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 - 683, 684

683). That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said that it is their fault: Alvin Toffler, one of the most prominent students of the future, did not even mention microcomputers in Future Shock, published in 1970.

(A) That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said that it is their fault

(B) That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said to be at fault

(C) It can hardly be said that it is the fault of educators who have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology

(D) It can hardly be said that educators are at fault for not anticipating the impact of microcomputer technology

(E) The fact that educators are at fault for not anticipating the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said

684). That the new managing editor rose from the publication’s “soft” news sections to a leadership position is more of a landmark in the industry than her being a woman.

(A) her being a woman

(B) being a woman is

(C) her womanhood

(D) that she was a woman

(E) that she is a woman


Answers:

683). (OG 11th Ques no - 50) - OA - D - has the main clause followed by one subordinate clause correctly introduced by that

OE: Although it is possible to begin a sentence with a subordinate clause beginning with that, this inverted construction often results in errors such as those found here. In the original sentence, the subordinate clause that.....technology is followed by the main verb, can..be said, but then the verb is followed by yet another subordinate clause, that it is their fault. The best way to solve this problem is by putting the sentence in the expected order, with the main clause (It can hardly be said) preceding the subordinate clause(that...) For greater clarity and concision, the two subordinate clauses should be condensed into one: educators are at fault for not anticipating the impact of microcomputer technology

A - incorrect - inverting the usual order results in an ungrammatical construction in which the main verb is both preceded and followed by a subordinate clause.

B - incorrect - can hardly be said to be at fault does not grammatically complete the subordinate clause

C - incorrect - construction that it is..who have not is wordy and awkward; it also distorts meaning and lacks completion

E - incorrect - the fact is wordy; the inverted construction does not successfully convey the meaning of the sentence.

684). OA - E - parallel - that X is..than that Y is... - That the new managing editor rose from the publication’s “soft” news sections to a leadership position is more of a landmark in the industry than that she is a woman

A, B - incorrect - violating parallelism, passive - use of being

C - incorrect - wrong comparison - comparing rising to womanhood

D - incorrect - wrong tense

SC's Question number - 687 , 688

687). The airline industry is cutting its lowest discount fares more widely, more substantially, and earlier this year than it normally does at the end of the summer, a time during which travel usually decreases and the industry uses some lower fares for the attraction of passengers.

(A) during which travel usually decreases and the industry uses some lower fares for the attraction of

(B) during which travel usually decreases and therefore the industry will use some lower fares for the attraction of

(C) in which travel usually decreases and in which the industry therefore uses some lower fares attracting

(D) when travel usually decreases and the industry uses some lower fares to attract

(E) when travel usually decreases and therefore the industry will use lower fares for the attraction of

688). The American Medical Association has argued that the rapidly rising costs associated with malpractice litigation are driving doctors from the profession and that reform of the tort system is imperative for bringing malpractice insurance premiums under control.

(A) that reform of the tort system is imperative for bringing malpractice insurance premiums

(B) that reform of the tort system is imperative if malpractice insurance premiums are to be brought

(C) that reform of the tort system is imperative to bring malpractice insurance premiums

(D) reform of the tort system is necessary in bringing malpractice insurance premiums

(E) the tort system needs to be reformed so that malpractice insurance premiums are brought


Answers:

687). OA - D

A, B - incorrect - use of during

C - incorrect - awkward

E - incorrect - wordy

688). OA - C - effect + imperative to + cause(infinitive)

A - incorrect - imperative for bringing

B - incorrect - awkward

D, E - incorrect - violating parallelism - right form -- argue that X and that Y

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 - 693, 694

693). The Audubon Society and other conservation groups, concerned over what they have perceived to be the serious threatening of the environment as posed by the policies of the government, are preparing for a major political effort.

(A) have perceived to be the serious threatening of the environment as

(B) perceived as the serious threat to the environment as

(C) perceive being the serious threat to the environment

(D) are perceiving as the serious threatening of the environment

(E) perceive as the serious threat to the environment

694). The auto industry has experienced one of its most significant trends in the last 50 years, which is the migration of motorists from passenger cars to minivans, sport utility vehicles, and pickups.

