SC's Question number - 767 , 768

767). The increased popularity and availability of televisions has led to the decline of regional dialects, language variations which originate from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuated by geographic isolation.

(A) which originate from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuated

(B) that originated from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuated

(C) originated from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuated

(D) originating from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuated

(E) originating from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuating

768). The investor who is uncertain about the future is more likely to put money into blue-chip stocks or treasury bills than into gold.

(A) than into

(B) than they do

(C) than they are

(D) as into

(E) as


Answers:

767). OA - D

A - incorrect - wrong tense

B, C - incorrect - violating parallelism - ....originated(verb - the simple past)...perpetuated (adjective - past participle)

E - incorrect - awkward - perpetuating by

768). OA - A - parallel and idiomatic - The investor who is uncertain about the future is more likely to put money into blue-chip stocks or treasury bills than into gold