SC's Question number - 739 , 740

739). The end of the eighteenth century saw the emergence of prize-stock breeding, with individual bulls and cows receiving awards, fetching unprecedented prices, and excited enormous interest whenever they were put on show.

(A) excited

(B) it excited

(C) exciting

(D) would excite

(E) it had excited


740). The endurance and consistency of baseball star Lou Gehrig, known as “The Iron Horse,” are legendary.

(A) The endurance and consistency of baseball star Lou Gehrig, known as “The Iron Horse,” are legendary.

(B) The endurance and consistency of Lou Gehrig, a baseball star known as “The Iron Horse,” is legendary.

(C) Known as “The Iron Horse,” the endurance and consistency of Lou Gehrig, the baseball star, is legendary.

(D) The reason baseball star Lou Gehrig is known as “The Iron Horse” is because of his legendary endurance and consistency.

(E) Known as “The Iron Horse,” baseball star Lou Gehrig’s endurance and consistency are legendary.

Answers:

739). (OG 10th Ques no - 25) - OA - C

OE: Choice C is best. The third verb phrase in the series describing bulls and cows should have the same grammatical form as the first two. Only choice C has a present participle (or "-ing" form) that is parallel with the two preceding verbs, receiving and fetching.

A, B - incorrect - instead of the present participle, choices A and B use the past
tense (excited)

D - incorrect - uses an auxiliary verb (would excite)

E - incorrect - uses the past perfect tense (had excited).

B, E - incorrect - the incorrect verb tenses in B and E are introduced by a pronoun, it, that lacks a logical noun referent

740). OA - A

B, C - incorrect - .....endurance and consistency(plural).....is(singular)...

D - incorrect - redundancy error - reason...because...

E - incorrect - modifier error