115). Ozone, a special form of oxygen that screens out harmful ultraviolet rays, reaches high concentrations twelve miles above Earth, where it has long appeared that it was immune from human influence; we have now realized, though, that emissions of industrial chlorofluorocarbons deplete the ozone layer.
A) has long appeared that it was immune from
B) has long appeared to have been immune from
C) has long appeared as being immune to
D) had long appeared immune to
E) had long appeared that it was immune to
116). Unlike most severance packages, which require workers to stay until the last day scheduled to collect, workers at the automobile company are eligible for its severance package even if they find a new job before they are terminated.
A) the last day scheduled to collect, workers at the automobile company are eligible for its severance package
B) the last day they are scheduled to collect, workers are eligible for the automobile company's severance package
C) their last scheduled day to collect, the automobile company offers its severance package to workers
D) their last scheduled day in order to collect, the automobile company's severance package is available to workers
E) the last day that they are scheduled to collect, the automobile company's severance package is available to workers
117). So-called green taxes, which exact a price for the use of polluting or non-renewable fuels, are having a positive effect on the environment and natural resource base of countries as varied as China, the Netherlands, and Hungary.
A) as varied as
B) as varied as are
C) as varied as those of
D) that are as varied as
E) that are as varied are
Answers:
115). OA - D
A, B - incorrect - unidiomatic - immune from. Right idiom here: immune to
C - incorrect - awkward - appeared as being immune
E - incorrect - ambiguous it; wordy
116). OA - D
A, B, C - incorrect - wrong comparisons
E - incorrect - passive
117). OA - A
B - incorrect - use of are
C - incorrect - those of is wrong
D, E - incorrect - that are redundant, not required
Sunday, April 20, 2008
SC's Question number - 743 , 744
743). The exhibition of art from Nubians, the site of a Black civilization that goes back to the fourth millennium B.C., makes clear the Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt to that of sub-Saharan Africa.
(A) the Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt to that
(B) that the Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt to that
(C) the Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt with that
(D) that the Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt with those
(E) that Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt and those
744). The exigencies of dramatic art, as shown even by the history plays of Shakespeare, makes the foreshortening of dramatized historical events inevitable.
(A) makes the foreshortening of dramatized historical events inevitable
(B) made dramatized historical events inevitably foreshortened
(C) make the foreshortening of dramatized historical events inevitable
(D) has inevitably foreshortened dramatized historical events
(E) inevitably foreshortens dramatized historical events
Answers: 743). OA - D - right idiom - combine X with Y
A, B, C - incorrect - require those instead of that because elements is plural...elements from Egypt to that...
E - incorrect - unidiomatic
744). OA - C
A - incorrect - subject verb agreement - ..exigencies(plural)....makes(singular)...
B - incorrect - changes the meaning
D - incorrect - subject verb agreement - ..exigencies(plural)....has(singular)...
E - incorrect - subject verb agreement - ..exigencies(plural).. foreshortens (singular)
(A) the Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt to that
(B) that the Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt to that
(C) the Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt with that
(D) that the Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt with those
(E) that Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt and those
744). The exigencies of dramatic art, as shown even by the history plays of Shakespeare, makes the foreshortening of dramatized historical events inevitable.
(A) makes the foreshortening of dramatized historical events inevitable
(B) made dramatized historical events inevitably foreshortened
(C) make the foreshortening of dramatized historical events inevitable
(D) has inevitably foreshortened dramatized historical events
(E) inevitably foreshortens dramatized historical events
Answers: 743). OA - D - right idiom - combine X with Y
A, B, C - incorrect - require those instead of that because elements is plural...elements from Egypt to that...
E - incorrect - unidiomatic
744). OA - C
A - incorrect - subject verb agreement - ..exigencies(plural)....makes(singular)...
B - incorrect - changes the meaning
D - incorrect - subject verb agreement - ..exigencies(plural)....has(singular)...
E - incorrect - subject verb agreement - ..exigencies(plural).. foreshortens (singular)
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
SC's Question number - 745 , 746
745). The expected rise in the price of oil could be a serious impact to industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility to have an economy free of inflation.
(A) be a serious impact to industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility to have
(B) seriously impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility to have
(C) seriously impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility of having
(D) have a serious impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility to have
(E) have a serious impact on industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility of having
746). The extraordinary diary of William Lyon Mackenzie King, prime minister of Canada for over twenty years, revealed that this most bland and circumspect of men was a mystic guided in both public and private life by omens, messages received at séances, and signs from heaven.
(A) that this most bland and circumspect of men was a mystic guided in both public and
(B) that this most bland and circumspect of men was a mystic and also guided both in public as well as
(C) this most bland and circumspect of men was a mystic and that he was guided in both public and
(D) this most bland and circumspect of men was a mystic and that he was guided in both public as well as
(E) this most bland and circumspect of men to have been a mystic and that he guided himself both in public as well as
Answers:
745). OA - E
A, B, D - incorrect - unidiomatic - possibility to - right idiom is possibility of
C, D - incorrect - unidiomatic - impede the possibility
746). (OG 1oth Ques no - 139) - OA - A
OE: Choice A is best. All of the other choices present errors in coordination or parallelism and also confusingly suggest that King's being a mystic and being guided... by omens... were separate matters. In addition, these
choices contain errors in grammar and idiom.
B - incorrect - ungrammatically uses and also to link the noun mystic
and the past participle guided.
C, D - incorrect - that is required to introduce the clause x was a mystic if
that introduces the second clause, he was guided....
E - incorrect - to have been a mystic and that he guided...are not parallel.
B, D, E - incorrect - use the unidiomatic both x as well as y instead of both x and y.
