SC's Question number - 851 , 852

851). The work of mathematician Roger Penrose in the early 1970s, on the geometry of what are called aperiodic tiles, turned out to describe the architecture of a previously unknown class of crystals.

(A) what are called aperiodic tiles, turned out to describe

(B) what is called aperiodic tiles, describes

(C) aperiodic tiles, describing

(D) so-called aperiodic tiles, describe

(E) aperiodic tiles, it turned out to describe

852). There are more than forty newspapers published in the cities of Kerala, a state on the Malabar Coast, which reflects the fact that Keralans are by far India’s most literate citizens.

(A) which reflects

(B) and that number reflects

(C) which reflect

(D) that number reflects

(E) that reflects

Answers:

851). OA - A

B - incorrect - ...tiles(plural)...describes(singular) - what + verb + subject ..in such constructions generally the number of verb is governed by the subject

C - incorrect - sentence fragment - The work.....describing

D - incorrect - subject verb agreement - here The work(singular subject)....describe(plural verb)

E - incorrect - ambiguous it - it can refer to work or geometry


852). OA - B - correct - and is required to join two independent clauses here

SC's Question number - 853 , 854

853). There has been a 30- to 40-fold increase in the incidence of malaria caused by increasing mosquito resistance against pesticides.

(A) increase in the incidence of malaria caused by increasing mosquito resistance against

(B) increase in the incidence of malaria because of increasing resistance of mosquitoes to

(C) increasing malaria incidence because of increasing resistance of mosquitoes to

(D) incidence of malaria increase caused by increasing mosquito resistance against

(E) incidence of malaria increase because of increased mosquito resistance to

854). There is ample evidence, derived from the lore of traditional folk medicine, that naturally occurring antibiotics are usually able to be modified to make them a more effective drug.

(A) are usually able to be modified to make them a more effective drug.

(B) are usually able to be modified to make them more effective drugs

(C) are usually able to be modified, which makes them more effective drugs

(D) can usually be modified to make them a more effective drug

(E) can usually be modified to make them more effective drugs

Answers:

853). OA - B

A- incorrect - Resistance against -- Redundant

C, D, E - incorrect - unidiomatic - 30-to-40 fold increase is the correct idiomatic usage

854). OA - E

A, D - incorrect - antibiotics....a more effective drug

B, C - incorrect - passive - be able to

SC's Question number - 855 , 856

855). There is growing demand in the state for “initiative and referendum,” a procedure that allows voters to propose and pass laws, as well as to repeal them.

(A) allows voters to propose and pass laws, as well as to repeal them

(B) allows voters to propose, pass, and to repeal laws

(C) allows voters to propose, to pass, and repeal laws

(D) will allow the voter to propose, pass, as well as to repeal laws

(E) will allow laws to be proposed, passed, as well as repealed by voters

856). There is no consensus on what role, if any, is played by acid rain in slowing the growth or damaging forests in the eastern United States.

(A) slowing the growth or damaging

(B) the damage or the slowing of the growth of

(C) the damage to or the slowness of the growth of

(D) damaged or slowed growth of

(E) damaging or slowing the growth of


Answer:

855). OA - A - ...to propose and pass laws as well as to repeal them

B, C, D - incorrect - violating parallelism

E - incorrect - passive; future tense will allow is wrong

856). OA - E - ques no 53 in OG 10th

A - incorrect - requires of after growth

B - incorrect - requires to after damage

C - incorrect - the slowness of does not convey the original sense that the rate of growth has been slowed by acid rain..

D - incorrect - changes the meaning of the sentence by making both 'damaged' and 'slowed' refer to growth.

SC's Question number - 857 , 858

857). There is speculation that increasing cold weather was what may have been responsible for the Anasazi move from Mesa Verde to sites in other canyons.

(A) that increasing cold weather was what may have been

(B) whether increasing cold weather was what was

(C) that increasingly cold weather was what had been

(D) whether increasingly cold weather may have been what was

(E) that increasingly cold weather may have been

858). There is substantial evidence that certain forms of solar energy either now or within a few years will be economically competitive with conventional sources of heat and power.

