Sunday, March 30, 2008

SC's Question number - 771 , 772

771). The labor agreement permits staff reductions through attrition with increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program for speeding it up.

(A) attrition with increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program for speeding it up

(B) attrition and provides increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program to speed the attrition process

(C) attrition, which will be speeded up by providing increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program

(D) attrition, which, by their providing increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program, will speed the process

(E) attrition, which provides increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program for speeding the attrition process

772).
The lack of complete historical records from the mid-to-late 1800’s have made some Black inventions difficult to trace to their originators.

(A) have made some Black inventions difficult to trace to their originators

(B) have made for difficulties in tracing some inventions by Blacks to their originators

(C) have made it difficult to trace some inventions by Blacks to their originators

(D) has made it difficult to trace some inventions to their Black originators

(E) has made it difficult in tracing some Black inventions to their originators

Answers:

771). OA - B

A - incorrect - ambiguous it

C - incorrect - passive

D - incorrect - passive, pronoun error - ...labor agreement ....their

D, E - incorrect - wrongly says
attrition provides the increase pension benefits

772). OA - D

A, B, C - incorrect - The lack (singular).....have(plural)...

E - incorrect - Black inventions

SC's Question number - 773 , 774

773). The last “wild” Indian in North America, according to anthropologist Alfred Kroeber, was the lone survivor of California’s lost Yahi tribe, which staggered out of the mountains near Lassen Peak in 1912, deep in mourning for the last of his companions, expecting to be butchered and eaten by white ranchers.

(A) which

(B) who

(C) that

(D) the survivor having

(E) having

774). The lawyer for the defense charged that she suspected the police of having illegally taped her confidential conversations with her client and then used the information obtained to find evidence supporting their murder charges.

(A) used the information obtained to find evidence supporting

(B) used such information as they obtained to find evidence supporting

(C) used the information they had obtained to find evidence that would support

(D) of using the information they had obtained to find evidence that would support

(E) of using such information as they obtained to find evidence that would be supportive of

Answers:

773) . OA - B

A, C - incorrect - wrongly suggests the tribe staggered out of the mountain

D, E - incorrect - use of having

774). OA - D

A, B, C - incorrect - violating parallelism - ....of having...used...

E - incorrect - wordy

SC's Question number - 775 , 776

775). The main reasons for the phenomenal growth of agribusiness over the last fifteen years are because of elevated land prices, the basing of retail marketing networks on produce imported from other states, and decreased competition from developers.

(A) because of elevated land prices, the basing of retail marketing networks

(B) a result of elevated land prices, retail marketing networks based

(C) that land prices are elevated, retail marketing networks are based

(D) elevated land prices, retail marketing networks based

(E) because land prices are elevated, the basing of retail marketing networks

776). The major areas of medicine in which lasers are effective is in the cutting and closing of blood vessels, and in the destruction of tumors.

(A) is in the cutting and closing of blood vessels, and in the destruction

(B) are the cutting and closing of blood vessels, and also the case of destroying

(C) are the cutting, closing of blood vessels, and in the destroying

(D) are the cutting and closing of blood vessels, and the destruction

(E) is in the cutting and closing of blood vessels, and the destroying


Answers:

775). OA - D

A, E - incorrect - ..main reasons.....are because

B - incorrect - wordy

C - incorrect - unidiomatic - ...main reasons ...are that..

776). OA - D

A, E - incorrect - subject verb agreement - ...major areas.....is...

B - incorrect -
also the case of not needed

C - incorrect - violating parallelism

Friday, March 28, 2008

SC's Question number - 777 , 778

777). The man was always aware, sometimes proudly and sometimes resentfully, that he was a small-town Midwesterner who was thrust into a world that was dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and more polished people than him.

(A) who was thrust into a world that was dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and more polished people than him

(B) who had been thrust into a world that was dominated by more wealthy, educated, and polished people than him

(C) who had been thrust into a world dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and people more polished than he was

(D) thrust into a world dominated by more wealthy, educated, and polished people than him

(E) thrust into a world dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and more polished people than he

778). The medieval scholar made almost no attempt to investigate the anatomy of plants, their mechanisms of growth, nor the ways where each was related to the other.