(A) be a serious impact to industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility to have
(B) seriously impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility to have
(C) seriously impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility of having
(D) have a serious impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility to have
(E) have a serious impact on industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility of having
746). The extraordinary diary of William Lyon Mackenzie King, prime minister of Canada for over twenty years, revealed that this most bland and circumspect of men was a mystic guided in both public and private life by omens, messages received at séances, and signs from heaven.
(A) that this most bland and circumspect of men was a mystic guided in both public and
(B) that this most bland and circumspect of men was a mystic and also guided both in public as well as
(C) this most bland and circumspect of men was a mystic and that he was guided in both public and
(D) this most bland and circumspect of men was a mystic and that he was guided in both public as well as
(E) this most bland and circumspect of men to have been a mystic and that he guided himself both in public as well as
Answers:
745). OA - E
A, B, D - incorrect - unidiomatic - possibility to - right idiom is possibility of
C, D - incorrect - unidiomatic - impede the possibility
746). (OG 1oth Ques no - 139) - OA - A
OE: Choice A is best. All of the other choices present errors in coordination or parallelism and also confusingly suggest that King's being a mystic and being guided... by omens... were separate matters. In addition, these
choices contain errors in grammar and idiom.
B - incorrect - ungrammatically uses and also to link the noun mystic
and the past participle guided.
C, D - incorrect - that is required to introduce the clause x was a mystic if
that introduces the second clause, he was guided....
E - incorrect - to have been a mystic and that he guided...are not parallel.
B, D, E - incorrect - use the unidiomatic both x as well as y instead of both x and y.
Monday, April 14, 2008
SC's Question number - 747 , 748
747). The fastest of mammals, cheetah’s bodies are geared to accelerate from one to forty miles per hour in less than two seconds and reach speeds of seventy miles per hour.
(A) few people are known to recover from the disease after the appearance of the clinical symptoms
(B) few people are known to have recovered from the disease once the clinical symptoms have appeared
(C) there are few known people who have recovered from the disease once the clinical symptoms have appeared
(D) after the clinical symptoms appear, there are few known people who have recovered from the disease
(E) recovery from the disease is known for only a few people after the clinical symptoms appear
Answers:
747). OA - D
A, B, C - incorrect - modifier error - The fastest of mammals incorrectly modifying bodies
E - incorrect - subject verb agreement - The cheetah(singular), the fastest of mammals, have(plural) bodies that can
748). Given OA - B...however IMO answer should be A for this question - fear of rabies is well founded is a fact till date...people have recovered and are still recovering till date
B - incorrect - wrong tense
C, D - incorrect - wordy - there are
(A) The fastest of mammals, cheetah’s bodies are geared to
(B) The fastest of mammals, the body of cheetah’s bodies is able to
(C) Faster than other mammals, the body of the cheetah is geared to
(D) The fastest of mammals, the cheetah can
(E) The cheetah, the fastest of mammals, have bodies that can
(A) few people are known to recover from the disease after the appearance of the clinical symptoms
(B) few people are known to have recovered from the disease once the clinical symptoms have appeared
(C) there are few known people who have recovered from the disease once the clinical symptoms have appeared
(D) after the clinical symptoms appear, there are few known people who have recovered from the disease
(E) recovery from the disease is known for only a few people after the clinical symptoms appear
Answers:
747). OA - D
A, B, C - incorrect - modifier error - The fastest of mammals incorrectly modifying bodies
E - incorrect - subject verb agreement - The cheetah(singular), the fastest of mammals, have(plural) bodies that can
748). Given OA - B...however IMO answer should be A for this question - fear of rabies is well founded is a fact till date...people have recovered and are still recovering till date
B - incorrect - wrong tense
C, D - incorrect - wordy - there are
E - incorrect - awkward
Sunday, April 13, 2008
SC's Question number - 749 , 750
749). The federal government requires hospitals to tell a Medicare patient of their legal right of challenge their discharge if they feel they are being sent home prematurely.
(A) hospitals to tell a Medicare patient of their
(B) hospitals to tell Medicare patients that they have a
(C) hospitals to tell Medicare patients that there is a
(D) that hospitals tell a Medicare patient of their
(E) that hospitals tell a Medicare patient that they have a
750). The Federal Reserve Board’s reduction of interest rates on loans to financial institutions is both an acknowledgement of past economic trends and an effort to influence their future direction.
(A) reduction of interest rates on loans to financial institutions is both an acknowledgement of past economic trends and an effort
(B) reduction of interest rates on loans to financial institutions is an acknowledgement both of past economic trends as well as an effort
(C) reduction of interest rates on loans to financial institutions both acknowledge past economic trends and attempt
(D) reducing interest rates on loans to financial institutions is an acknowledgement both of past economic trends and an effort
(E) reducing interest rates on loans to financial institutions both acknowledge past economic trends as well as attempt
Answers:
749). OA - B - idiomatic - require + subject + to + verb
A, D - incorrect - pronoun error - ....a Medicare patient...their...
C - incorrect - wordy - there is
E - incorrect - pronoun error - ambiguous they
750). (OG 10th Ques no - 66) - OA - A
OE: Choice A is best.
B - incorrect - both must come before acknowledgment if it is to link acknowledgment and effort; as misplaced here, it creates the unfulfilled expectation that the reduction of interest rates will be an acknowledgment
of two different things. Moreover, both... as well as ... is redundant: the correct idiom is both x and y.
C - incorrect - the plural verbs acknowledge and attempt do not agree with their singular subject, reduction; also, it is imprecise to characterize a reduction as performing actions such as acknowledging or attempting.
D, E - incorrect - the use of the participle reducing rather than the noun reduction is awkward. Like B, D misplaces both, while E repeats both the
redundancy of B and the agreement error of C.