(A) either now or within a few years will be economically competitive with conventional sources of heat and power

(B) will either be economically competitive with conventional sources of heat and power within a few years or are so now

(C) will be economically competitive with conventional sources of heat and power either now or within a few years

(D) either are now economically competitive with conventional sources of heat and power or will be so within a few years

(E) are either now or will be within a few years economically competitive with conventional sources of heat and power


Answers:

857). OA - E - Speculation means Reasoning based on inconclusive evidence or supposition.hence may have been is getting along fine with speculation in the sentence. Further speculation that is the right idiom

A, B - incorrect - require increasingly (adverb) to modify cold (adjective), which is modifying weather (noun)

C - incorrect - Past perfect wrong. Present perfect continuous is required

D - incorrect - awkward - what was

858). OA - D

A - incorrect - ..now...will be

B, E - incorrect - either..or misplaced

C - incorrect - X will be competitive ....now....

SC's Question number - 859 , 860

859). Thomas Eakins' powerful style and his choices of subject—the advances in modern surgery, the discipline of sport, the strains of individuals in tension with society or even with themselves—was as disturbing to his own time as it is compelling for ours.

(A) was as disturbing to his own time as it is

(B) were as disturbing to his own time as they are

(C) has been as disturbing in his own time as they are

(D) had been as disturbing in his own time as it was

(E) have been as disturbing in his own time a

860). Those who come to church with a predisposition to religious belief will be happy in an auditorium or even a storefront, and there is no doubt that religion is sometimes better served by adapted spaces of this kind instead of by some of the buildings actually designed for it.

(A) adapted spaces of this kind instead of by some of the buildings actually designed for it

(B) adapted spaces like these rather than some of the buildings actually designed for them

(C) these adapted spaces instead of by some of the buildings actually designed for it

(D) such adapted spaces rather than by some of the buildings actually designed for them

(E) such adapted spaces than by some of the buildings actually designed for it


Answers:

859). OA - B

A, C, D - incorrect - subject verb agreement - style and his choices of subject (plural) ....it(singular)

E - incorrect - use of present perfect tense (have been) is wrong



860). OA - E - better requires than

A, C - incorrect - use of instead of is wrong. Further such is preferable to these for stating examples

B, D - incorrect - pronoun error - use of them is wrong

SC's Question number - 861 , 862

861). Those who enter marathons soon learn that, to succeed in these grueling competitive events, runners must be in excellent condition, have unshakable self-confidence, and, most important of all, know how to pace yourself.

(A) know how to pace yourself

(B) is knowing how to pace yourself

(C) know how to pace themselves

(D) you must pace yourself

(E) they must know how to pace themselves

862). Those with a cynical turn of mind might speculate if the new corporation, eager for profit, might not have started the rumor that caused its competitor to declare bankruptcy.

(A) speculate if the new corporation, eager for profit, might not have started

(B) speculate if the new corporation, eager for profit, had not started

(C) speculate if, in its eagerness for profit, the new corporation started

(D) wonder as to whether, in its eagerness for profit, the new corporation did not start

(E) wonder whether the new corporation, eager for profit, had started


Answers:

861). OA - C

A, B, D - incorrect - yourself is wrong

E - incorrect - violates parallelism

862). OA - E

A, B, C - incorrect - use of if - for whether vs if visit the link below

http://gmat-grammar.blogspot.com/2006/07/whether-vs-if.html

SC's Question number - 863 , 864

863). Though the term "graphic design" may suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they have come to signify widely ranging work, from package designs and company logotypes to signs, book jackets, computer graphics, and film titles.

(A) suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they have come to signify widely ranging

(B) suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, it has come to signify a wide range of

(C) suggest corporate brochure and annual report layout, it has signified widely ranging

(D) have suggested corporate brochure and annual report layout, it has signified a wide range of

(E) have suggested laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they have come to signify widely ranging

864). Three out of every four automobile owners in the United States also own a bicycle.

(A) Three out of every four automobile owners in the United States also own a bicycle.

