SC's Question number - 823 , 824

823). The Rorschzch test is gaining new respect as a diagnostic tool because it takes only one hour to expose behavior and thought processes that may be unlikely to emerge in other procedures or weeks of ordinary interviewing

(A) that may be unlikely to emerge in other procedures or weeks of ordinary interviewing

(B) whose emergence is unlikely in other procedures or weeks of ordinary interviews

(C) that might not emerge in other procedures or in weeks of ordinary interviews

(D) that may not emerge under other procedures or weeks of ordinary interviews

(E) unlikely not to emerge during weeks of ordinary interviewing or in other procedures

824). The rules that govern political contributions are less stringent in local elections than they are in national elections because they typically involve smaller amounts of money and present less opportunity for abuse

(A) The rules that govern political contributions are less stringent in local elections than they are in national elections because they typically involve smaller amounts of money and present less opportunity for abuse.

(B) Because they typically involve smaller amounts of money and present less opportunity for abuse, the rules that govern political contributions are less stringent in local elections than the rules are less stringent in local elections than the rules are in national elections.

(C) The rules that govern political contributions are less stringent in local elections than national elections because they typically involve smaller amounts of money and present less opportunity for abuse.

(D) Because local elections typically involve smaller amounts of money and present less opportunity for abuse than national elections, the rules that govern local political contributions are less stringent than national contributions.

E) The rules that govern political contributions are less stringent in local elections than they are in national elections because local elections typically involve smaller amounts of money and present less opportunity for abuse


Answers: 823). OA - C - parallelism - unlikely to emerge in X or in Y

A - incorrect - redundancy error. Also violating parallelism

B - incorrect - passive

D - incorrect - use of emerge under is not appropriate here

E - incorrect - double negative...unlikely and not

824). OA - E

A, B - incorrect - pronoun error

C, D - incorrect - wrong comparison

SC's Question number - 825 , 826

825). The sale of government surplus machinery will begin at 9 a.m. and continue until the supply lasts.

(A) will begin at 9 a.m. and continue until the supply lasts

(B) begins at 9 a.m., continuing until the supply lasts

(C) will begin at 9 a.m. and, until the supply lasts, will continue

(D) begins at 9 a.m. and, as long as the supply may last, it continues

(E) will begin at 9 a.m. and continue as long as the supply lasts

826). The school board ruling mandating that physically handicapped students be placed in regular classroom settings whenever possible also assured all children who have a reading problem of special aid.

(A) be placed in regular classroom settings whenever possible also assured all children who have a reading problem

(B) should be placed in regular classroom settings whenever possible also assures all children that have a reading problem

(C) are placed in regular classroom settings whenever possible also assures those children who are having reading problems

(D) be placed in regular classroom settings whenever possible also assured children with reading problems

(E) should be placed in regular classroom settings whenever possible also has assured all those children with a reading problem

Answers:

825). OA - E - use of as long as is fine - until vs as long as

A, B, C - incorrect - use of until is wrong - the point of time in future (until the supply lasts) is not known/ certain

D - incorrect - wordy and awkward

826). OA - D - Subjunctive verb

A - incorrect - wordy ....who have a reading problem

B, E - incorrect - word should not required

C - incorrect - violating parallelism .....placed...assures....Also in a subjunctive sentence the verb is always of a form be

SC's Question number - 827 , 828

827). The science of economics, which for four decades was dominated by Keynesians, who at first stressed the government's role in stimulating the economy, but who were ultimately led away from solutions based on government intervention.

(A) economics, which for four decades was

(B) economics that was to be

(C) economics, one which has, for four decades, been

(D) economics is one that for four decades has been

(E) economics, for four decades, is one that was

828). The Senate approved immigration legislation that would grant permanent residency to millions of aliens currently residing here and if employers hired illegal aliens they would be penalized.

