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 - 753 , 754

753). The filibuster, a parliamentary device that slows the snail’s pace that prevails even in the best of times in congressional sessions and tests the endurance of everyone associated with it, seems more and more an anachronism in the age of telecommunications.

(A) sessions and tests the endurance of everyone associated with it, seems

(B) sessions and tests the endurance of everyone who is associated with it, seeming to be

(C) sessions, tests the endurance of everyone associated with it, seems

(D) sessions, that tests the endurance of everyone associated with it and seems

(E) sessions, testing the endurance of everyone associated with it and seeming

754). The financial crash of October 1987 demonstrated that the world’s capital markets are integrated more closely than never before and events in one part of the global village may be transmitted to the rest of the village—almost instantaneously.

(A) integrated more closely than never before and

(B) closely integrated more than ever before so

(C) more closely integrated as never before while

(D) more closely integrated than ever before and that

(E) more than ever before closely integrated as


Answers:

753). OA - A - The filibuster, ....that slows A and tests B, seems.....

B, E - incorrect - seeming to be/ seeming

C - incorrect - requires the conjunction and

D - incorrect - wrongly suggests that congressional sessions tests the endurance of everyone

754). (OG 10th Ques no - 98) - OA - D
OE: Choice D, the best answer, produces a clear sentence in which parallel structure (two clauses introduced by that) underscores meaning: the crash demonstrated [1] that markets are integrated and [2] that events may be transmitted. The other choices lack this parallel structure and contain additional faults.

A, C - incorrect - the phrases more...than never in A and more ... as never in C are both unidiomatic: the idiom is more than ever.

B, C, E - incorrect - end with so, while, and as, respectively: and that is needed so that two parallel clauses may be properly joined.

B, E - incorrect - misplace the adverb more, which here should come just before closely: closer, not more frequent, integration of the world's capital markets is what facilitates the transmission of economic events.

SC's Question number - 755 , 756

755). The first decision for most tenants living in a building undergoing being converted to cooperative ownership is if to sign a no-buy pledge with the other tenants.

(A) being converted to cooperative ownership is if to sign

(B) being converted to cooperative ownership is whether they should be signing

(C) being converted to cooperative ownership is whether or not they sign

(D) conversion to cooperative ownership is if to sign

(E) conversion to cooperative ownership is whether to sign

756). The five hundred largest manufacturing firms in the United States produce goods that are worth almost as much as that of the four hundred thousand firms that remain.

(A) that are worth almost as much as that of the four hundred thousand firms that remain

(B) of a worth that is almost as much as that of the four hundred thousand firms that remain

(C) almost as much in worth as those of the remaining four hundred thousand firms

(D) almost as much in worth as that of the remaining four hundred thousand firms.

(E) worth almost as much as those of the remaining four hundred thousand firms


Answers:

755). (OG 10th Ques No. 24) - OA - E

OE: Only E, the best choice, idiomatically completes whether with an infinitive, to sign, that functions as a noun equivalent of decision. Choice E also uses the noun conversion, which grammatically completes the phrase begun by undergoing.

A, B, C - incorrect - the phrase being converted is awkward and redundant, since the sense of process indicated by being has already been conveyed by undergoing.

A, D - incorrect - wrongly saying if rather than whether, since the sentence poses alternative possibilities, to sign or not to sign.

756). OA - E - idiomatic -.. as much as..

A - incorrect - wordy

B - incorrect - unidiomatic and wordy - of a worth that is

C, D - incorrect - unidiomatic

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 - 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 - 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 - 763 , 764

763). The guiding principles of the tax plan released by the Treasury Department could have even a greater significance for the economy than the particulars of the plan.

(A) even a greater significance for the economy than

(B) a significance that is even greater for the economy than

(C) even greater significance for the economy than have

(D) even greater significance for the economy than do

(E) a significance even greater for the economy than have

764). The gyrfalcon, an Arctic bird of prey, has survived a close brush with extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than when the use of DDT was sharply restricted in the early 1970’s.