(B) Out of every four, three automobile owners in the United States also owns a bicycle.

(C) Bicycles are owned by three out of every four owners of automobiles in the United States.

(D) In the United States, three out of every four automobile owners owns bicycles.

(E) Out of every four owners of automobiles in the United States, bicycles are also owned by three


Answers:

863). OA - B

A, E - incorrect - pronoun error - ..term(singular)....they (plural)

C, D - incorrect - changes the meaning

864). OA - A

B, D - incorrect - violating subject verb agreement - three out of every four(plural)......owns(singular verb)

C - incorrect - Passive

E - incorrect - changes the meaning by changing bicycle ( singular) to bicycles ( plural)

SC's Question number - 865 , 866

865). Through the years, the exquisitely subtle flavors and superb richness of Kenyan coffee has attracted an international following of discerning consumers.
(A) the exquisitely subtle flavors and superb richness of Kenyan coffee has

(B) the coffee of Kenya, with its exquisitely subtle and superbly rich flavors, have

(C) the exquisitely subtle, superbly rich flavors of Kenyan coffee are what has

(D) Kenyan coffee's superb richness and exquisite subtlety of flavor has

(E) the exquisitely subtle flavors and superb richness of Kenyan coffee have


866). Tiny quantities of more than thirty rare gases, most of them industrial by-products, threaten to warm the Earth's atmosphere even more rapidly than carbon dioxide during the next fifty years.

(A) to warm the Earth's atmosphere even more rapidly than carbon dioxide during the next fifty years

(B) to warm the Earth's atmosphere even more rapidly over the next fifty years than carbon dioxide will

(C) during the next fifty years to warm the Earth's atmosphere even more rapidly than carbon dioxide

(D) a warming of the Earth's atmosphere during the next fifty years even more rapid than carbon dioxide's

(E) a warming of the Earth's atmosphere even more rapid than carbon dioxide's will be over the next fifty years


Answers:

865). OA - E - exquisitely subtle flavors and superb richness of Kenyan coffee have

A, B, D - incorrect - violating subject verb agreement

C - incorrect - awkward; wordy

866). OA - B - Right comparison between the act of tiny particles of rare gases and the act of carbodioxide

A - incorrect - compares 'Tiny quantities of more than thirty rare gases' with 'carbondioxide'. Will must be added before the next fifty years.

C, D, E - incorrect - unidiomatic - threaten to is the right idiom

SC's Question number - 867 , 868

867). To compare the lightning-fast genius of playwright cwith the pedestrian efforts of some of his contemporaries is to compare the exquisite bouquet of a fine wine with that of ordinary grape juice.

(A) To compare the lightning-fast genius of playwright Tom Stoppard with the pedestrian efforts of some of his contemporaries is to compare the exquisite bouquet of a fine wine with that of ordinary grape juice.

(B) To compare the lightning-fast genius of playwright Tom Stoppard with the pedestrian efforts of some of his contemporaries is comparing the exquisite bouquet of a fine wine with that of ordinary grape juice.

(C) Comparing the lightning-fast genius of playwright Tom Stoppard with the pedestrian efforts of some of his contemporaries is to compare the exquisite bouquet of a fine wine with ordinary grape juice.

(D) Comparing the lightning-fast genius of playwright Tom Stoppard with the pedestrian efforts of some of his contemporaries is like comparing the exquisite bouquet of a fine wine with ordinary grape juice.

(E) To compare the lightning-fast genius of playwright Tom Stoppard with the pedestrian efforts of some of his contemporaries is to compare a fine wine's bouquet with ordinary grape juice's bouquet.

868). To ensure consistently high quality in its merchandise, the chain of retail stores became involved in every aspect of their suppliers' operations, dictating not only the number of stitches and the width of the hem in every garment as well as the profit margins of those suppliers.