(A) The auto industry has experienced one of its most significant trends in the last 50 years, which is

(B) Of the trends the auto industry experienced in the last 50 years has been one of the most significant

(C) In the last 50 years, one of the most significant trends that the auto industry has been experiencing has been

(D) One of the most significant trends that the auto industry has experienced in the last 50 years is

(E) In the last 50 years, the auto industry experienced one of the most significant trends that it has had, that of

Answers:

693). OA - E - right idiom - perceive as

A, C - incorrect - unidiomatic

B - incorrect - redundancy -- 2nd as is not required -- threat to the environment as...

D - incorrect - serious threatening

694). OA - D

A - incorrect - antecedent for which not clear

B, E - incorrect - awkward, wordy

C - incorrect - wrong tense,wordy, awkward - ...has been experiencing has been...

SC's Question number - 711 , 712

711). The Commerce Department announced that the economy grew during the second quarter at a 7.5 percent annual rate, while inflation eased when it might have been expected for it to rise.

(A) it might have been expected for it to rise

(B) it might have been expected to rise

(C) it might have been expected that it should rise (

D) its rise might have been expected

(E) there might have been an expectation it would rise

712).The commission acknowledged that no amount of money or staff members can ensure the safety of people who live in the vicinity of a nuclear plant, but it approved the installation because it believed that all reasonable precautions had been taken.

(A) no amount of money or staff members

(B) neither vast amounts of money nor staff members

(C) neither vast amounts of money nor numbers of staff members

(D) neither vast amounts of money nor a large staff

(E) no matter how large the staff or how vast the amount of money


Answers:

711). (OG 11th Ques no - 32) - OA - B - idiomatic - X is expected to Y is the correct idiomatic expression

A, C - incorrect - unidiomatic

D - incorrect - passive, violating parallelism - its rise is not parallel to inflation

E - incorrect - wordy

712). OA - D - parallel - neither X nor Y

A - incorrect - use of amount is wrong - cannot use amount for staff members(countable)

B, C - incorrect - violating parallelism

E - incorrect - wordy and awkward

SC's Question number - 717 , 718

717). The company is negotiating to sell its profitable credit card subsidiary, which it plans to use money from to acquire some of the mortgage-servicing operations that are being sold by troubled savings institutions.

(A) subsidiary, which it plans to use money from

(B) subsidiary, from which it plans to use money

(C) subsidiary, and it plans the use of money from that

(D) subsidiary and plans to use money from that sale

(E) subsidiary and plans the use of money from that sale

718). The complex tax dispute between the Covered Bridge Mall and Harris
Township is not likely to be adjudicated for several years, and, in the meantime, both sides are intent on creating difficulties for the other.

(A) both sides are intent on creating difficulties for the other

(B) both sides are intent on creating difficulties for each other

(C) each side is intent on creating difficulties for the other

(D) each side is intent on creating difficulties for one another

(E) the sides are both intent on creating difficulties for each other


Answers:

717). OA - D

A, B, C - incorrect - incorrectly says that the money obtained is from credit card subsidiary instead of saying that the money obtained is from the sale of credit card subsidiary

E - incorrect - wordy and awkward

718). OA - C

A, B, E - incorrect - the difference between each/the other and both/each other - use each when the parties are more separate, and use both when the parties are collaborating.(courtesy Erin)

D - incorrect - Use one another for reference to more than two (http://www.bartelby.com/68/1/2101.html)

SC's Question number - 737 , 738

737). The efforts of the bipartisan committee were marked as much by frustration as it was by success.

(A) as it was by

(B) and also by

(C) as by

(D) and equally by

(E) as there was

738). The Emperor Augustus, it appears, commissioned an idealized sculptured portrait, the features of which are so unrealistic as to constitute what one scholar calls an “artificial face.”

(A) so unrealistic as to constitute

(B) so unrealistic they constituted

(C) so unrealistic that they have constituted

(D) unrealistic enough so that they constitute

(E) unrealistic enough so as to constitute


Answers:

737). OA - C - idiomatic - as much by X as by Y

A - incorrect - it incorrectly refers to efforts

B, D - incorrect - unidiomatic

E - incorrect - wordy - there was

738). OA - A - idiomatic - so X as to Y

B, C, D, E - incorrect - unidiomatic

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 - 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

SC's Question number - 783 , 784

783). The most favorable locations for the growth of glaciers, rather than being the cold, dry polar regions, would be instead the cool, moist middle latitudes, where there is abundant precipitation and where it is cold enough to allow some snow to accumulate year by year.