(A) extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than

(B) extinction; its numbers are now five times more than

(C) extinction, their numbers now fivefold what they were

(D) extinction, now with fivefold the numbers they had

(E) extinction, now with numbers five times greater than


Answers:

763). OA - D - to compare actions do is required here. Do rightly compares
the significance of the guiding principles of the tax plan to the significance of the particulars of the plan

A, B - incorrect - wrong comparison - incorrectly compares significance to the particulars of the plan

C - incorrect - ..have even greater significance for the economy than have...- better to use do when same verb is repeated. Also read post on do-auxiliary verb

C, E - incorrect - use of have is wrong in ...greater for the economy than have...because have is not acting as an auxiliary verb but as a main verb in ...Treasury Department could have ...

764). (OG 10th Ques no - 251) - OA - A

OE: A - the best choice, uses a singular pronoun, its, to refer to the singular antecedent The gyrfalcon, and it properly uses the construction its numbers are now ... greater than.

B - incorrect - the construction its numbers are ...more is not idiomatic: there are more birds, but not more numbers.

C, D - incorrect - use a plural pronoun, their or they, to refer to a grammatically singular antecedent, The gyrfalcon.

D, E - incorrect - wrongly use a phrase introduced by now with to modify The gyrfalcon. In both choices, the phrase confusingly seems to parallel with
extinction; a new clause with a present tense verb is needed to state what the gyrfalcon's numbers are now.

SC's Question number - 765 , 766

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(A) during sleep in higher concentrations than when awake

(B) when sleeping in higher concentrations than waking hours

(C) in higher concentrations during sleeping than waking

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

(E) in higher concentrations when asleep than when awake

Answers:

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

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

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

766). OA - D

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

C - incorrect - violating parallelism

SC's Question number - 767 , 768

767). The increased popularity and availability of televisions has led to the decline of regional dialects, language variations which originate from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuated by geographic isolation.

(A) which originate from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuated

(B) that originated from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuated

(C) originated from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuated

(D) originating from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuated

(E) originating from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuating

768). The investor who is uncertain about the future is more likely to put money into blue-chip stocks or treasury bills than into gold.

(A) than into

(B) than they do

(C) than they are

(D) as into

(E) as


Answers:

767). OA - D

A - incorrect - wrong tense

B, C - incorrect - violating parallelism - ....originated(verb - the simple past)...perpetuated (adjective - past participle)

E - incorrect - awkward - perpetuating by

768). OA - A - parallel and idiomatic - The investor who is uncertain about the future is more likely to put money into blue-chip stocks or treasury bills than into gold

SC's Question number - 769 , 770

769). The Iroquois were primarily planters, but supplementing their cultivation of maize, squash, and beans with fishing and hunting.

(A) but supplementing

(B) and had supplemented

(C) and even though they supplemented

(D) although they supplemented

( E) but with supplementing

770). The key to control over the Eurasian steppes lay in the nomad’s ability to use the horse both as a means of transport but also as an effective military tool.

(A) but also as

(B) or as

(C) and as

(D) or

(E) and also


Answers:

769). (OG 11th Ques No. 15) - OA - D

A - incorrect - but supplementing is wrong

B - incorrect - past perfect tense

C - incorrect - and does not convey contrast

E - incorrect - awkward

770). OA - C - correct idiom - both as X and as Y

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 - 773 , 774

773). The last “wild” Indian in North America, according to anthropologist Alfred Kroeber, was the lone survivor of California’s lost Yahi tribe, which staggered out of the mountains near Lassen Peak in 1912, deep in mourning for the last of his companions, expecting to be butchered and eaten by white ranchers.

(A) which

(B) who

(C) that

(D) the survivor having

(E) having

774). The lawyer for the defense charged that she suspected the police of having illegally taped her confidential conversations with her client and then used the information obtained to find evidence supporting their murder charges.