(A) their suppliers' operations, dictating not only the number of stitches and the width of the hem in every garment as well as

(B) its suppliers' operations, dictating not only the number of stitches and the width of the hem in every garment as well as

(C) their suppliers' operations, dictating not only the number of stitches and the width of the hem in every garment but also

(D) its suppliers' operations, dictating not only the number of stitches and the width of the hem in every garment but also

(E) their suppliers' operations, dictating the number of stitches, the width of the hem in every garment, and

Answers:

867). OA - A

B, C - incorrect - Correct idiom - to compare X is to compare Y

D - incorrect - comparing the exquisite bouquet of a fine wine with ordinary grape juice

E - incorrect - the final comparison is awkward

868). OA - D

A, B, C - incorrect - unidiomatic - right idiom - not only ... but also

E - incorrect - Subject verb agreement - The chain of retail stores(singular).....their(plural)

SC's Question number - 869 , 870

869). To help preserve ancient Egyptian monuments threatened by high water tables, a Swedish engineering firm has proposed installing pumps, perhaps solar powered, to lower the underground water level and dig trenches around the bases of the stone walls.

(A) to lower the underground water level and dig trenches

(B) to lower the underground water level and to dig trenches

(C) to lower the underground water level and digging trenches

(D) that lower the underground water level and that trenches be dug

(E) that lower the underground water level and trench digging


870). To maintain a high demand for their product, the manufacturers first took over the marketing and sales functions previously performed by outside agents; next, they began changing their advertising campaigns monthly to keep pace with the rapid changes in consumers’ lives.

(A) they began changing

(B) this began changing

(C) the former began changing

(D) to begin changing

(E) to change


Answers:

869). OA - C - Parallelism -- ........proposed installing pumps,........and digging trenches

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

B - incorrect - illogically suggests that the pumps are going to dig trenches

870). OA - A - they clearly refers to manufacturers - ..... the manufacturers first took over the marketing and sales functions previously performed by outside agents; next, they began changing their advertising campaigns

B - incorrect - no referent for this

C - incorrect - ..the former....their

D, E - incorrect - we need an independent clause here

SC's Question number - 871 , 872

871). To read of Abigail Adams' lengthy separation from her family, her difficult travels, and her constant battles with illness is to feel intensely how harsh life was even for the so-called aristocracy of Revolutionary times.

(A) To read of

(B) Reading about

(C) Having read about

(D) Once one reads of

(E) To have read of

872). To speak habitually of the "truly needy" is gradually instilling the notion that many of those who are just called "needy" actually have adequate resources; such a conclusion is unwarranted.

(A) To speak habitually of the "truly needy" is gradually instilling the notion

(B) To speak habitually of the "truly needy" is instilling the notion gradually

(C) To speak habitually of the "truly needy" is gradually to instill the notion Edited : To speak habitually of the "truly needy" is to gradually instill the notion (split infinitive - but acceptable)

OR

Edited: To speak habitually of the "truly needy" is to instill gradually the notion

(D) Speaking habitually of the "truly needy" is to instill the gradual notion

(E) Speaking habitually of the "truly needy" is instilling the gradual notion


Answers:

871). OA - A - Parallelism - to read of X ...... is to feel Y

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

872). None of the choices seem to be correct - However given OA - C - Parallelism - To speak.....to instill - in case this choice is edited as pointed above.

A, B, D - incorrect - violating parallelism

E - incorrect - changes the meaning by illogically suggesting that the notion is gradual. Further gradually is an adverb, not an adjective as used in this choice.

SC's Question number - 873 , 874

873). To spread the word about mortgage servicers, a fact sheet that outlines one's legal rights if you get caught in a mortgage serving mess has been put together by the Federal Trade Commission.

(A) a fact sheet that outlines one's legal rights if you get caught in a mortgage serving mess has been put together by the Federal Trade Commission

(B) an outline of one's legal rights has been put together by the Federal Trade Commission if one gets caught up in a mortgaging mess on a fact sheet

(C) should you get caught in a mortgaging mess, a fact sheet outlining your legal rights has been put together by the Federal Trade Commission

(D) there is a fact sheet put together by the Federal Trade Commission, which outlines one's legal rights in a mortgage servicing mess

(E) the Federal Trade Commission has put together a fact sheet that outlines your legal rights if you get caught in a mortgage servicing mess

874). Today, because of improvements in agricultural technology, the same amount of acreage produces double the apples that it has in 1910.