(A) hospitals to tell a Medicare patient of their
(B) hospitals to tell Medicare patients that they have a
(C) hospitals to tell Medicare patients that there is a
(D) that hospitals tell a Medicare patient of their
(E) that hospitals tell a Medicare patient that they have a
750). The Federal Reserve Board’s reduction of interest rates on loans to financial institutions is both an acknowledgement of past economic trends and an effort to influence their future direction.
(A) reduction of interest rates on loans to financial institutions is both an acknowledgement of past economic trends and an effort
(B) reduction of interest rates on loans to financial institutions is an acknowledgement both of past economic trends as well as an effort
(C) reduction of interest rates on loans to financial institutions both acknowledge past economic trends and attempt
(D) reducing interest rates on loans to financial institutions is an acknowledgement both of past economic trends and an effort
(E) reducing interest rates on loans to financial institutions both acknowledge past economic trends as well as attempt
Answers:
749). OA - B - idiomatic - require + subject + to + verb
A, D - incorrect - pronoun error - ....a Medicare patient...their...
C - incorrect - wordy - there is
E - incorrect - pronoun error - ambiguous they
750). (OG 10th Ques no - 66) - OA - A
OE: Choice A is best.
B - incorrect - both must come before acknowledgment if it is to link acknowledgment and effort; as misplaced here, it creates the unfulfilled expectation that the reduction of interest rates will be an acknowledgment
of two different things. Moreover, both... as well as ... is redundant: the correct idiom is both x and y.
C - incorrect - the plural verbs acknowledge and attempt do not agree with their singular subject, reduction; also, it is imprecise to characterize a reduction as performing actions such as acknowledging or attempting.
D, E - incorrect - the use of the participle reducing rather than the noun reduction is awkward. Like B, D misplaces both, while E repeats both the
redundancy of B and the agreement error of C.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
SC's Question number - 751 , 752
751). The Federalist papers, a strong defense of the United States Constitution and important as a body of work in political science as well, represents the handiwork of three different authors.
(A) and important as a body of work in political science as well, represents
(B) as well as an important body of work in political science, represent
(C) and also a body of work of importance in political science is representing
(D) an important body of work in political science and has been representative of
(E) and as political science an important body of work too, represent
752). The figure of the jaguar, being a recurring symbol within Olmec art, is prominent among the hieroglyphics inscribed on a monument that was discovered in the Mexican state of Veracruz.
(A) being a recurring symbol within
(B) a symbol having recurred within
(C) a recurring symbol in
(D) having been a symbol that recurred in
(E) recurring as it is, a symbol in
Answers:
751). (OG 10th Ques No - 213) - OA - B
OE:
A, C, D - incorrect - contain singular verbs that do not agree in number with the plural subject, papers. Furthermore, A violates parallelism by aligning the adjective important with the noun defense; C, employing the present progressive tense, wrongly suggests that the triple authorship of The Federalist papers is a developing situation rather than an accomplished fact; and D, employing the present perfect tense, suggests that the situation of triple authorship is no longer the case. D is also garbled syntactically because the conjunction and
has been misplaced.
E - incorrect - the wording is awkward.
752). OA - C
A, D - incorrect - use of being/ having been
B, E - incorrect - changes the meaning
(A) and important as a body of work in political science as well, represents
(B) as well as an important body of work in political science, represent
(C) and also a body of work of importance in political science is representing
(D) an important body of work in political science and has been representative of
(E) and as political science an important body of work too, represent
752). The figure of the jaguar, being a recurring symbol within Olmec art, is prominent among the hieroglyphics inscribed on a monument that was discovered in the Mexican state of Veracruz.
(A) being a recurring symbol within
(B) a symbol having recurred within
(C) a recurring symbol in
(D) having been a symbol that recurred in
(E) recurring as it is, a symbol in
Answers:
751). (OG 10th Ques No - 213) - OA - B
OE:
A, C, D - incorrect - contain singular verbs that do not agree in number with the plural subject, papers. Furthermore, A violates parallelism by aligning the adjective important with the noun defense; C, employing the present progressive tense, wrongly suggests that the triple authorship of The Federalist papers is a developing situation rather than an accomplished fact; and D, employing the present perfect tense, suggests that the situation of triple authorship is no longer the case. D is also garbled syntactically because the conjunction and
has been misplaced.
E - incorrect - the wording is awkward.
752). OA - C
A, D - incorrect - use of being/ having been
B, E - incorrect - changes the meaning
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
SC's Question number - 753 , 754
753). The filibuster, a parliamentary device that slows the snail’s pace that prevails even in the best of times in congressional sessions and tests the endurance of everyone associated with it, seems more and more an anachronism in the age of telecommunications.
(A) sessions and tests the endurance of everyone associated with it, seems
(B) sessions and tests the endurance of everyone who is associated with it, seeming to be
(C) sessions, tests the endurance of everyone associated with it, seems
(D) sessions, that tests the endurance of everyone associated with it and seems
(E) sessions, testing the endurance of everyone associated with it and seeming
754). The financial crash of October 1987 demonstrated that the world’s capital markets are integrated more closely than never before and events in one part of the global village may be transmitted to the rest of the village—almost instantaneously.
(A) integrated more closely than never before and
(B) closely integrated more than ever before so
(C) more closely integrated as never before while
(D) more closely integrated than ever before and that
(E) more than ever before closely integrated as
Answers:
753). OA - A - The filibuster, ....that slows A and tests B, seems.....
