[kondapalli]

Originally Posted by sachin2807

Here goes my next set of questions:

1) Quebec rises in a magnificent way above the St. Lawrence River.
a)rises in a magnificent way above
b) rises in a magnificent way , way above
c) rises magnificently above
d) rises magnificently way above
e) is raised in a magnificent way above



Bst of luk guys.

Rgds
Sachin

C
A
B
E
E
C
D
B
E
D

thanks sachin....

[kondapalli]

2) Jessica Mitford wrote The American Way of Death, a best-selling book, that led eventually to an official investigation of the funeral industry.
a) that led eventually
b) that had led eventually
c) that eventually led
d) which led eventually
e) who eventually led

Ans:d

I didn't really understand the logic here.

Is it that 'that' is wrong or the placement of 'eventually' is wrong in ans C?

I heard that 'that' is used to emphatically reflect the subject, mostly for persons and 'which' is used to mildly reflect teh what is being talked about....donno...can some expert help?

thanks in advance.

[nikhilkulk]

My answers for the latest questions by Sachin:
Set 2:
1 - c
2 - a
3 - b
4 - d
5 - a
6 - c
7 - a
8 - a
9 - e
10 - c

[sid_dharth]

Originally Posted by sachin2807

Here goes my next set of questions:

My answers for the Set 2

1. c)
2. a)
3. b)
4. d)
5. a)
6. b)
7. a)
8. b)
9. e)
10. a)

Cheers!!!
Siddharth

[dsotm_floyd]

my take on set 2
1 -c
2-a
3-a
4-d
5-e
6-e
7-d
8-b
9-e
10-b

[nikhilkulk]

Originally Posted by kondapalli

2) Jessica Mitford wrote The American Way of Death, a best-selling book, that led eventually to an official investigation of the funeral industry.
a) that led eventually
b) that had led eventually
c) that eventually led
d) which led eventually
e) who eventually led

Ans:d

I didn't really understand the logic here.

Is it that 'that' is wrong or the placement of 'eventually' is wrong in ans C?

I heard that 'that' is used to emphatically reflect the subject, mostly for persons and 'which' is used to mildly reflect teh what is being talked about....donno...can some expert help?

thanks in advance.

My 2 p
Firstly, I don't think you would use either of "that" or "which" if the subject were a person. You would rather use "who" The subject in this case is not the person Jessica but her book "The American way of Death" The book is doing the action of leading to an official investigation, not Jessica.

So coming down to why D and why not C, its a very fine line actually.. Very small nuances involved.. But if you ask me here is how I would have arrived at the answer,
e is definitely wrong for reasons stated above. a, b, c are actually similar options. a and c are exactly same - "eventually led" or "led eventually" both are correct. If a is coorect then c also has to be correct and vice-versa... So I am left with d. Also If I speed -read c sounds more suitable to me...
Not a technical answer probably to your query, but yes option elimination can be a major tool in sentence correction as well...

[vyomb]

1. A “calendar stick” carved centuries ago by the Winnebago tribe may provide the first evidence that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them on systematic astronomical observation.
(A) that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them
(B) of the North American Indians who have developed advanced full-year calendars and based them
(C) of the development of advanced full-year calendars by North American Indians, basing them
(D) of the North American Indians and their development of advanced full-year calendars based
(E) that the North American Indians developed advanced full-year calendars based
2. A 1972 agreement between Canada and the United States reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump into the Great Lakes.
(A) reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump
(B) reduced the phosphate amount that municipalities had been dumping
(C) reduces the phosphate amount municipalities have been allowed to dump
(D) reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities are allowed to dump
(E) reduces the amount of phosphates allowed for dumping by municipalities
3. A collection of 38 poems by Phillis Wheatley, a slave, was published in the 1770’s, the first book by a Black woman and it was only the second published by an American woman.
(A) it was only the second published by an American woman
(B) it was only the second that an American woman published
(C) the second one only published by an American woman
(D) the second one only that an American woman published
(E) only the second published by an American woman
4. A common disability in test pilots is hearing impairment, a consequence of sitting too close to large jet engines for long periods of time.
(A) a consequence of sitting too close to large jet engines for long periods of time
(B) a consequence from sitting for long periods of time too near to large jet engines
(C) a consequence which resulted from sitting too close to large jet engines for long periods of time
(D) damaged from sitting too near to large jet engines for long periods of time
(E) damaged because they sat too close to large jet engines for long periods of time
5. A controversial figure throughout most of his public life, the Black leader Marcus Garvey advocated that some Blacks return to Africa, the land that, to him, symbolized the possibility of freedom.
(A) that some Blacks return to Africa, the land that, to him, symbolized the possibility of freedom
(B) that some Blacks return to the African land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him
(C) that some Blacks return to Africa which was the land which symbolized the possibility of freedom to him
(D) some Black’s returning to Africa which was the land that to him symbolized the possibility of freedom
(E) some Black’s return to the land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him, Africa

[aravindva]

my take on vyomb's SC1:

1. E
2. A
3. E
4. A
5. A

[vyomb]

moi score in sc1 4/5

[vyomb]

regarding SC's i'll try to post them regularly....

puys provide me ur feedback as to how many(in no.) SC q's u all want for the day?