(A) double the apples that it has

(B) twice as many apples as it did

(C) as much as twice the apples it has

(D) two times as many apples as there were

(E) a doubling of the apples that it did


Answers:

873). OA - E

A, B, C - incorrect - modifier error

D - incorrect - wordy - there is

874). OA - B

A - incorrect - wrongly substitutes the adjective double for twice; uses that without a clear referent

C - incorrect - wordy; use of much wrong; use of has incorrect

D - incorrect - wordy - there were

E - incorrect - illogically that refers to a doubling; illogically asserts that the doubling occurred in 1910

SC's Question number - 875 , 876

875). Today’s technology allows manufacturers to make small cars more fuel-efficient now than at any time in their production history.

(A) small cars more fuel-efficient now than at any time in their

(B) small cars that are more fuel-efficient than they were at any time in their

(C) small cars that are more fuel-efficient than those at any other time in

(D) more fuel-efficient small cars than those at any other time in their

(E) more fuel-efficient small cars now than at any time in

876). Too old to bear arms himself, Frederick Douglass served as a recruiting agent, traveled through the North to exhort Black men to join the Union army

(A) traveled through the North to exhort

(B) and he traveled through the North and exhorted

(C) and traveling through the North exhorted

(D) traveling through the North and exhorted

(E) traveling through the North and exhorting

Answers:

875). OA - C

A, E - incorrect - redundancy error - Today's technology..now

B - incorrect - wrongly suggests that small cars that are more fuel-efficient than they were implies that the fuel efficiency of the same cars is being compared at different times in their production history

D - incorrect - changes the meaning - More fuel-efficient small cars are currently manufactured now than ever before

876). OA - E

A - incorrect - and is needed to link the two action "served" and "traveled"

B - incorrect - repeated use of and

C, D - incorrect - violating parallelism - .....traveling...extorted....

SC's Question number - 877 , 878

877). Traveling the back roads of Hungary, in 1905 Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, and they were armed only with an Edison phonograph and insatiable curiosity.

(A) Traveling the back roads of Hungary, in 1905 Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, and they were armed only

(B) In 1905, Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály, traveling the back roads of Hungary, began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, and they were only armed

(C) In 1905 Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, traveling the back roads of Hungary armed only

(D) Having traveled the back roads of Hungary, in 1905 Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology; they were only armed

(E) Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály, in 1905 began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, traveling the back roads of Hungary, arming themselves only

878). Trying to learn some of the basics of programming is the same as to tinker with a car when one is a teenager: some people end up going to engineering school, and others, twenty years later, remember nothing of the experience.

(A) the same as to tinker with a car when one is a teenager

(B) similar to a teenager tinkering with a car

(C) like tinkering with a car as a teenager

(D) the same as a teenager tinkering with a car

(E) like the teenager's tinkering with a car


Answers:

877). OA - C

A, B - incorrect - not clear what 'they' refers to - Bela Bartok and Zoltan Kodaly or the back roads of Hungary

D - incorrect - changes the meaning - 'having traveled' suggests that the traveling is not finished yet and is still ongoing.

E - incorrect - suggests wrongly that they chose to equip themselves only with "an Edison phonograph" and "insatiable curiosity"

878). Given ans A but I feel must be C

Trying is the subject here. Use of like is correct here trying and tinkering are acting as Gerund here.

SC's Question number - 879 , 880

879). Two new studies indicate that many people become obese more due to the fact that their bodies burn calories too slowly than overeating .

(A) due to the fact that their bodies burn calories too slowly than overeating

(B) due to their bodies burning calories too slowly than to eating too much

(C) because their bodies burn calories too slowly than that they are overeaters

(D) because their bodies burn calories too slowly than because they eat too much

(E) because of their bodies burning calories too slowly than because of their eating too much


880). Two valence states of uranium, one with a deficit of four electrons and the other one with a deficit of six, occurs in nature and contributes to the diversity of uranium's behavior.

