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.