B, E - incorrect - seeming to be/ seeming
C - incorrect - requires the conjunction and
D - incorrect - wrongly suggests that congressional sessions tests the endurance of everyone
754). (OG 10th Ques no - 98) - OA - D
OE: Choice D, the best answer, produces a clear sentence in which parallel structure (two clauses introduced by that) underscores meaning: the crash demonstrated [1] that markets are integrated and [2] that events may be transmitted. The other choices lack this parallel structure and contain additional faults.
A, C - incorrect - the phrases more...than never in A and more ... as never in C are both unidiomatic: the idiom is more than ever.
B, C, E - incorrect - end with so, while, and as, respectively: and that is needed so that two parallel clauses may be properly joined.
B, E - incorrect - misplace the adverb more, which here should come just before closely: closer, not more frequent, integration of the world's capital markets is what facilitates the transmission of economic events.
(A) sessions and tests the endurance of everyone associated with it, seems
(B) sessions and tests the endurance of everyone who is associated with it, seeming to be
(C) sessions, tests the endurance of everyone associated with it, seems
(D) sessions, that tests the endurance of everyone associated with it and seems
(E) sessions, testing the endurance of everyone associated with it and seeming
754). The financial crash of October 1987 demonstrated that the world’s capital markets are integrated more closely than never before and events in one part of the global village may be transmitted to the rest of the village—almost instantaneously.
(A) integrated more closely than never before and
(B) closely integrated more than ever before so
(C) more closely integrated as never before while
(D) more closely integrated than ever before and that
(E) more than ever before closely integrated as
Answers:
753). OA - A - The filibuster, ....that slows A and tests B, seems.....
B, E - incorrect - seeming to be/ seeming
C - incorrect - requires the conjunction and
D - incorrect - wrongly suggests that congressional sessions tests the endurance of everyone
754). (OG 10th Ques no - 98) - OA - D
OE: Choice D, the best answer, produces a clear sentence in which parallel structure (two clauses introduced by that) underscores meaning: the crash demonstrated [1] that markets are integrated and [2] that events may be transmitted. The other choices lack this parallel structure and contain additional faults.
A, C - incorrect - the phrases more...than never in A and more ... as never in C are both unidiomatic: the idiom is more than ever.
B, C, E - incorrect - end with so, while, and as, respectively: and that is needed so that two parallel clauses may be properly joined.
B, E - incorrect - misplace the adverb more, which here should come just before closely: closer, not more frequent, integration of the world's capital markets is what facilitates the transmission of economic events.
Monday, April 07, 2008
SC's Question number - 755 , 756
755). The first decision for most tenants living in a building undergoing being converted to cooperative ownership is if to sign a no-buy pledge with the other tenants.
(A) being converted to cooperative ownership is if to sign
(B) being converted to cooperative ownership is whether they should be signing
(C) being converted to cooperative ownership is whether or not they sign
(D) conversion to cooperative ownership is if to sign
(E) conversion to cooperative ownership is whether to sign
756). The five hundred largest manufacturing firms in the United States produce goods that are worth almost as much as that of the four hundred thousand firms that remain.
(A) that are worth almost as much as that of the four hundred thousand firms that remain
(B) of a worth that is almost as much as that of the four hundred thousand firms that remain
(C) almost as much in worth as those of the remaining four hundred thousand firms
(D) almost as much in worth as that of the remaining four hundred thousand firms.
(E) worth almost as much as those of the remaining four hundred thousand firms
Answers:
755). (OG 10th Ques No. 24) - OA - E
OE: Only E, the best choice, idiomatically completes whether with an infinitive, to sign, that functions as a noun equivalent of decision. Choice E also uses the noun conversion, which grammatically completes the phrase begun by undergoing.
A, B, C - incorrect - the phrase being converted is awkward and redundant, since the sense of process indicated by being has already been conveyed by undergoing.
A, D - incorrect - wrongly saying if rather than whether, since the sentence poses alternative possibilities, to sign or not to sign.
756). OA - E - idiomatic -.. as much as..
A - incorrect - wordy
B - incorrect - unidiomatic and wordy - of a worth that is
C, D - incorrect - unidiomatic
(A) being converted to cooperative ownership is if to sign
(B) being converted to cooperative ownership is whether they should be signing
(C) being converted to cooperative ownership is whether or not they sign
(D) conversion to cooperative ownership is if to sign
(E) conversion to cooperative ownership is whether to sign
756). The five hundred largest manufacturing firms in the United States produce goods that are worth almost as much as that of the four hundred thousand firms that remain.
(A) that are worth almost as much as that of the four hundred thousand firms that remain
(B) of a worth that is almost as much as that of the four hundred thousand firms that remain
(C) almost as much in worth as those of the remaining four hundred thousand firms
(D) almost as much in worth as that of the remaining four hundred thousand firms.
(E) worth almost as much as those of the remaining four hundred thousand firms
Answers:
755). (OG 10th Ques No. 24) - OA - E
OE: Only E, the best choice, idiomatically completes whether with an infinitive, to sign, that functions as a noun equivalent of decision. Choice E also uses the noun conversion, which grammatically completes the phrase begun by undergoing.
A, B, C - incorrect - the phrase being converted is awkward and redundant, since the sense of process indicated by being has already been conveyed by undergoing.
A, D - incorrect - wrongly saying if rather than whether, since the sentence poses alternative possibilities, to sign or not to sign.
756). OA - E - idiomatic -.. as much as..
A - incorrect - wordy
B - incorrect - unidiomatic and wordy - of a worth that is
C, D - incorrect - unidiomatic
Sunday, April 06, 2008
SC's Question number - 757 , 758
757). The Forbidden City in Beijing, from which the emperors ruled by heavenly mandate, was a site which a commoner or foreigner could not enter without any permission, on pain of death.