(A) the other one with a deficit of six, occurs in nature and contributes

(B) the other one a deficit of six, occur in nature and contribute

(C) the other with a deficit of six, occurs in nature and contributes

(D) the other with a deficit of six, occur in nature and contribute

(E) one with six, occurs in nature and contributes


Answers:

879). OA - D - The members of a comparison (more X than Y) should be expressed in parallel form. D correctly uses parallel clauses introduced by because.

A, B - incorrect - use of due to is wrong here, uses due to unidiomaticaly to mean because; properly used, due to is synonymous with attributable to.

C - incorrect - violating parallelism - .....because ... than that they ....

E - incorrect - awkward, wordy - further, the word bodies need an apostrophe (bodies') since it is the logical subject of the gerund burning (that is, it answers the question, "Whose burning?")

880). OA - D

A, C, E - incorrect - subject - verb agreement - two valence electrons (plural) ..... occur (singular)...contributes (singular)

B - incorrect - redundancy error - one ..... and the other one ....

SC's Question number - 881 , 882

881). Two week notice being given to employers before leaving a job is the generally accepted protocol.

(A) Two week notice being given to employers before leaving

(B) Giving notice to employers of two weeks before having to leave

(C) Two week's notice to give to employers before leaving

(D) Giving notice to employers two weeks before leaving

(E) To give two weeks' worth of notice before having to leave



882). Under a provision of the Constitution that was never applied, Congress has been required to call a convention for considering possible amendments to the document when formally asked to do it by the legislatures of two-thirds of the states.

(A) was never applied, Congress has been required to call a convention for considering possible amendments to the document when formally asked to do it

(B) was never applied, there has been a requirement that Congress call a convention for consideration of possible amendments to the document when asked to do it formally

(C) was never applied, whereby Congress is required to call a convention for considering possible amendments to the document when asked to do it formally

(D) has never been applied, whereby Congress is required to call a convention to consider possible amendments to the document when formally asked to do so

(E) has never been applied, Congress is required to call a convention to consider possible amendments to the document when formally asked to do so


Answers:

881). OA - D

A, C - incorrect - says two weeks notice itself is a protocol

B - incorrect - misplaced modifier - two weeks should modify notice

E - incorrect - two weeks notice is more concise than two weeks' worth of notice

882). (OG 10th Ques No - 41) - OA - E
OE: Choices A, B, C, and D contain tense errors (the use of was never applied with has been required in A, for example), unidiomatic expressions (call... for considering), and uses of a pronoun (it) with no noun referent. By introducing the subordinating conjunction whereby, C and D produce sentence fragments. Only E, the best choice, corrects all of these problems. The predicate has never been applied refers to a span of time, from the writing of the Constitution to the present, rather than to a past event (as was does), and the phrase is required
indicates that the provision still applies. The phrase call... to consider is idiomatic, and to do so can substitute grammatically for it.

SC's Question number - 883 , 884

883). Under Napoleon the French were not able to organize an adequate supply system, and it was a major cause of the failure of their invasion of Russia.

(A) Under Napoleon the French were not able to organize an adequate supply system, and it

(B) The French being unable to organize an adequate supply system under Napoleon

(C) For the French under Napoleon, to be unable to organize an adequate supply system

(D) The inability of the French under Napoleon to organize an adequate supply system

(E) The French inability under Napoleon of organizing an adequate supply system

884). Under the new corporate insurance policy, when an employer is charged for damages to a third party wholly or largely as a result of actions by an employee, he is entitled to recoup the amount of the damages.

(A) he is entitled to recoup

(B) the employer is entitled to recoup

(C) he or she is entitled to recoup

(D) he is entitled to recoup for

(E) the employer is entitled to recoup for


Answers:

883). OA - D

A - incorrect - ambiguous it

B - incorrect - use of being

C - incorrect - awkward - For....., to be....