(A) glaciers, rather than being the cold, dry polar regions, would be instead the cool, moist middle latitudes

(B) glaciers are not the cold, dry polar regions but the cool, moist middle latitudes

(C) glaciers are the cool, moist middle latitudes rather than the cold, dry polar regions

(D) glaciers, instead of being the cold, dry polar regions, would be the cool, moist middle latitudes

(E) glaciers are, instead of the cold, dry polar regions, rather the cool, moist middle latitudes

784). The nation’s three military academies have seen a dramatic rise in applications, one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, increasing tuition costs at private colleges, and improved recruiting by the academies.

(A) one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, increasing tuition costs at private colleges, and improved recruiting by the academies

(B) one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, tuition costs that have increased at private colleges, and academies improving their recruiting

(C) one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, private colleges that increased their tuition costs, and recruiting improvements by the academies

(D) fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, tuition costs increasing at private colleges, and academies improving their recruiting

(E) fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, increasing tuition costs at private colleges, and academies improving their recruiting


Answers:

783). OA - B - idiomatic - ..not X ...but Y

A, D, E - incorrect - passive: use of being; wordy and awkward: use of instead of and rather than

C - incorrect - modifier error - "where there is abundant ...." must be placed close to "the cool, moist middle latitudes"

784) . OA - A - correct - 1. one (appositive of rise) 2. fueled (participle modifying noun one) 3. by three parallel nouns: a resurgence of patriotism, increasing tuition costs at private colleges, and improved recruiting by the academies

B, C, D, E - incorrect - violating parallelism

SC's Question number - 787 , 788

787). The nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius in two letters to the historian Tacitus.

(A) The nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius in two letters to the historian Tacitus.

(B) To the historian Tacitus, the nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote two letters, being the only eyewitness accounts of the great eruption of Vesuvius.

(C) The only eyewitness account is in two letters by the nephew of Pliny the Elder writing to the historian Tacitus an account of the great eruption of Vesuvius.

(D) Writing the only eyewitness account, Pliny the Elder’s nephew accounted for the great eruption of Vesuvius in two letters to the historian Tacitus.

(E) In two letters to the historian Tacitus, the nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius.

788). The new contract forbids a strike by the transportation union.

(A) forbids a strike by the transportation union

(B) forbids the transportation union from striking

(C) forbids that there be a strike by the transportation union

(D) will forbid the transportation union from striking

(E) will forbid that the transportation union strikes


Answers:

787). (OG 10th Ques no - 256) - OA - E
OE: E, the best choice, conveys its meaning clearly, without ambiguity, and uses straightforward syntax.

A - incorrect - the placement of the phrase in two letters to the historian Tacitus generates ambiguity: the nonsensical suggestion is that the eruption of Vesuvius took place in the letters themselves.

B - incorrect - the verb phrase that begins being the only eyewitness accounts modifies the subject of the preceding clause, suggesting nonsensically that the nephew of Pliny the Elder himself was the eyewitness accounts. Furthermore, To the historian Tacitus, the nephew... wrote two letters is unnecessarily clumsy.

C - incorrect - the meaning of the sentence is unclear (The only eyewitness account of what?), the repetition of account is clumsy, and the syntax is highly
convoluted (... in two letters by the nephew of Pliny the Elder writing to the historian Tacitus an account...).

D - incorrect - writing the only eyewitness account, Pliny the Elder's nephew accounted is redundant, and the placement of in two letters to the historian Tacitus generates ambiguity, suggesting under one available reading that the eruption took place in the letters

788). OA - A

Correct idiom is x forbids y to do z or x prohibits y from doing z thus A is equivalent to - The new contract forbids the transportation union to strike

B - incorrect - unidiomatic - ...forbid...from.. http://www.bartleby.com/68/83/2583.html

C - incorrect - wordy - ..there be...

D, E - incorrect - use of will is wrong....simple present tense is required here. Further contract (singular) so we need forbids(singular).

SC's Question number - 793 , 794

793). The official languages are of India, Hindi, and of Pakistan, Urdu, but neither are spoken by a majority of the population.

(A) The official languages are of India, Hindi, and of Pakistan, Urdu, but neither are

(B) The official languages are of India, Hindi, and of Pakistan, Urdu, but neither is

(C) Officially, the languages are Hindi for India and for Pakistan, Urdu, but neither are

(D) The official language of India is Hindi, and that of Pakistan is Urdu, but neither is

(E) The official language of India is Hindi, and Urdu in Pakistan, but none is


794). The Olympic Games helped to keep peace among the pugnacious states of the Greek world in that a sacred truce was proclaimed during the festival’s month.

