SC's Question number - 923, 924

923). When the prime lending rates went up in 1987, economists determined they would cause interest rates to rise and then decline over the ensuing five-year period

(A) they would cause interest rates to rise and then decline

(B) they would mean that interest rates would rise and then decline

(C) that they will cause interest rates to rise and then decline

(D) that the increase would cause interest rates to rise and then decline

(E) that the increase would cause interest rates' rising and subsequent declining

924). When the technique known as gene-splicing was invented in the early 1970’s, it was feared that scientists might inadvertently create an “Andromeda strain,” a microbe never before seen on Earth that might escape from the laboratory and it would kill vast numbers of humans who would have no natural defenses against it.

(A) it would kill vast numbers of humans who would have no natural defenses against it

(B) it might kill vast numbers of humans with no natural defenses against it

(C) kill vast numbers of humans who would have no natural defenses against it

(D) kill vast numbers of humans who have no natural defenses against them

（C）(E) kill vast numbers of humans with no natural defenses against them


Answers :

923). OA - D

A,B,C - incorrect - ambiguous they

E - incorrect - interest rates' rising and subsequent declining

924). OA - C

A, B - incorrect - violate parallelism - introduce new independent clause - it would kill.... and it might kill....

D, E - incorrect - pronoun reference - singular (microbe) .... plural (them)

B, D, E - incorrect - lack would - hence do not express conditional