(A) which a commoner or foreigner could not enter without any permission,
(B) which a commoner or foreigner could enter without any permission only
(C) which no commoner or foreigner could enter without permission,
(D) which, without permission, neither commoner or foreigner could only enter,
(E) which, to enter without permission, neither commoner or foreigner could do.
758). Question number 28 on link below
Golden crab
Answers:
757). OA - C - rightly conveys the intended meaning - no one can enter without permission.
A, B - incorrect - unidiomatic - ...without any permission...
B - incorrect - distorts the meaning - suggests that a commoner or foreigner could enter
D, E - incorrect - ....without permission, neither commoner or foreigner.... - Correct form is neither X nor Y
758). OA - C - explanation on link below:
Answer golden crab - Ques number 28
(A) which a commoner or foreigner could not enter without any permission,
(B) which a commoner or foreigner could enter without any permission only
(C) which no commoner or foreigner could enter without permission,
(D) which, without permission, neither commoner or foreigner could only enter,
(E) which, to enter without permission, neither commoner or foreigner could do.
758). Question number 28 on link below
Golden crab
Answers:
757). OA - C - rightly conveys the intended meaning - no one can enter without permission.
A, B - incorrect - unidiomatic - ...without any permission...
B - incorrect - distorts the meaning - suggests that a commoner or foreigner could enter
D, E - incorrect - ....without permission, neither commoner or foreigner.... - Correct form is neither X nor Y
758). OA - C - explanation on link below:
Answer golden crab - Ques number 28
SC's Question number - 759 , 760
759). The Gorton-Dodd bill requires that a bank disclose to their customers how long they will delay access to funds from deposited checks.
(A) that a bank disclose to their customers how long they will delay access to funds from deposited checks
(B) a bank to disclose to their customers how long they will delay access to funds from a deposited check
(C) that a bank disclose to its customers how long it will delay access to funds from deposited checks
(D) a bank that it should disclose to its customers how long it will delay access to funds from a deposited check
(E) that banks disclose to customers how long access to funds from their deposited check is to be delayed
760). The group called the Teton Sioux inhabits parts of North and South Dakota; their language and customs differ, however, from the Yankton, Sisseton, and Dakota Sioux.
(A) their language and customs differ, however, from
(B) its language and customs differ, however, from
(C) however, they have different language and customs than
(D) however, their language and customs differ from those of
(E) its language and customs differ, however, from those of
Answer:
759). OA - C - Explanation on the link below
Subjunctive verbs
760). OA - E
A, C, D - incorrect - pronoun error - The group(singular).....their/ they(plural...
B - incorrect - wrong comparison
(A) that a bank disclose to their customers how long they will delay access to funds from deposited checks
(B) a bank to disclose to their customers how long they will delay access to funds from a deposited check
(C) that a bank disclose to its customers how long it will delay access to funds from deposited checks
(D) a bank that it should disclose to its customers how long it will delay access to funds from a deposited check
(E) that banks disclose to customers how long access to funds from their deposited check is to be delayed
760). The group called the Teton Sioux inhabits parts of North and South Dakota; their language and customs differ, however, from the Yankton, Sisseton, and Dakota Sioux.
(A) their language and customs differ, however, from
(B) its language and customs differ, however, from
(C) however, they have different language and customs than
(D) however, their language and customs differ from those of
(E) its language and customs differ, however, from those of
Answer:
759). OA - C - Explanation on the link below
Subjunctive verbs
760). OA - E
A, C, D - incorrect - pronoun error - The group(singular).....their/ they(plural...
B - incorrect - wrong comparison
SC's Question number - 761 , 762
761). The growing demand for housing, traffic congestion, and longer commuting trips has all but eliminated the cost advantage of owning a house in many rural communities.
(A) The growing demand for housing, traffic congestion, and longer commuting trips has
(B) Traffic congestion, the growing demand for housing, and longer commuting trips has
(C) Longer commuting trips, traffic congestion, and the growing demand for housing has
(D) Traffic congestion, longer commuting trips, and the growing demand for housing have
(E) The growing demand for housing, as well as traffic congestion and longer commuting trips, have
762). The growth of the railroads led to the abolition of local times, which was determined by when the sun reached the observer’s meridian and differing from city to city, and to the establishment of regional times.
(A) which was determined by when the sun reached the observer’s meridian and differing
(B) which was determined by when the sun reached the observer’s meridian and which differed
(C) which were determined by when the sun reached the observer’s meridian and differing
(D) determined by when the sun reached the observer’s meridian and differed
(E) determined by when the sun reached the observer's meridian and differing
Answers:
761). OA - D
A, B, C - incorrect - subject verb agreement - ..growing demand for housing, traffic congestion, and longer commuting trips has
E - incorrect - illogically suggests that there is growing demand for congestion and commuting trips
762). OA - E - .... local times are determined by X (past participle:times were determined in the past).....local times are differing from place to place till today (present participle:times are still differing)
Read about participles here
A, B ,C - incorrect - use of which is wrong. Relative pronoun which is used to refer to things and not time. Further in A and B use of was is wrong. We need were here to correctly modify times
D - incorrect - violating participle parallelism - use of differed is wrong: local times are differing from place to place not only in the past but also today. Present participle(differing) to logically illustrate the same.
(A) The growing demand for housing, traffic congestion, and longer commuting trips has
(B) Traffic congestion, the growing demand for housing, and longer commuting trips has
(C) Longer commuting trips, traffic congestion, and the growing demand for housing has
(D) Traffic congestion, longer commuting trips, and the growing demand for housing have
(E) The growing demand for housing, as well as traffic congestion and longer commuting trips, have
762). The growth of the railroads led to the abolition of local times, which was determined by when the sun reached the observer’s meridian and differing from city to city, and to the establishment of regional times.