(A) if employers hired illegal aliens they would be penalized

(B) hiring illegal aliens would be a penalty for employers

(C) penalize employers who hire illegal aliens

(D) penalizing employers hiring illegal aliens

(E) employers to be penalized for hiring illegal aliens

Answers:

827). OA - D

A, B, C - incorrect - lacking independent clause - in other words the independent clause is lacking the primary verb (The science of economics)

E - incorrect - use of past tense is wrong - we need to use present perfect tense here

828). OA - C - parallelism - ...grant...penalize... - would grant X and (would) penalize Y

A, B - incorrect - violating parallelism. Further they in choice A is ambiguous and hiring illegal aliens would be a penalty in choice B is illogical

D - incorrect - violating parallelism - ....grant....penalizing...

E - incorrect - passive

SC's Question number - 829 , 830

829). The speculative fever of the Roaring Twenties infected rich and poor alike; vast quantities of people were dangerously overextended, credit was absurdly easy to obtain, and most brokerage houses required only ten percent cash for stocks bought on "margin"

(A) rich and poor alike; vast quantities of people were dangerously over extended

(B) both rich and poor alike; large amounts of people dangerously over extended themselves

(C) rich and poor alike; great numbers of people were dangerously over extended

(D) both rich and poor alike; vast amounts of people dangerously over extended themselves

(E) both rich and poor; great quantities of people were dangerously over extended

830). The spraying of pesticides can be carefully planned, but accidents, weather conditions that could not be foreseen, and pilot errors often cause much larger deposits of spray than they had anticipated.

(A) weather conditions that could not be foreseen, and pilot errors often cause much larger deposits of spray than they had

(B) weather conditions that cannot be foreseen, and pilot errors often cause much larger deposits of spray than

(C) unforeseeable weather conditions, and pilot errors are the cause of much larger deposits of spray than they had

(D) weather conditions that are not foreseeable, and pilot errors often cause much larger deposits of spray than

(E) unforeseeable weather conditions, and pilot errors often cause much larger deposits of spray than they had

Answers:

829). OA - C

A - incorrect - use of vast is wrong - vast used with varieties/ differences

B, D - incorrect - use of amount wrong - amount is used with uncountable nouns

E - incorrect - changes the meaning - missing the word alike

830). OA - B

A,C,E - incorrect - ambiguous they

D - incorrect - foreseeable is an adjective and cannot be used as the object of a sentence

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 - 833 , 834

833). The Supreme Court's concern with legitimacy is not for the sake of the court but the nation to which it is responsible.

(A) but the nation to which it is responsible

(B) but for the sake of the nation to which it is responsible

(C) so much as the nation it is responsible to

(D) as the nation it is responsible to

(E) but the nation

834). The suspect in the burglary was advised of his right to remain silent, told he could not leave, and was interrogated in a detention room.

(A) of his right to remain silent, told he could not leave, and was

(B) of his right to remain silent, told he could not leave, and

(C) of his right to remain silent and that he could not leave and

(D) that he had a right to remain silent, could not leave, and was

(E) that he had a right to remain silent, that he could not leave, and was

Answers:

833). OA - B - parallelism - .....not for...but for....

834). OA - B - parallelism - ...was advised.....told....interrogated...

SC's Question number - 835 , 836

835). The task force is reviewing the company's hiring practices for the determination of whether they are meeting the requirements set by the Office of Equal Opportunity

(A) for the determination of whether they are meeting the requirements set by the Office of Equal Opportunity

(B) for the determining of whether or not it meets the requirement set by the Office of Equal Opportunity

(C) for the determining of whether the requirements set by the Office of Equal Opportunity are being met or not

(D) determining whether the requirements set by the Office of Equal Opportunity are met

(E) to determine whether they meet the requirements set by the Office of Equal Opportunity

836). The technical term "pagination" is a process that leaves editors, instead of printers, assemble the page images that become the metal or plastic plates used in printing.

(A) is a process that leaves editors, instead of printers, assemble

(B) refers to a process that allows editors, rather than printers, to assemble

(C) is a process leaving the editors, rather than printers, to assemble

(D) refers to a process which allows editors, but not to printers, the assembly of

(E) has reference to the process leaving to editors, instead of the printer, assembling

Answers:

835). OA - E - To determine is the correct idiom

A, B, C - incorrect - weird construction and unidiomatic determining of

B, C - incorrect - redundant whether or not

D - incorrect - company's hiring practices determining - changes the meaning

836). OA - B

A, C - incorrect - illogically states the term is a process

D - incorrect - use of which is wrong

E - incorrect - use of instead of

SC's Question number - 837 , 838

837). The themes that Rita Dove explores in her poetry is universal, encompassing much of the human condition while occasionally deals with racial issues.