E - incorrect - unidiomatic ability of (incorrect) - ability to (correct)

884). OA - B

A, C, D - incorrect - he is ambiguous - can refer to both employee or employer

E - incorrect - unidiomatic - recoup for - recoup your losses (correct) - recoup for your losses (incorrect)

SC's Question number - 885 , 886

885). Under the restructuring, the huge organization that operates the company's basic businesses will be divided into five groups, each with its own executive .

(A) each with its own executive

(B) all having their own executive

(C) each having their own executive

(D) with its own executive for each

(E) every one with an executive of their own

886). Under the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Environmental Protection Agency is required either to approve individual state plans for controlling the discharge of wastes into underground water or that they enforce their own plan for states without adequate regulations.

(A) that they enforce their

(B) for enforcing their

(C) they should enforce their

(D) it should enforce its

(E) to enforce its


Answers:

885). OA - A

B - incorrect - their is ambiguious - can refer to either five groups or company's basic businesses.

C - incorrect - their (plural).....each group (singular)

D - incorrect - would have been correct if it was: “with its own executive” with no comma before the phrase

E - incorrect - everyone (singular).....their (plural)

886). OA - E - parallelism - ...either to approve......or to enforce...

A, B, C - incorrect - the Environmental Protection Agency (singular).....their (plural)

D - incorrect - violating parallelism

SC's Question number - 887 , 888

887). Unlike a funded pension system, in which contributions are invested to pay future beneficiaries, a pay-as-you-go approach is the foundation of Social Security.

(A) a pay-as-you-go approach is the foundation of Social Security

(B) the foundation of Social Security is a pay-as-you-go approach

(C) the approach of Social Security is pay-as-you-go

(D) Social Security's approach is pay-as-you-go

(E) Social Security is founded on a pay-as-you-go approach

888). Under the 1986 tax law, interest payments on a refinanced home loan are deductible only if the amount of the loan does not exceed the purchase price of the home, the cost of improvements, and any additional amount borrowed against the home to pay for medical or educational expenses.

(A) any additional amount borrowed against the home to pay for medical or educational expenses

(B) borrowing any additional amount against the home for payment of medical or educational expenses

(C) also borrowing any additional amount against the home to pay for medical or educational expenses

(D) any additional payment of medical or educational expenses that were borrowed against the home

(E) any additional payment borrowed against the home for medical or educational expenses

Answers:

887). OA - E - the first noun of the main clause grammatically identifies what is being compared with a funded pension system; to be logical, the comparison must be made between comparable things. Only this choice of E, the best answer, compares one kind of system of providing for retirees, the funded person system, with another such system, social security.

A, C, D - incorrect - all illogically compare the pension system with the approach taken by Social Security itself.

B - incorrect - wrongly compares pension system with foundation

888). OA - A

B, C - incorrect - violating parallelism

D - incorrect - illogically says expenses were borrowed. Instead of expenses it should be amount

E - incorrect - one cannot borrow payment. It should be amount.

SC's Question number - 889 , 890

889). Unlike a hurricane, which can be observed from within, a tornado is so small that such a study has not been practical.

(A) that such a study has not been practical

(B) that studying it that way has not been impractical

(C) for such studies as this to have been impractical

(D) as to not make such a study practical

(E) as to be impractical of study


890). Unlike a typical automobile loan, which requires a fifteen- to twenty-percent down payment, the lease-loan buyer is not required to make an initial deposit on the new vehicle.

(A) the lease-loan buyer is not required to make

(B) with lease-loan buying there is no requirement of

(C) lease-loan buyers are not required to make

(D) for the lease-loan buyer there is no requirement of

(E) a lease-loan does not require the buyer to make



Answers:

889). OA - A

"so... that..." is preferred to "so...as to..." in introducing a result/conclusion

890). OA - E

A, B, C, D - incorrect - comparing lease loan with lease loan buyers or lease loan buying

NOTE: Idiom usage
1. so.. that... --- answers why did you do that?
so + adjective/adverb/noun + that + Full Clause - e.g - He worked so hard that he fell sick.
2. so.. as to...--- answers why did you it that way?
so + adjective/adver/noun + as + Infinitive - e.g - He worked so hard as to be a rich poerson.