SC's Question number - 815 , 816

815). The record of the past is always incomplete, and the historian who writes about it inevitably reflects the preoccupations of their own time.

(A) the historian who writes about it inevitably reflects

(B) the historian writing about it will inevitably reflect

(C) a historian writing about it inevitably reflects

(D) writing about it, it is inevitable for historians to reflect

(E) historians in writing about it inevitably reflect

816). The relationship between corpulence and disease remain controversial, although statistics clearly associate a reduced life expectancy with chronic obesity.

(A) remain controversial, although statistics clearly associate a reduced life expectancy with

(B) remain controversial, although statistics clearly associates a reduced life expectancy with

(C) remain controversial, although statistics clearly associates reduced life expectancy to

(D) remains controversial, although statistics clearly associate a reduced life expectancy with

(E) remains controversial, although statistics clearly associates reduced life expectancy to

Answers:

815) OA - E

A, B, C - incorrect - .... the/ a historian (singular) ...preoccupations of their own time (plural).....

D - incorrect - wordy, awkward, run on

816). OA - D

A, B, C - incorrect - ..relationship (singular) .. remain (plural)...

E - incorrect - ....statistics (plural) ..... associates (singular)...

NOTE:
Statistics : singular or plural?
1. (used with a singular verb) when statistics means: The mathematics of the collection, organization, and interpretation of numerical data, especially the analysis of population characteristics by inference from sampling.
2. (used with a plural verb) when statistics means: Numerical data