SC's Question number - 701 , 702

701). The brain is something of a stimulus reduction system, a means to reduce, in order to comprehend, the nearly infinite amount of stimuli that reach the senses at any given moment.

(A) a means to reduce, in order to comprehend, the nearly infinite amount

(B) a means to reduce, in order to comprehend, the nearly infinite number

(C) the means of reducing for comprehending the nearly infinite number

(D) the means that reduces, in order to comprehend, the nearly infinite amount

(E) the means for reducing in order to comprehend the nearly infinite amount

702). The British Admiralty and the War Office met in March 1892 to consider a possible Russian attempt to seize Constantinople and how they would have to act militarily to deal with them.

(A) how they would have to act militarily to deal with them

(B) how to deal with them if military action would be necessary

(C) what would be necessary militarily for dealing with such an event

(D) what military action would be necessary in order to deal with such an event

(E) the necessity of what kind of military action in order to take for dealing with it

Answers:

701). OA - B

A, D, E - incorrect - use of amount is wrong - stimulus is countable

C - incorrect - awkward

702). OA - D - The British Admiralty and the War Office met ... to consider X and Y, here X is the noun phrase a possible Russian attempt. D provides a noun phrase, military action, that matches the structure of x more closely than do the corresponding noun elements in the other choices.

A, B - incorrect - the pronoun them has no antecedent; furthermore, the clause in B must take should rather than would.

C - incorrect - awkward - necessary militarily

E - incorrect - wordy and garbles the meaning with incorrect word order.

SC's Question number - 703 , 704

703). The British sociologist and activist Barbara Wootton once noted as a humorous example of income maldistribution that the elephant that gave rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo was earning annually exactly what she then earned as director of adult education for London.

(A) that the elephant that gave rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo was earning

(B) that the elephant, giving rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo, had been earning

(C) that there was an elephant giving rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo, and it earned

(D) the elephant that gave rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo and was earning

(E) the elephant giving rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo and that it earned

704). The brochure notes that in the seminar the importance that communication is a two-way process will be emphasized.

(A) importance that communication is a two-way process will be emphasized

(B) importance of communication as a two-way process will be emphasized

(C) importance of communication being a two-way process will be the emphasis

(D) fact will be emphasized that communication is a two-way process and of importance

(E) emphasis will be that communication being a two-way process is important

Answers:

703). (OG 10th Ques no - 258) - OA - A -

OE:
A - correct - Choice A, the best answer, uses the idiomatic construction noted... that and clearly focuses on the salient information-- a comparison of annual earnings.
B - incorrect - the structure of noted... that the elephant, giving rides ..., had been earning falsely implies that the reader already knows about the elephant--that is, that the existence of this particular elephant is not new information. Also, the past perfect had been improperly places the elephant's
earning in the past, prior to Wootton's; consistent verb tense is needed to show that the actions are simultaneous.
C - incorrect - may be faulted for distortion of meaning and diminished clarity because it suggests that the point of Wootton's example was the elephant's very existence; comparative earnings are presented (after and) as incidental detail.
D - incorrect - is awkward and inexact; the whole circumstance that Wootton "noted" is best expressed in a clause that begins with that.
E - incorrect - does not use the idiomatic construction noted that x;
therefore, and that it earned has no parallel construction to which it can be joined.

In simple words:

B - incorrect - past perfect tense not required

C - incorrect - ambiguous it. Wordy - there was

D, E - incorrect - unidiomatic - right idiomatic usage is noted .... that

704). OA - B - idiomatic - importance of

A, D - incorrect - awkward, unidiomatic

C, E - incorrect - use of being

SC's Question number - 705 , 706

705). The cameras of the Voyager II spacecraft detected six small, previously unseen moons circling Uranus, which doubles to twelve the number of satellites now known as orbiting the distant planet.

(A) which doubles to twelve the number of satellites now known as orbiting

(B) doubling to twelve the number of satellites now known to orbit

(C) which doubles to twelve the number of satellites now known in orbit around

(D) doubling to twelve the number of satellites now known as orbiting

(E) which doubles to twelve the number of satellites now known that orbit

706). The capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sarajevo’s population on the eve of the First World War was 51,919.