(A) which was determined by when the sun reached the observer’s meridian and differing
(B) which was determined by when the sun reached the observer’s meridian and which differed
(C) which were determined by when the sun reached the observer’s meridian and differing
(D) determined by when the sun reached the observer’s meridian and differed
(E) determined by when the sun reached the observer's meridian and differing
Answers:
761). OA - D
A, B, C - incorrect - subject verb agreement - ..growing demand for housing, traffic congestion, and longer commuting trips has
E - incorrect - illogically suggests that there is growing demand for congestion and commuting trips
762). OA - E - .... local times are determined by X (past participle:times were determined in the past).....local times are differing from place to place till today (present participle:times are still differing)
Read about participles here
A, B ,C - incorrect - use of which is wrong. Relative pronoun which is used to refer to things and not time. Further in A and B use of was is wrong. We need were here to correctly modify times
D - incorrect - violating participle parallelism - use of differed is wrong: local times are differing from place to place not only in the past but also today. Present participle(differing) to logically illustrate the same.
SC's Question number - 763 , 764
763). The guiding principles of the tax plan released by the Treasury Department could have even a greater significance for the economy than the particulars of the plan.
(A) even a greater significance for the economy than
(B) a significance that is even greater for the economy than
(C) even greater significance for the economy than have
(D) even greater significance for the economy than do
(E) a significance even greater for the economy than have
764). The gyrfalcon, an Arctic bird of prey, has survived a close brush with extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than when the use of DDT was sharply restricted in the early 1970’s.
(A) extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than
(B) extinction; its numbers are now five times more than
(C) extinction, their numbers now fivefold what they were
(D) extinction, now with fivefold the numbers they had
(E) extinction, now with numbers five times greater than
Answers:
763). OA - D - to compare actions do is required here. Do rightly compares
the significance of the guiding principles of the tax plan to the significance of the particulars of the plan
A, B - incorrect - wrong comparison - incorrectly compares significance to the particulars of the plan
C - incorrect - ..have even greater significance for the economy than have...- better to use do when same verb is repeated. Also read post on do-auxiliary verb
C, E - incorrect - use of have is wrong in ...greater for the economy than have...because have is not acting as an auxiliary verb but as a main verb in ...Treasury Department could have ...
764). (OG 10th Ques no - 251) - OA - A
OE: A - the best choice, uses a singular pronoun, its, to refer to the singular antecedent The gyrfalcon, and it properly uses the construction its numbers are now ... greater than.
B - incorrect - the construction its numbers are ...more is not idiomatic: there are more birds, but not more numbers.
C, D - incorrect - use a plural pronoun, their or they, to refer to a grammatically singular antecedent, The gyrfalcon.
D, E - incorrect - wrongly use a phrase introduced by now with to modify The gyrfalcon. In both choices, the phrase confusingly seems to parallel with
extinction; a new clause with a present tense verb is needed to state what the gyrfalcon's numbers are now.
(A) even a greater significance for the economy than
(B) a significance that is even greater for the economy than
(C) even greater significance for the economy than have
(D) even greater significance for the economy than do
(E) a significance even greater for the economy than have
764). The gyrfalcon, an Arctic bird of prey, has survived a close brush with extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than when the use of DDT was sharply restricted in the early 1970’s.
(A) extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than
(B) extinction; its numbers are now five times more than
(C) extinction, their numbers now fivefold what they were
(D) extinction, now with fivefold the numbers they had
(E) extinction, now with numbers five times greater than
Answers:
763). OA - D - to compare actions do is required here. Do rightly compares
the significance of the guiding principles of the tax plan to the significance of the particulars of the plan
A, B - incorrect - wrong comparison - incorrectly compares significance to the particulars of the plan
C - incorrect - ..have even greater significance for the economy than have...- better to use do when same verb is repeated. Also read post on do-auxiliary verb
C, E - incorrect - use of have is wrong in ...greater for the economy than have...because have is not acting as an auxiliary verb but as a main verb in ...Treasury Department could have ...
764). (OG 10th Ques no - 251) - OA - A
OE: A - the best choice, uses a singular pronoun, its, to refer to the singular antecedent The gyrfalcon, and it properly uses the construction its numbers are now ... greater than.
B - incorrect - the construction its numbers are ...more is not idiomatic: there are more birds, but not more numbers.
C, D - incorrect - use a plural pronoun, their or they, to refer to a grammatically singular antecedent, The gyrfalcon.
D, E - incorrect - wrongly use a phrase introduced by now with to modify The gyrfalcon. In both choices, the phrase confusingly seems to parallel with
extinction; a new clause with a present tense verb is needed to state what the gyrfalcon's numbers are now.
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
SC's Question number - 765 , 766
765). The herbicide Oryzalin was still being produced in 1979, three years after the wives of workers producing the chemical in Rensselaer, New York, were found to have borne children with heart defects or miscarriages, and none of their pregnancies was normal.
(A) to have borne children with heart defects or miscarriages, and none of their pregnancies was
(B) to have had children born with heart defects or miscarriages, and none of the pregnancies was
(C) either to have had children with heart defects or miscarriages, without any of their pregnancies being
(D) either to have had miscarriages or to have borne children with heart defects; none of the pregnancies was
(E) either to have had miscarriages or children born with heart defects, without any of their pregnancies being
766). The human growth hormone, made by the pituitary gland, is secreted during sleep in higher concentrations than when awake.