(A) world in that a sacred truce was proclaimed during the festival’s month

(B) world, proclaiming a sacred truce during the festival’s month

(C) world when they proclaimed a sacred truce for the festival month

(D) world, for a sacred truce was proclaimed during the month of the festival

(E) world by proclamation of a sacred truce that was for the month of the festival

Answers:

793). OA - D - neither is is the right usage here

A, C - incorrect - neither are

B - incorrect - awkward construction - The official languages are of India

E - incorrect - awkward construction - ... of India is Hindi, and Urdu in Pakistan...

794). OA - C

A - incorrect - use of in that

B - incorrect - unclear who would be doing the proclaiming

C - incorrect - ambiguous they

E - incorrect - wordy

SC's Question number - 831 , 832

831). The study undertaken by Department of the Interior will involve examination and tagging of the California condor in order to obtain information about their daily movements, foraging habits, and sites where they nest

(A) their daily movements, foraging habits, and sites where they nest

(B) their daily movements, foraging habits, and their nesting sites

(C) its daily movements, foraging habits, and nesting sites

(D) its daily movements, foraging habits, and about nesting sites

(E) daily movements, foraging habits, and sites in which there are nests

832). The supply of oil being finite has become an economical and political consideration of the first magnitude for all modern industrial nations.

(A) The supply of oil being finite has become an economical

(B) The finite supply of oil has become an economical

(C) That the supply of oil is finite has become an economical

(D) The supply of oil being finite has become an economic

(E) That the supply of oil is finite has become an economic

Answers:

831). OA - C

A, B - incorrect - pronoun error ....their is wrong

D - incorrect - wordy - about nesting sites

E - incorrect - wordy - there are

832). OA - E

A, B, C - incorrect - economical is wrong - economical means thrifty

D - incorrect - passive

SC's Question number - 873 , 874

873). To spread the word about mortgage servicers, a fact sheet that outlines one's legal rights if you get caught in a mortgage serving mess has been put together by the Federal Trade Commission.

(A) a fact sheet that outlines one's legal rights if you get caught in a mortgage serving mess has been put together by the Federal Trade Commission

(B) an outline of one's legal rights has been put together by the Federal Trade Commission if one gets caught up in a mortgaging mess on a fact sheet

(C) should you get caught in a mortgaging mess, a fact sheet outlining your legal rights has been put together by the Federal Trade Commission

(D) there is a fact sheet put together by the Federal Trade Commission, which outlines one's legal rights in a mortgage servicing mess

(E) the Federal Trade Commission has put together a fact sheet that outlines your legal rights if you get caught in a mortgage servicing mess

874). Today, because of improvements in agricultural technology, the same amount of acreage produces double the apples that it has in 1910.

(A) double the apples that it has

(B) twice as many apples as it did

(C) as much as twice the apples it has

(D) two times as many apples as there were

(E) a doubling of the apples that it did


Answers:

873). OA - E

A, B, C - incorrect - modifier error

D - incorrect - wordy - there is

874). OA - B

A - incorrect - wrongly substitutes the adjective double for twice; uses that without a clear referent

C - incorrect - wordy; use of much wrong; use of has incorrect

D - incorrect - wordy - there were

E - incorrect - illogically that refers to a doubling; illogically asserts that the doubling occurred in 1910

SC's Question number - 879 , 880

879). 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 burn calories too slowly than that they are overeaters

(D) because their bodies burn 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


880). Two valence states of uranium, one with a deficit of four electrons and the other one with a deficit of six, occurs in nature and contributes to the diversity of uranium's behavior.

(A) the other one with a deficit of six, occurs in nature and contributes

(B) the other one a deficit of six, occur in nature and contribute

(C) the other with a deficit of six, occurs in nature and contributes

(D) the other with a deficit of six, occur in nature and contribute

(E) one with six, occurs in nature and contributes


Answers:

879). OA - D - The members of a comparison (more X than Y) should be expressed in parallel form. D correctly uses parallel clauses introduced by because.

A, B - incorrect - use of due to is wrong here, uses due to unidiomaticaly to mean because; properly used, due to is synonymous with attributable to.

C - incorrect - violating parallelism - .....because ... than that they ....

E - incorrect - awkward, wordy - further, the word bodies need an apostrophe (bodies') since it is the logical subject of the gerund burning (that is, it answers the question, "Whose burning?")

