SC's Question number - 711 , 712

711). The Commerce Department announced that the economy grew during the second quarter at a 7.5 percent annual rate, while inflation eased when it might have been expected for it to rise.

(A) it might have been expected for it to rise

(B) it might have been expected to rise

(C) it might have been expected that it should rise (

D) its rise might have been expected

(E) there might have been an expectation it would rise

712).The commission acknowledged that no amount of money or staff members can ensure the safety of people who live in the vicinity of a nuclear plant, but it approved the installation because it believed that all reasonable precautions had been taken.

(A) no amount of money or staff members

(B) neither vast amounts of money nor staff members

(C) neither vast amounts of money nor numbers of staff members

(D) neither vast amounts of money nor a large staff

(E) no matter how large the staff or how vast the amount of money


Answers:

711). (OG 11th Ques no - 32) - OA - B - idiomatic - X is expected to Y is the correct idiomatic expression

A, C - incorrect - unidiomatic

D - incorrect - passive, violating parallelism - its rise is not parallel to inflation

E - incorrect - wordy

712). OA - D - parallel - neither X nor Y

A - incorrect - use of amount is wrong - cannot use amount for staff members(countable)

B, C - incorrect - violating parallelism

E - incorrect - wordy and awkward