SC's Question number - 855 , 856

855). There is growing demand in the state for “initiative and referendum,” a procedure that allows voters to propose and pass laws, as well as to repeal them.

(A) allows voters to propose and pass laws, as well as to repeal them

(B) allows voters to propose, pass, and to repeal laws

(C) allows voters to propose, to pass, and repeal laws

(D) will allow the voter to propose, pass, as well as to repeal laws

(E) will allow laws to be proposed, passed, as well as repealed by voters

856). There is no consensus on what role, if any, is played by acid rain in slowing the growth or damaging forests in the eastern United States.

(A) slowing the growth or damaging

(B) the damage or the slowing of the growth of

(C) the damage to or the slowness of the growth of

(D) damaged or slowed growth of

(E) damaging or slowing the growth of


Answer:

855). OA - A - ...to propose and pass laws as well as to repeal them

B, C, D - incorrect - violating parallelism

E - incorrect - passive; future tense will allow is wrong

856). OA - E - ques no 53 in OG 10th

A - incorrect - requires of after growth

B - incorrect - requires to after damage

C - incorrect - the slowness of does not convey the original sense that the rate of growth has been slowed by acid rain..

D - incorrect - changes the meaning of the sentence by making both 'damaged' and 'slowed' refer to growth.