(A) during sleep in higher concentrations than when awake
(B) when sleeping in higher concentrations than waking hours
(C) in higher concentrations during sleeping than waking
(D) in higher concentrations during sleep than during waking hours
(E) in higher concentrations when asleep than when awake
Answers:
765). OA - D - parallelism - either to have had miscarriages or to have borne children with heart defects; none of the pregnancies was
A, B - incorrect - illogically suggests that children also had miscarriages
C, E - incorrect - violates parallelism - Correct form: "to have either X or Y" or "either to have X or to have Y"
766). OA - D
A, B, E - incorrect - use of when is wrong ( WHEN is used to refer the time or time duration) .. illogically suggests that hormone is asleep
C - incorrect - violating parallelism
(A) to have borne children with heart defects or miscarriages, and none of their pregnancies was
(B) to have had children born with heart defects or miscarriages, and none of the pregnancies was
(C) either to have had children with heart defects or miscarriages, without any of their pregnancies being
(D) either to have had miscarriages or to have borne children with heart defects; none of the pregnancies was
(E) either to have had miscarriages or children born with heart defects, without any of their pregnancies being
766). The human growth hormone, made by the pituitary gland, is secreted during sleep in higher concentrations than when awake.
(A) during sleep in higher concentrations than when awake
(B) when sleeping in higher concentrations than waking hours
(C) in higher concentrations during sleeping than waking
(D) in higher concentrations during sleep than during waking hours
(E) in higher concentrations when asleep than when awake
Answers:
765). OA - D - parallelism - either to have had miscarriages or to have borne children with heart defects; none of the pregnancies was
A, B - incorrect - illogically suggests that children also had miscarriages
C, E - incorrect - violates parallelism - Correct form: "to have either X or Y" or "either to have X or to have Y"
766). OA - D
A, B, E - incorrect - use of when is wrong ( WHEN is used to refer the time or time duration) .. illogically suggests that hormone is asleep
C - incorrect - violating parallelism
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
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
(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
SC's Question number - 769 , 770
769). The Iroquois were primarily planters, but supplementing their cultivation of maize, squash, and beans with fishing and hunting.
(A) but supplementing
(B) and had supplemented
(C) and even though they supplemented
(D) although they supplemented
( E) but with supplementing
770). The key to control over the Eurasian steppes lay in the nomad’s ability to use the horse both as a means of transport but also as an effective military tool.
(A) but also as
(B) or as
(C) and as
(D) or
(E) and also
Answers:
769). (OG 11th Ques No. 15) - OA - D
A - incorrect - but supplementing is wrong
B - incorrect - past perfect tense
C - incorrect - and does not convey contrast
E - incorrect - awkward
770). OA - C - correct idiom - both as X and as Y
(A) but supplementing
(B) and had supplemented
(C) and even though they supplemented
(D) although they supplemented
( E) but with supplementing
770). The key to control over the Eurasian steppes lay in the nomad’s ability to use the horse both as a means of transport but also as an effective military tool.
(A) but also as
(B) or as
(C) and as
(D) or
(E) and also
Answers:
769). (OG 11th Ques No. 15) - OA - D
A - incorrect - but supplementing is wrong
B - incorrect - past perfect tense
C - incorrect - and does not convey contrast
E - incorrect - awkward
770). OA - C - correct idiom - both as X and as Y
Sunday, March 30, 2008
SC's Question number - 771 , 772
771). The labor agreement permits staff reductions through attrition with increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program for speeding it up.
(A) attrition with increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program for speeding it up
(B) attrition and provides increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program to speed the attrition process
(C) attrition, which will be speeded up by providing increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program
(D) attrition, which, by their providing increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program, will speed the process
(E) attrition, which provides increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program for speeding the attrition process
772). The lack of complete historical records from the mid-to-late 1800’s have made some Black inventions difficult to trace to their originators.
(A) have made some Black inventions difficult to trace to their originators
(B) have made for difficulties in tracing some inventions by Blacks to their originators
(C) have made it difficult to trace some inventions by Blacks to their originators
(D) has made it difficult to trace some inventions to their Black originators
(E) has made it difficult in tracing some Black inventions to their originators
Answers:
771). OA - B
A - incorrect - ambiguous it
C - incorrect - passive
D - incorrect - passive, pronoun error - ...labor agreement ....their
D, E - incorrect - wrongly says attrition provides the increase pension benefits
772). OA - D
A, B, C - incorrect - The lack (singular).....have(plural)...
E - incorrect - Black inventions
(A) attrition with increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program for speeding it up
(B) attrition and provides increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program to speed the attrition process
(C) attrition, which will be speeded up by providing increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program
(D) attrition, which, by their providing increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program, will speed the process
(E) attrition, which provides increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program for speeding the attrition process
772). The lack of complete historical records from the mid-to-late 1800’s have made some Black inventions difficult to trace to their originators.
(A) have made some Black inventions difficult to trace to their originators
(B) have made for difficulties in tracing some inventions by Blacks to their originators
(C) have made it difficult to trace some inventions by Blacks to their originators
(D) has made it difficult to trace some inventions to their Black originators
(E) has made it difficult in tracing some Black inventions to their originators
Answers:
771). OA - B
A - incorrect - ambiguous it
C - incorrect - passive
D - incorrect - passive, pronoun error - ...labor agreement ....their
D, E - incorrect - wrongly says attrition provides the increase pension benefits
772). OA - D
A, B, C - incorrect - The lack (singular).....have(plural)...
E - incorrect - Black inventions
SC's Question number - 773 , 774
773). The last “wild” Indian in North America, according to anthropologist Alfred Kroeber, was the lone survivor of California’s lost Yahi tribe, which staggered out of the mountains near Lassen Peak in 1912, deep in mourning for the last of his companions, expecting to be butchered and eaten by white ranchers.
(A) which
(B) who
(C) that
(D) the survivor having
(E) having
774). The lawyer for the defense charged that she suspected the police of having illegally taped her confidential conversations with her client and then used the information obtained to find evidence supporting their murder charges.
