - Subjunctive - ...tried to convince ...that... 

A, C, D, E - incorrect - violating parallelism and the required subjunctive verb structure

646). Ans - E - idiomatic - X is more than Y

A, B  - incorrect - unidiomatic

C, D - incorrect - no clear referent for it, wordy

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 - 759 , 760

759). The Gorton-Dodd bill requires that a bank disclose to their customers how long they will delay access to funds from deposited checks.

(A) that a bank disclose to their customers how long they will delay access to funds from deposited checks

(B) a bank to disclose to their customers how long they will delay access to funds from a deposited check

(C) that a bank disclose to its customers how long it will delay access to funds from deposited checks

(D) a bank that it should disclose to its customers how long it will delay access to funds from a deposited check

(E) that banks disclose to customers how long access to funds from their deposited check is to be delayed

760). The group called the Teton Sioux inhabits parts of North and South Dakota; their language and customs differ, however, from the Yankton, Sisseton, and Dakota Sioux.

(A) their language and customs differ, however, from

(B) its language and customs differ, however, from

(C) however, they have different language and customs than

(D) however, their language and customs differ from those of

(E) its language and customs differ, however, from those of


Answer:

759). OA - C - Explanation on the link below
Subjunctive verbs

760). OA - E

A, C, D - incorrect - pronoun error - The group(singular).....their/ they(plural...

B - incorrect - wrong comparison

SC's Question number - 789 , 790

789). The new regulations mandate that a company allows their retiring employees who would otherwise lose group health care coverage to continue the same insurance at their own expense for a specified period.

(A) that a company allows their retiring employees who would otherwise lose group health care coverage to continue

(B) companies to allow their retiring employees who would otherwise lose group health care coverage that they can continue

(C) that a company allow its retiring employees who would otherwise lose group health care coverage to continue

(D) companies allowing a retiring employee whose group health care coverage would otherwise be lost the continuation of

(E) companies to allow a retiring employee whose group health care coverage would otherwise be lost he continuation of

790). The number of mountain gorillas is declining with such rapidity that the population is one-half in the twenty years between a count made by George Schaller in 1960 and the one made by Dian Fossey in 1980.

(A) with such rapidity that the population is one-half

(B) with such rapidity that the population was one-half

(C) so rapidly the population divided in half

(D) so rapidly that the population was halved

(E) in such rapidity that the population is halved


Answers:

789). OA - C

A - incorrect - ...a company(singular)....their(plural)...

B, D, E - incorrect - subjunctive so require that

790) . OA - D - idiomatic - ...so+adjective/ adverb+that..

A, B, E - incorrect - unidiomatic - ..such rapidity

C - incorrect - changes the meaning - wrongly suggests that the population divided in half

SC's Question number - 791 , 792

791). The number of undergraduate degrees in engineering awarded by colleges and universities in the United States increased by more than twice from 1978 to 1985.

(A) increased by more than twice

(B) increased more than two times

(C) more than doubled

(D) was more than doubled

(E) had more than doubled

792). The odds are about 4 to 1 against surviving a takeover offer, and many business consultants therefore advise that a company’s first line of defense in eluding offers like these be to even refuse to take calls from likely corporate raiders.

(A) that a company’s first line of defense in eluding offers like these be to even refuse

(B) that a company’s first line of defense in eluding such offers be to refuse even

(C) a company defending itself against offers of this kind that, as a first line of defense, they should even refuse

(D) companies which are defending themselves against such an offer that, as a first line of defense, they should even refuse

(E) that the first line of defense for a company who is eluding offers like these is the refusal even


Answers:

791). (OG 10th Ques No - 72) - OA - C
OE:
A - incorrect - because an adverb such as twice cannot function as an object of the preposition by

B - incorrect - distorts the sentence's meaning, stating that the number of engineering degrees conferred increased on more than two distinct occasions

D - incorrect - passive verb was ... doubled suggests without warrant that some unnamed agent increased the number of engineering degrees

E - incorrect - The past perfect tense .. had... doubled, is inappropriate unless the increase in engineering degrees is specifically being viewed as having occurred further back in the past than some subsequent event.

