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