(A) nor the ways where each was related to the other

(B) nor how each was related to some other

(C) or the way where one is related to the next

(D) or the ways in which they are related to one another

(E) or the ways that each related to some other


Answers:

777). OA - E

A, B, D - incorrect - use of him is wrong - Rule no 7. on link below
Pronoun Errors

C - incorrect - violating parallelism

778). OA - D

A, B - incorrect - use of nor - right idiomatic usage is neither X nor Y

C - incorrect - use of where

E - incorrect - awkward

SC's Question number - 779 , 780

779). The metabolic rate of sharks is low compared with the rates of most other fishes.

(A) with the rates of most other fishes

(B) to most other fishes’ rate

(C) to that of rates for most other fishes

(D) to most other fishes

(E) with most other fishes

780). The mistakes children make in learning to speak tell linguists more about how they learn language than the correct forms they use.

(A) how they learn language than

(B) how one learns language than

(C) how children learn language than do

(D) learning language than

(E) their language learning than do


Answers:

779). OA - A - compare with is the right usage
compare to vs compare with

B,C, D - incorrect - compare to

E - incorrect - wrong comparison

780). OA - C

A - incorrect - ambiguous they

B - incorrect -
singular subject one learns

D - incorrect - wrongly suggests that children are teaching linguists to learn the language

E - incorrect - ambiguous their

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

SC's Question number - 781 , 782

781). The modernization program for the steel mill will cost approximately 51 million dollars, which it is hoped can be completed in the late 1980’s.

(A) The modernization program for the steel mill will cost approximately 51 million dollars, which it is hoped can be completed in the late 1980’s.

(B) The modernization program for the steel mill, hopefully completed in the late 1980’s, will cost approximately 51 million dollars.

(C) Modernizing the steel mill, hopefully to be completed in the late 1980’s, will cost approximately 51 million dollars.

(D) The program for modernizing the steel mill, which can, it is hoped, be completed in the late 1980’s and cost approximately 51 million dollars
.

(E) Modernizing the steel mill, a program that can, it is hoped, be completed in the late 1980's, will cost approximately 51 million dollars

782). The most common reasons for an employee’s unwillingness to accept a transfer are that mortgage rates are high, housing in the new location costs more, and the difficulty of selling the old home.

(A) that mortgage rates are high, housing in the new location costs more, and the difficulty of selling the old home

(B) that mortgage rates are high, housing in the new location costs more, and that it is difficult to sell the old home

(C) high mortgage rates, the greater cost of housing in the new location, and that the old home is difficult to sell

(D) high mortgage rates, the greater cost of housing in the new location, and it is difficult to sell the old home

(E) high mortgage rates, the greater cost of housing in the new location, and the difficulty of selling the old home


Answers:

781). OA - E

A, D - incorrect - modifier error - which is incorrectly modifying 51 million dollars in A and steel mill in D

B, C - incorrect - use of hopefully wrong

782). OA - E

A, B, C, D - incorrect - violating parallelism

SC's Question number - 783 , 784

783). The most favorable locations for the growth of glaciers, rather than being the cold, dry polar regions, would be instead the cool, moist middle latitudes, where there is abundant precipitation and where it is cold enough to allow some snow to accumulate year by year.

(A) glaciers, rather than being the cold, dry polar regions, would be instead the cool, moist middle latitudes

(B) glaciers are not the cold, dry polar regions but the cool, moist middle latitudes

(C) glaciers are the cool, moist middle latitudes rather than the cold, dry polar regions

(D) glaciers, instead of being the cold, dry polar regions, would be the cool, moist middle latitudes

(E) glaciers are, instead of the cold, dry polar regions, rather the cool, moist middle latitudes

784). The nation’s three military academies have seen a dramatic rise in applications, one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, increasing tuition costs at private colleges, and improved recruiting by the academies.

(A) one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, increasing tuition costs at private colleges, and improved recruiting by the academies

(B) one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, tuition costs that have increased at private colleges, and academies improving their recruiting

(C) one fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, private colleges that increased their tuition costs, and recruiting improvements by the academies

(D) fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, tuition costs increasing at private colleges, and academies improving their recruiting

(E) fueled by a resurgence of patriotism, increasing tuition costs at private colleges, and academies improving their recruiting


Answers:

783). OA - B - idiomatic - ..not X ...but Y

A, D, E - incorrect - passive: use of being; wordy and awkward: use of instead of and rather than

C - incorrect - modifier error -
"where there is abundant ...." must be placed close to "the cool, moist middle latitudes"

784) . OA - A - correct - 1. one (appositive of rise) 2. fueled (participle modifying noun one) 3. by three parallel nouns: a resurgence of patriotism, increasing tuition costs at private colleges, and improved recruiting by the academies

B, C, D, E - incorrect - violating parallelism