(A) used the information obtained to find evidence supporting
(B) used such information as they obtained to find evidence supporting
(C) used the information they had obtained to find evidence that would support
(D) of using the information they had obtained to find evidence that would support
(E) of using such information as they obtained to find evidence that would be supportive of
Answers:
773) . OA - B
A, C - incorrect - wrongly suggests the tribe staggered out of the mountain
D, E - incorrect - use of having
774). OA - D
A, B, C - incorrect - violating parallelism - ....of having...used...
E - incorrect - wordy
(A) which
(B) who
(C) that
(D) the survivor having
(E) having
774). The lawyer for the defense charged that she suspected the police of having illegally taped her confidential conversations with her client and then used the information obtained to find evidence supporting their murder charges.
(A) used the information obtained to find evidence supporting
(B) used such information as they obtained to find evidence supporting
(C) used the information they had obtained to find evidence that would support
(D) of using the information they had obtained to find evidence that would support
(E) of using such information as they obtained to find evidence that would be supportive of
Answers:
773) . OA - B
A, C - incorrect - wrongly suggests the tribe staggered out of the mountain
D, E - incorrect - use of having
774). OA - D
A, B, C - incorrect - violating parallelism - ....of having...used...
E - incorrect - wordy
SC's Question number - 775 , 776
775). The main reasons for the phenomenal growth of agribusiness over the last fifteen years are because of elevated land prices, the basing of retail marketing networks on produce imported from other states, and decreased competition from developers.
(A) because of elevated land prices, the basing of retail marketing networks
(B) a result of elevated land prices, retail marketing networks based
(C) that land prices are elevated, retail marketing networks are based
(D) elevated land prices, retail marketing networks based
(E) because land prices are elevated, the basing of retail marketing networks
776). The major areas of medicine in which lasers are effective is in the cutting and closing of blood vessels, and in the destruction of tumors.
(A) is in the cutting and closing of blood vessels, and in the destruction
(B) are the cutting and closing of blood vessels, and also the case of destroying
(C) are the cutting, closing of blood vessels, and in the destroying
(D) are the cutting and closing of blood vessels, and the destruction
(E) is in the cutting and closing of blood vessels, and the destroying
Answers:
775). OA - D
A, E - incorrect - ..main reasons.....are because
B - incorrect - wordy
C - incorrect - unidiomatic - ...main reasons ...are that..
776). OA - D
A, E - incorrect - subject verb agreement - ...major areas.....is...
B - incorrect - also the case of not needed
C - incorrect - violating parallelism
(A) because of elevated land prices, the basing of retail marketing networks
(B) a result of elevated land prices, retail marketing networks based
(C) that land prices are elevated, retail marketing networks are based
(D) elevated land prices, retail marketing networks based
(E) because land prices are elevated, the basing of retail marketing networks
776). The major areas of medicine in which lasers are effective is in the cutting and closing of blood vessels, and in the destruction of tumors.
(A) is in the cutting and closing of blood vessels, and in the destruction
(B) are the cutting and closing of blood vessels, and also the case of destroying
(C) are the cutting, closing of blood vessels, and in the destroying
(D) are the cutting and closing of blood vessels, and the destruction
(E) is in the cutting and closing of blood vessels, and the destroying
Answers:
775). OA - D
A, E - incorrect - ..main reasons.....are because
B - incorrect - wordy
C - incorrect - unidiomatic - ...main reasons ...are that..
776). OA - D
A, E - incorrect - subject verb agreement - ...major areas.....is...
B - incorrect - also the case of not needed
C - incorrect - violating parallelism
Friday, March 28, 2008
SC's Question number - 777 , 778
777). The man was always aware, sometimes proudly and sometimes resentfully, that he was a small-town Midwesterner who was thrust into a world that was dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and more polished people than him.
(A) who was thrust into a world that was dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and more polished people than him
(B) who had been thrust into a world that was dominated by more wealthy, educated, and polished people than him
(C) who had been thrust into a world dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and people more polished than he was
(D) thrust into a world dominated by more wealthy, educated, and polished people than him
(E) thrust into a world dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and more polished people than he
778). The medieval scholar made almost no attempt to investigate the anatomy of plants, their mechanisms of growth, nor the ways where each was related to the other.
(A) nor the ways where each was related to the other
(B) nor how each was related to some other
(C) or the way where one is related to the next
(D) or the ways in which they are related to one another
(E) or the ways that each related to some other
Answers:
777). OA - E
A, B, D - incorrect - use of him is wrong - Rule no 7. on link below
Pronoun Errors
C - incorrect - violating parallelism
778). OA - D
A, B - incorrect - use of nor - right idiomatic usage is neither X nor Y
C - incorrect - use of where
E - incorrect - awkward
(A) who was thrust into a world that was dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and more polished people than him
(B) who had been thrust into a world that was dominated by more wealthy, educated, and polished people than him
(C) who had been thrust into a world dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and people more polished than he was
(D) thrust into a world dominated by more wealthy, educated, and polished people than him
(E) thrust into a world dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and more polished people than he
778). The medieval scholar made almost no attempt to investigate the anatomy of plants, their mechanisms of growth, nor the ways where each was related to the other.
(A) nor the ways where each was related to the other
(B) nor how each was related to some other
(C) or the way where one is related to the next
(D) or the ways in which they are related to one another
(E) or the ways that each related to some other
Answers:
777). OA - E
A, B, D - incorrect - use of him is wrong - Rule no 7. on link below
Pronoun Errors
C - incorrect - violating parallelism
778). OA - D
A, B - incorrect - use of nor - right idiomatic usage is neither X nor Y
C - incorrect - use of where
E - incorrect - awkward
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