SC's Question number - 745 , 746

745). The expected rise in the price of oil could be a serious impact to industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility to have an economy free of inflation.

(A) be a serious impact to industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility to have

(B) seriously impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility to have

(C) seriously impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility of having

(D) have a serious impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility to have

(E) have a serious impact on industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility of having

746). The extraordinary diary of William Lyon Mackenzie King, prime minister of Canada for over twenty years, revealed that this most bland and circumspect of men was a mystic guided in both public and private life by omens, messages received at séances, and signs from heaven.

(A) that this most bland and circumspect of men was a mystic guided in both public and

(B) that this most bland and circumspect of men was a mystic and also guided both in public as well as

(C) this most bland and circumspect of men was a mystic and that he was guided in both public and

(D) this most bland and circumspect of men was a mystic and that he was guided in both public as well as

(E) this most bland and circumspect of men to have been a mystic and that he guided himself both in public as well as


Answers:

745). OA - E

A, B, D - incorrect - unidiomatic - possibility to - right idiom is possibility of

C, D - incorrect - unidiomatic - impede the possibility

746). (OG 1oth Ques no - 139) - OA - A

OE: Choice A is best. All of the other choices present errors in coordination or parallelism and also confusingly suggest that King's being a mystic and being guided... by omens... were separate matters. In addition, these
choices contain errors in grammar and idiom.

B - incorrect - ungrammatically uses and also to link the noun mystic
and the past participle guided.

C, D - incorrect - that is required to introduce the clause x was a mystic if
that introduces the second clause, he was guided....

E - incorrect - to have been a mystic and that he guided...are not parallel.

B, D, E - incorrect - use the unidiomatic both x as well as y instead of both x and y.