SC's Question number - 723 , 724

723). The debate over bilingual education centers on the issue of whether the United States should foster the idea of single common language, an idea, some believe, that has in the past been crucial in binding diverse constituencies together.

(A) been crucial in binding diverse constituencies together

(B) been crucial as a binding together of diverse constituencies

(C) been crucial to bind together constituencies that are diverse

(D) become crucial in binding together diverse constituencies

(E) become crucial to bind together constituencies that are diverse


724). The decision by one of the nation’s largest banks to admit to $3 billion in potential losses on foreign loans could mean less lending by commercial banks to developing countries and increasing the pressure on multi government lenders to supply the funds.

(A) increasing the pressure

(B) the increasing pressure

(C) increased pressure

(D) the pressure increased

(E) the pressure increasing


Answers:

723). OA - A - right idiom crucial in

B, C, E - incorrect - unidiomatic

D - incorrect - has been is better than has become - wrongly suggests that it still becoming crucial today

724). OA - C - parallelism - ...less lending(noun) by commercial banks to developing countries increased pressure(noun)...

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