880). OA - D

A, C, E - incorrect - subject - verb agreement - two valence electrons (plural) ..... occur (singular)...contributes (singular)

B - incorrect - redundancy error - one ..... and the other one ....

SC's Question number - 893 , 894

893). Unlike Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, and other expatriates, William Carlos Williams insisted that poets honor their own regions and employ specifically American rhythms.

(A) Unlike Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, and other expatriates, William Carlos Williams insisted

(B) Although Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, and other expatriates did not, William Carlos Williams' insistence was

(C) Contrary to Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, and other expatriates, it was William Carlos Williams who insisted

(D) As opposed to what Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, and other expatriates did, William Carlos Williams was to insist

(E) While Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, and other expatriates did not, William Carlos Williams was insistent

894). Unlike in other transportation industries, there are no minimum standards set by government or industry for qualifying for being an engineer on a train.

(A) Unlike in other transportation industries, there are no minimum standards set by government or industry for qualifying for being

(B) Unlike other transportation industries that have minimum standards set by government or industry, there are none for qualifying to be

(C) Although the government or industry usually sets minimum standards for transportation industries, no such one has been set for qualifying as to being

(D) Although the government or industry usually sets minimum standards for transportation industries, no such standard has been set for qualifying to be

(E) Although there are usually minimum standards set by government or industry for transportation industries, there is none for qualifying and being


Answers:

893). OA - A

C - incorrect - passive. Further starts with the word "contrary" implying that William Carlos Williams was contrary to the other guys. He was not contrary to other guys, his ideas were contrary to their ideas.

894). OA - D

A - incorrect - compares transportation with standards
B - incorrect - compares transportation with standards
A, C, E - incorrect - use of Being
E - incorrect - there are, there is is considered wordy on GMAT

Gmat Sentence Correction - 109 , 110, 111, 112

109). A wildlife expert predicts that the reintroduction of the caribou into northern Minnesota would fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more numerous than one wolf for every 39 square miles.

(A) would fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more numerous than

(B) would fail provided the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more than

(C) should fail if the timber wolf density in that region was greater than

(D) will fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is greater than

(E) will fail if the timber wolf density in that region were more numerous than

110). According to a panel of health officials, there has been a great deal of confusion in the medical profession about whether obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or a condition more related to appearance than to health.

(A) about whether obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or a condition more related to appearance than to

(B) with respect to obesity being a biological disorder posing serious health risks or if it is related more to appearance than

(C) over whether or not obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or it is a condition more related to appearance than to

(D) about obesity and if it is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or a condition related to appearance more than to

(E) concerning whether obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or it is a condition related to appearance more than

111). According to a recent poll, owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land is still a goal of a majority of young adults, like that of earlier generations.

(A) like that of earlier generations

(B) as that for earlier generations

(C) just as earlier generations did

(D) as have earlier generations

(E) as it was of earlier generations

112). According to a recent study by Rutgers University, the number of women in state legislatures has grown in every election since 1968.

(A) the number of women in state legislatures has grown

(B) the number of women who are in state legislatures have grown

(C) there has been growth in the number of women in state legislatures

(D) a growing number of women have been in state legislatures

(E) women have been growing in number in state legislatures


Answers:

109). OA - D - "would" is in general used for hypothetical or probable situations (in past). For definite prediction we should use "will".

A, B - incorrect - use of would

C - incorrect -for prediction, would/will is more appropriate - should is wrong here.

A, E - incorrect - density is a measure, it cannot be numerous. Further more numerous is unidiomatic.

110). OA - A

B - incorrect - use of being must be avoided

C - incorrect - whether or not is redundant

D - incorrect - use of if wrong here - if is used for condition

E - incorrect - more should be placed before related

111). OA - E - right comparison - According to a recent poll, owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land is still a goal of a majority of young adults, as it was of earlier generations

is still a goal of a majority....as it was [the goal] of earlier generations

A, B - incorrect - ambiguous that. Further lack a verb corresponding to is.

C - incorrect - use of did (verb) incorrect - did cannot correspond to is(verb)

D - incorrect - use of have (verb) incorrect - have cannot correspond to is(verb)

112). OA - A - the number...has grown

B - incorrect - the number (singular)....have grown (plural)

C - incorrect - wordy - there has

D - incorrect - 'have been' wrong tense - we need present perfect rather than past perfect progressive

E - incorrect - distorts the meaning