792). OA - B - subjunctive - ...that...to be...

A, E - incorrect - use of like

C, D - incorrect - ambiguous they; Further use of should is wrong .. (subjunctive)

SC's Question number - 825 , 826

825). The sale of government surplus machinery will begin at 9 a.m. and continue until the supply lasts.

(A) will begin at 9 a.m. and continue until the supply lasts

(B) begins at 9 a.m., continuing until the supply lasts

(C) will begin at 9 a.m. and, until the supply lasts, will continue

(D) begins at 9 a.m. and, as long as the supply may last, it continues

(E) will begin at 9 a.m. and continue as long as the supply lasts

826). The school board ruling mandating that physically handicapped students be placed in regular classroom settings whenever possible also assured all children who have a reading problem of special aid.

(A) be placed in regular classroom settings whenever possible also assured all children who have a reading problem

(B) should be placed in regular classroom settings whenever possible also assures all children that have a reading problem

(C) are placed in regular classroom settings whenever possible also assures those children who are having reading problems

(D) be placed in regular classroom settings whenever possible also assured children with reading problems

(E) should be placed in regular classroom settings whenever possible also has assured all those children with a reading problem

Answers:

825). OA - E - use of as long as is fine - until vs as long as

A, B, C - incorrect - use of until is wrong - the point of time in future (until the supply lasts) is not known/ certain

D - incorrect - wordy and awkward

826). OA - D - Subjunctive verb

A - incorrect - wordy ....who have a reading problem

B, E - incorrect - word should not required

C - incorrect - violating parallelism .....placed...assures....Also in a subjunctive sentence the verb is always of a form be

SC's Question number - 921, 922

921). When evidence of financial wrongdoing by an elected official surfaces, it is the electorate who must decide whether the evidence warrants censuring him or ousting him from office.

(A) whether the evidence warrants censuring him or ousting him

(B) if there is evidence that warrants a censure or an ousting of him

(C) whether or not the evidence warrants the censuring or ousting of him

(D) if there is evidence that warrants censuring him or his ousting

(E) if the evidence would warrant that he be censured or that he be ousted

922). When rates were raised in 1985, postal service officials predicted they would make further rate increases unnecessary for at least three years.

(A) they would make further rate increases unnecessary

(B) they would mean that further rate increases would not be needed

(C) that it would not be necessary for further rate increases

(D) that the increase would make further rate increases unnecessary

(E) further rate increases will not be needed

Answers :

921). OA - A - For use of "whether vs if" click on the link below..

http://gmat-grammar.blogspot.com/2006/07/whether-vs-if.html

B, D, E - incorrect - Use of if wrong - "whether" is preferred over "if" when deciding between two things/choices.

C - incorrect - redundancy error - whether 0r not

922). OA - D - For the use of subjunctive verbs click on the link below..

http://gmat-grammar.blogspot.com/2006/06/subjunctive-verbs.html

A, B, E - subjunctive - that is required after predicted.

A, B - incorrect - ambiguous they

C - incorrect - unclear antecedent for it

SC's Question number - 959, 960

959). Child care already a solid part of the employee benefits package at many companies, more businesses are focusing on a newer family benefit known as elder care, servicing for older dependents.

(A) Child care

(B) With child care

(C) Child care as

(D) Being the Child care was

(E) With child care's being

960). Constance Horner, chief of the United States government's personnel agency, has recommended that the use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds for not hiring an applicant.

(A) the use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds for not hiring an applicant

(B) any dangerous or illegal drug, if used in the five years prior to applying for a job, should be grounds for not hiring an applicant

(C) an applicant's use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds not to hire them

(D) an applicant's use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to applying for a job are grounds that they not be hired

(E) for five years prior to applying for a job, an applicant's use of any dangerous or illegal drug be grounds for not hiring them


Answers --

959). B is the best choice.