(A) is universal, encompassing much of the human condition while occasionally deals

(B) is universal, encompassing much of the human condition, also occasionally it deals

(C) are universal, they encompass much of the human condition and
occasionally deals

(D) are universal, encompassing much of the human condition while occasionally dealing

(E) are universal, they encompass much of the human condition, also occasionally are dealing

838). The underlying physical principles that control the midair gyrations of divers and gymnasts are the same as the body orientation controlling astronauts in a weightless environment

(A) as the body orientation controlling

(B) as the body orientation which controls

(C) as those controlling the body orientation of

(D) ones to control the body orientation of

(E) ones used in controlling the body orientation of

Answers:

837). OA - D

A, B - incorrect - subject verb agreement - .....themes(plural)...is(singular)...

C - incorrect - subject verb agreement - ...they(plural)...deals(singular)...

E - incorrect - wordy; lacking parallelism

838). OA - C

A, B - incorrect - violating parallelism; wrong comparison

D, E - incorrect - missing as

SC's Question number - 839 , 840

839). The United States government employs a much larger proportion of women in trade negotiations than any government.

(A) a much larger proportion of women in trade negotiations than any

(B) a much larger proportion of women in trade negotiations than does any other

(C) much larger proportions of women in trade negotiations than has any

(D) proportions of women in trade negotiations that are much larger than any

(E) proportions of women in trade negotiations that are much larger than any other

840). The United States petroleum industry’s cost to meet environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of the decade

(A) The United States petroleum industry’s cost to meet environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of the decade.

(B) The United States petroleum industry’s cost by the end of the decade to meet environmental regulations is estimated at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum.

(C) By the end of the decade, the United States petroleum industry’s cost of meeting environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum.

(D) To meet environmental regulations, the cost to the United States petroleum industry is estimated at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of the decade.

(E) It is estimated that by the end of the decade the cost to the United States petroleum industry of meeting environmental regulations will be ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum.

Answers:

839). OA - B - correct comparison

840). OA - E

A, B - incorrect - misplaced modifier - end of decade

B - incorrect - changes the meaning

C - incorrect - wrong tense

D - incorrect - modifier error

SC's Question number - 841 , 842

841). The unprecedented increases in the prime lending rate this year has probably been brought about by business community's uncertainty about the President's position on the budget deficit.

(A) in the prime lending rate this year has

(B) this year in the prime lending rate has

(C) this year in the prime lending rate having

(D) in the prime lending rate this year had

(E) in the prime lending rate this year have

842). The unskilled workers at the Allenby plant realized that their hourly rate of $4.11 to $4.75 was better than many nearby factory wages.

(A) many nearby factory wages

(B) many wages in nearby factories

(C) what are offered by many nearby factories

(D) it is in many nearby factories

(E) that offered by many nearby factories


Answers:

41). OA - E

A, B - incorrect - subject verb agreement..unprecedented increases(plural) ...has(singular)

C - incorrect - awkward

D - incorrect - wrong tense

42). OA - E

A - incorrect - awkward - nearby factory wages

B - incorrect - wrongly comparing hourly rate with many wages

C - incorrect subject verb agreement ...rate(singular)...are(plural)...

D - incorrect - wrong tense

SC's Question number - 843 , 844

843). The use of chemical pesticides in this country is equally extensive or more so than ten years ago.

(A) equally extensive or more so than ten years ago

(B) equal to or more extensive than ten years ago

(C) as extensive as ten years ago or more

(D) equal to, if not more, than ten years ago

(E) as extensive as it was ten years ago, if not more so

844). The use of gravity waves, which do not interact with matter in the way electromagnetic waves do, hopefully will enable astronomers to study the actual formation of black holes and neutron stars.

