SC's Question number - 661 , 662

661). Some buildings that were destroyed and heavily damaged in the earthquake last year were constructed in violation of the city’s building code.

(A) Some buildings that were destroyed and heavily damaged in the earthquake last year were

(B) Some buildings that were destroyed or heavily damaged in the earthquake last year had been

(C) Some buildings that the earthquake destroyed and heavily damaged last year have been

(D) Last year the earthquake destroyed or heavily damaged some buildings that have been

(E) Last year some of the buildings that were destroyed or heavily damaged in the earth quake had been

662). Some biographers have not only disputed the common notion that Edgar Allan Poe drank to excess but also questioned whether he drank at all.

(A) have not only disputed the common notion that Edgar Allan Poe drank to excess but also questioned whether he drank

(B) not only have disputed the common notion that Edgar Allan Poe drank to excess but also over whether he drank

(C) have disputed not only the common notion that Edgar Allan Poe drank to excess but also whether he may not have drunk

(D) not only have disputed the common notion that Edgar Allan Poe drank to excess but also questioned whether or not he had drunk

(E) have disputed the common notion not only that Edgar Allan Poe drank to excess but also questioned whether he may not have drunk


Answers:

661). (OG 10th Ques no - 32) - OA - B

OE: Choice B is best. Only B uses verb tenses correctly to indicate that construction of the buildings was completed prior to the earthquake.

A, C - incorrect - illogically state that some buildings were both destroyed and damaged; or is needed to indicate that each of the buildings suffered either one fate or the other. In using only one verb tense,were, A fails to indicate that the buildings were constructed before the earthquake occurred.

C, D - incorrect - use the present perfect tense incorrectly, saying in effect that the buildings have been constructed after they were destroyed last year.

E - incorrect - suggests that the construction of the buildings, rather than the earthquake, occurred last year, thus making the sequence of events unclear.

662). OA - A - parallelism - ..not only ...but also

B, C, D, E - incorrect - violating parallelism