(A) used the information obtained to find evidence supporting

(B) used such information as they obtained to find evidence supporting

(C) used the information they had obtained to find evidence that would support

(D) of using the information they had obtained to find evidence that would support

(E) of using such information as they obtained to find evidence that would be supportive of

Answers:

773) . OA - B

A, C - incorrect - wrongly suggests the tribe staggered out of the mountain

D, E - incorrect - use of having

774). OA - D

A, B, C - incorrect - violating parallelism - ....of having...used...

E - incorrect - wordy

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 - 777 , 778

777). The man was always aware, sometimes proudly and sometimes resentfully, that he was a small-town Midwesterner who was thrust into a world that was dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and more polished people than him.

(A) who was thrust into a world that was dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and more polished people than him

(B) who had been thrust into a world that was dominated by more wealthy, educated, and polished people than him

(C) who had been thrust into a world dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and people more polished than he was

(D) thrust into a world dominated by more wealthy, educated, and polished people than him

(E) thrust into a world dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and more polished people than he

778). The medieval scholar made almost no attempt to investigate the anatomy of plants, their mechanisms of growth, nor the ways where each was related to the other.

(A) nor the ways where each was related to the other

(B) nor how each was related to some other

(C) or the way where one is related to the next

(D) or the ways in which they are related to one another

(E) or the ways that each related to some other


Answers:

777). OA - E

A, B, D - incorrect - use of him is wrong - Rule no 7. on link below
Pronoun Errors

C - incorrect - violating parallelism

778). OA - D

A, B - incorrect - use of nor - right idiomatic usage is neither X nor Y

C - incorrect - use of where

E - incorrect - awkward

SC's Question number - 779 , 780

779). The metabolic rate of sharks is low compared with the rates of most other fishes.

(A) with the rates of most other fishes

(B) to most other fishes’ rate

(C) to that of rates for most other fishes

(D) to most other fishes

(E) with most other fishes

780). The mistakes children make in learning to speak tell linguists more about how they learn language than the correct forms they use.

(A) how they learn language than

(B) how one learns language than

(C) how children learn language than do

(D) learning language than

(E) their language learning than do


Answers:

779). OA - A - compare with is the right usage
compare to vs compare with

B,C, D - incorrect - compare to

E - incorrect - wrong comparison

780). OA - C

A - incorrect - ambiguous they

B - incorrect - singular subject one learns

D - incorrect - wrongly suggests that children are teaching linguists to learn the language

E - incorrect - ambiguous their

SC's Question number - 781 , 782

781). The modernization program for the steel mill will cost approximately 51 million dollars, which it is hoped can be completed in the late 1980’s.

(A) The modernization program for the steel mill will cost approximately 51 million dollars, which it is hoped can be completed in the late 1980’s.

(B) The modernization program for the steel mill, hopefully completed in the late 1980’s, will cost approximately 51 million dollars.

(C) Modernizing the steel mill, hopefully to be completed in the late 1980’s, will cost approximately 51 million dollars.

(D) The program for modernizing the steel mill, which can, it is hoped, be completed in the late 1980’s and cost approximately 51 million dollars.

(E) Modernizing the steel mill, a program that can, it is hoped, be completed in the late 1980's, will cost approximately 51 million dollars

782). The most common reasons for an employee’s unwillingness to accept a transfer are that mortgage rates are high, housing in the new location costs more, and the difficulty of selling the old home.

(A) that mortgage rates are high, housing in the new location costs more, and the difficulty of selling the old home

(B) that mortgage rates are high, housing in the new location costs more, and that it is difficult to sell the old home

(C) high mortgage rates, the greater cost of housing in the new location, and that the old home is difficult to sell

(D) high mortgage rates, the greater cost of housing in the new location, and it is difficult to sell the old home

(E) high mortgage rates, the greater cost of housing in the new location, and the difficulty of selling the old home


Answers:

781). OA - E

A, D - incorrect - modifier error - which is incorrectly modifying 51 million dollars in A and steel mill in D

B, C - incorrect - use of hopefully wrong

782). OA - E

A, B, C, D - 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