(A) Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sarajevo’s population

(B) Bosnia-Herzegovina is Sarajevo, whose population

(C) Bosnia-Herzegovina is Sarajevo, with a population

(D) Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sarajevo having a population that

(E) Bosnia-Herzegovina, the population of Sarajevo


Answers:

705). (OG10th Ques no - 49) - OA - B

OE: The pronoun which should be used to refer to a previously mentioned noun, not to the idea expressed in an entire clause.

A, C, E - incorrect - which seems to refer to a vague concept involving the detection of moons, but there is no specific noun, such as detection, to which it can refer. Also in E, the use of the phrasing the number... now known that
orbit is ungrammatical and unclear. (In other words which is wrongly referring to Uranus)

B, D - incorrect - use the correct participial form, doubling, to modify the preceding clause, but D, like A, uses known as orbiting rather than known to orbit, a phrase that is more idiomatic in context.

706). OA - B - whose is correctly referring to population

A, E - incorrect - modifier error

C - incorrect - ...with...was...

D - incorrect - awkward

SC's Question number - 707 , 708

707). The caterpillar of the geometrid moth strikes when special tactile hairs on its body are disturbed, after capturing its prey, holds the victim so that it cannot escape.

(A) strikes when special tactile hairs on its body are disturbed,

(B) striking when special tactile hairs on its body are disturbed, but

(C) which strikes when special tactile hairs on its body are disturbed,

(D) which, striking when special tactile hairs on its body are disturbed,

(E) strikes when special tactile hairs on its body are disturbed and,

708).The Coast guard is conducting tests to see whether pigeons can be trained to help find survivors of wrecks at sea.

(A) to see whether pigeons can be trained to help find

(B) to see whether pigeons can be trained as help to find

(C) to see if pigeons can be trained for helping to find

(D) that see if pigeons are able to be trained in helping to find

(E) that see whether pigeons are able to be trained for help in finding


Answers:

707). OA - E - parallel - ....strikes...holds...

A, C - incorrect - sentence fragment

B, D - incorrect - violating parallelism.

708). (OG 10th Ques no - 236) - OA - A - idiomatically expresses the idea of purpose by using the infinitives to see and to help: the purpose of the tests is to see whether pigeons can be trained, and the purpose of training them is to
help find survivors.

B - incorrect - unidiomatic - as help to find

C - incorrect - unidiomatic - for helping to find. Whether is preferred to if when there are only two alternatives. Whether vs If

D, E - incorrect - wordy - are able to be.

D - incorrect - Whether is preferred to if when there are only two alternatives.

E - incorrect - unidiomatic - for helping in finding

SC's Question number - 709 , 710

709). The Coast Guard recently redesigned channel markers in the Chesapeake Bay to accommodate large numbers of ospreys, whose huge nests formerly obstructed the lights.

(A) numbers of ospreys, whose huge nests

(B) numbers of ospreys, their huge nests

(C) amounts of ospreys, the huge nests of which

(D) nests of ospreys they

(E) numbers of ospreys, and their huge nests


710). The colorization of black-and-white films by computers is defended by those who own the film rights, for the process can mean increased revenues for them; many others in the film industry, however, contend that the technique degrades major works of art, which they liken to putting lipstick on a Greek statue.

(A) which they liken to putting lipstick on a Greek statue

(B) which they liken to a Greek statue with lipstick put on it

(C) which they liken to lipstick put on a Greek statue

(D) likening it to a Greek statue with lipstick put on it

(E) likening it to putting lipstick on a Greek statue


Answers:

709). OA - A

B, D - incorrect - sentence fragment. Editing Comma Splice

C - incorrect - ospreys is countable thus use of amount is wrong

E - incorrect - distorts the meaning

710). (OG 1oth Ques nno - 229) - OA - E - correctly and logically compares the technique of colorization to the act of putting lipstick on a Greek statue.

A, B, and C - incorrect - wrong comparison - the relative pronoun which refers not to the technique but to the noun phrase immediately preceding it, major works of art. As a result, these works are compared to putting lipstick on ... in A, to a Greek statue in B, and to lipstick in C.

D - incorrect - illogically compares the technique to a Greek statue.