SC's Question number - 987, 988

987). With cloning technology, scientists are approaching what has long been the ultimate goal of modern husbandry: achieving a consistency of quality and production in farm animals as once thought to be limited to manufactured goods.

(A) achieving a consistency of quality and production in farm animals as once thought to be

(B) achieving farm animals with a consistency of quality and production as were once thought of as

(C) achieving in farm animals a consistency of quality and production that was once thought to be

(D) achievement of farm animals whose consistency of quality and production are the same as what were once thought to he

(E) achievement of farm animals at a consistency of quality and production once thought of as


988). Tom Bradley was mayor of Los Angeles from 1973 to 1993, an era when the city had transformed from a collection of suburban neighborhoods to the second-largest city in the United States.

(A) an era when the city had transformed

(B) an era during which the city was transformed

(C) an era that transformed it

(D) during which era the city transformed

(E) during which the city was transformed


Answers --

987). C is the best choice.

A - incorrect - is unclear -- "consistency of quality" and "production in farm animals" or consistency of "quality and production", in farm animals.

A, B - incorrect - Actions are not being compared so use of AS is wrong in A

D, E - incorrect - "achievement of farm animals" - making no sense.

B, D - incorrect - using plural verb for Consistency - were

988) . B is the best choice - (Appositive) -- Emphasis is on the ERA, when Y was Mayor.

A - incorrect - Cannot be past and past-perfect at the same time - "the city has transformed"

C - incorrect - use of it - ambiguous

D, E - incorrect - use of "during" is wrong in D and E because there is no antecedent for "during which" .

We need 'an era' as an appositive otherwise the clauses at the end would modify the year instead of the period