A - incorrect - Child care already a solid part of the employee benefits package at many companies -> acts as an appositive for more companies ..hence wrongly suggests child care = more companies.

D, E - incorrect - use of being

C - incorrect - run on sentence

960). A is the best choice.

C, D, E - incorrect - applicant (singular).....them(plural)

B - incorrect - sunjunctive so should must be avoided.

Link below deals with subjunctive verbs.
http://gmat-grammar.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_gmat-grammar_archive.html

SC's Question number - 971, 972

971). Many economists predict that the next recession, when it comes, will be caused by Federal Reserve action taken to prevent an inflationary upsurge that would result if the economy were to expand at an annual rate of three percent or more.

(A) taken to prevent an inflationary upsurge that would result

(B) they took for preventing an inflationary upsurge that would result

(C) taken to prevent an inflationary upsurge resulting

(D) they took to prevent an inflationary upsurge resulting

(E) taken for preventing an inflationary upsurge that will result

972). Many environmentalists believe that the widespread planting of trees, along with the conservation of existing forests, would be one of the surest, easiest, and least expensive ways to begin to halt or even to reverse the buildup of carbon dioxide in the air.

(A) one of the surest, easiest, and least expensive ways to begin to halt or even to reverse

(B) one of the most sure, easy, and least expensive ways to begin a halt or even reverse

(C) one of the surest, easiest, and least expensive ways that would begin halting or even reversing

(D) a most sure, easy, and inexpensive way beginning the halting and even reversing of

(E) the most sure, easiest, and inexpensive way that would begin halting or even reversing


Answers --

971). OA - A - Conditional - X would result...... if Y were to happen......Subjunctive were ... so would is correct

B, D - incorrect - they - incorrectly refers to Federal reserve and not to the action.

C - incorrect - resulting wrong

E - incorrect - unidiomatic - taken for --- instead of will would is required.


972). OA - A - some of the surest, easiest least expensive ways to begin to halt

B, E - incorrect - modifier error - "most" modifying sure, easiest, least

C - incorrect - unidiomatic - ways that - must be ways to

D - incorrect - We need definite article the instead of a

Gmat Sentence Correction 47, 48

47). Most state constitutions now mandate that the state budget be balanced each year.

(A) mandate that the state budget be balanced

(B) mandate the state budget to be balanced

(C) mandate that the state budget will be balanced

(D) have a mandate for a balanced state budget

(E) have a mandate to balance the state budget

48). Two new studies indicate that many people become obese more due to the fact that their bodies burn calories too slowly than overeating.

(A) due to the fact that their bodies burn calories too slowly than overeating

(B) due to their bodies burning calories too slowly than to eating too much

(C) because their bodies bum calories too slowly than that they are overeaters

(D) because their bodies bum calories too slowly than because they eat too much

(E) because of their bodies burning calories too slowly than because of their eating too much


Answers -

47). A is the correct answer - When mandate is used as a verb to mean "make it mandatory,' it must be followed by that and a verb in the
subjunctive mood, as in A, the best answer: mandate that x be balanced.

B - incorrect -- uses the ungrammatical mandate x to be balanced.

C - incorrect -- inappropriately uses the future indicative, will be, rather than the subjunctive.

D, E - incorrect -- use wordy and imprecise expressions in place of the verb mandate: neither have a mandate for a balanced... budget nor have a mandate to balance the ... budget makes clear that the requirement is made by the constitution. It is also unclear in D whether each year refers to the mandating or the balancing.

48). D is the best choice -- The members of a comparison (more X than Y) should be expressed in parallel form. This choice correctly uses parallel clauses introduced by because. The clauses themselves are clear and direct.

E - incorrect -- uses parallel forms, but the convoluted structures are awkward and wordy. Furthermore, the word "bodies" would need an apostrophe (bodies') since it is the logical subject of the gerund burning (that is, it answers the question, "Whose burning?").

A, B, C - incorrect -- do not use parallel forms for the two members of the comparison. In addition, A and B use "due to" unidiomatically to mean "because"; properly used, "due to" is synonymous with "attributable to".