(A) in the way electromagnetic waves do, hopefully will enable

(B) in the way electromagnetic waves do, will, it is hoped, enable

(C) like electromagnetic waves, hopefully will enable

(D) like electromagnetic waves, would enable, hopefully

(E) such as electromagnetic waves do, will, it is hoped, enable

Answers:

843). OA - E

A, B, C, D - incorrect - comparing extensive use to ten years

844). OA - B

A - incorrect - use of hopefully wrong

C, D - incorrect - wrong comparison - comparing interaction of gravity waves with electromagnetic waves

E - incorrect - use of such as is wrong. Also wrong comparison

Note: Use of the word hopefully is always wrong on GMAT.
Hopefully is an adverb meaning "in a hopeful way" and can only modify another adverb, verb or adjective. When we want to express a statement about what is desired, "it is hoped" is always better usage than "hopefully"

SC's Question number - 845 , 846

845). The utility company has announced that it will permanently close its Unit I nuclear power plant, the first plant that had been built by private industry and the model for a generation of modern nuclear reactors.

(A) that had been built by private industry and

(B) built by private industry and which was

(C) to be built by private industry and which was

(D) built by private industry and

(E) to have been built by private industry and was

846). The visiting pharmacologists concluded that the present amalgam of Chinese and Western medicine is probably as good, or better than, any system that might be devised for the patients who are treated at the Nan Kai hospital in Tian-jing.

(A) as good, or better than, any system that might be devised for the patients who are

(B) as good, or better, than any system that might be devised for patients being

(C) as good, or better than, any system that might be devised for patients which are being

(D) good as, or even better than, any other system that may be devised for the patients who are

(E) as good as, or better than, any other system that might be devised for the patients

Answers:

845). OA - D

A - incorrect - use of past perfect tense had been is wrong..(simple past tense is not present)

B, C - incorrect - use of was suggests that the plant is no longer a model for nuclear reactors.Also use of which is wrong

E - incorrect - present perfect continuous tense have been is wrong...illogically suggests that the private industry started building the plant in the past and is still building it

846). OA - E - idiomatic - as...as

A,B, C, D - incorrect - unidiomatic

SC's Question number - 847 , 848

847). The voluminous personal papers of Thomas Alva Edison reveal that his inventions typically sprang to life not in a flash of inspiration but evolved slowly from previous works.

(A) sprang to life not in a flash of inspiration but evolved slowly

(B) sprang to life not in a flash of inspiration but were slowly evolved

(C) did not spring to life in a flash of inspiration but evolved slowly

(D) did not spring to life in a flash of inspiration but had slowly evolved

(E) did not spring to life in a flash of inspiration but they were slowly evolved

848). The Wallerstein study indicates that even after a decade young men and women still experience some of the effects of a divorce occurring when a child.

(A) occurring when a child

(B) occurring when children

(C) that occurred when a child

(D) that occurred when they were children

(E) that has occurred as each was a child

Answers:

847). OA - C - Explanation at the link below

GMAT Sentence Correction Q. No 86

848). OA - D - Explanation at the link below

GMAT Sentence Correction Q. No 65

SC's Question number - 849 , 850

849). The Western world's love affair with chocolate is well-documented: few people have been known to have tasted it for the first time without requesting more.

(A) few people have been known to have tasted it

(B) few having been known to taste it

(C) it has been tasted by few people

(D) few people have been known to taste it

(E) few people having tasted it

850). The winds that howl across the Great Plains not only blow away valuable topsoil, thereby reducing the potential crop yield of a tract of land, and also damage or destroy young plants.

(A) and also damage or destroy

(B) as well as damaging or destroying

(C) but they cause damage or destroy

(D) but also cause damage or destroy

(E) but also causing damage or destroying

Answers:

849). OA - D

A - incorrect - use of present perfect tense is wrong

B - incorrect - few incorrectly referring to chocolate

C - incorrect - passive

E - incorrect - 2nd clause is missing the verb

850). OA - D - correct - maintaining parallelism not only blow ...but also cause.

A, B, C - incorrect - violating parallelism - not only...but also...

E - incorrect - violating parallelism - not only blow....but also causing