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A shy, religious-minded publisher who had married a duke's daughter, Harold Macmillan's rise to the position of Prime Minister in 1957 surprised many, though Churchill had since the 1930s been extolling Macmillan's courage.

  1. Harold Macmillan's rise to the position of Prime Minister in 1957 surprised many

  2. Harold Macmillan's rise in 1957 to the position of Prime Minister surprised many

  3. Harold Macmillan's becoming Prime Minister in 1957 surprised many

  4. Harold Macmillan surprised many by rising to the position of Prime Minister in 1957

  5. the position of Prime Minister attained by Harold Macmillan in 1957 surprised many


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Error of modifier. It is not the 'rise' but the person who surprised others. Hence, option 4.

A special Japanese green tea called ''genmai-cha'' contains brown rice and is considered as a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

  1. A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered as a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

  2. Considered to be a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, genmai-cha is a special green tea that contains brown rice, virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

  3. A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered a gourmet delicacy by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

  4. Most Japanese consider genmai-cha, a special green tea which contains brown rice, as a delicacy virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.

  5. Though virtually unavailable outside Yokohama, most Japanese consider genmai-cha, a special green tea that contains brown rice, a gourmet delicacy.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

'A gourmets delicacy' is the correct usage. It refers to the thing that is bitter in taste and difficult to eat, even for a person who is fond of eating.

A report by the American Academy for the Advancement of Science has concluded that much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed comes from the incineration of wastes.

  1. much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed comes

  2. much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins that North Americans are exposed to come

  3. much of the dioxins that are currently uncontrolled and that North Americans are exposed to comes

  4. many of the dioxins that are currently uncontrolled and North Americans are exposed to comes

  5. many of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed come


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Adjective 'much' is used for uncountable nouns; adjective 'many' is used for countable nouns. Moreover, plural subject takes plural auxiliary verb. Thus, 'come' is the correct usage. Hence, option 5.

A recording system was so secretly installed and operated in the Kennedy Oval Office that even Theodore C. Sorensen, the White House counsel, did not know it existed.

  1. A recording system was so secretly installed and operated in the Kennedy Oval Office that

  2. So secret was a recording system installation and operation in the Kennedy Oval Office

  3. It was so secret that a recording system was installed and operated in the Kennedy Oval Office

  4. A recording system that was so secretly installed and operated in the Kennedy Oval Office

  5. Installed and operated so secretly in the Kennedy Oval Office was a recording system that


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The underlined part of the sentence is perfectly correct in the given form.

A study commissioned by the Department of Agriculture showed that if calves exercise and associated with other calves, they will require less medication and gain weight quicker than do those raised in confinement.

  1. associated with other calves, they will require less medication and gain weight quicker than do

  2. associated with other calves, they require less medication and gain weight quicker than

  3. associate with other calves, they required less medication and will gain weight quicker than do

  4. associate with other calves, they have required less medication and will gain weight more quickly than do

  5. associate with other calves, they require less medication and gain weight more quickly than


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Error of parallelism. Case of present simple tense. 'If calves exercise and associate with other calves, they require less medication and gain weight more quickly than' is the correct sentence formation.

A representative of the Women's Bureau of the United States Department of Labor contends that employers who offer benefits which permit that employees can balance home and work responsibilities better, realizing gains in attendance, recruiting, and retention.

  1. which permit that employees can balance home and work responsibilities better, realizing

  2. which permit employees balancing home and work responsibilities better will realize

  3. that permit employees to balance the responsibilities of home and work better will realize

  4. that permit employees a better balance between the responsibilities of home and work, thus realizing

  5. such that employees are permitted a balance between home and work responsibilities, and they will realize


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

'Which' and 'that' are never used together. Moreover, when we refer to something particular, we use 'that'. Consequence of an action is shown by the word 'thus'. Hence, option 3.

A star will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole after it passes through a red giant stage, depending on mass.

  1. A star will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole after it passes through a red giant stage, depending on mass.

  2. After passing through a red giant stage, depending on its mass, a star will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.

  3. After passing through a red giant stage, a star's mass will determine if it compresses itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.

  4. Mass determines whether a star, after passing through the red giant stage, will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.

  5. The mass of a star, after passing through the red giant stage, will determine whether it compresses itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

None other than option 4 provides the correct explanation. It correctly explains that what will be the final nature of a star after passing through a stage.

A substance derived from the Madagascar periwinkle, which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients, is cultivated in China as part of a program to integrate traditional herbal medicine into a contemporary system of health care.

  1. A substance derived from the Madagascar periwinkle, which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients,

  2. A derivative, which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients, of the Madagascar periwinkle,

  3. A Madagascar periwinkle derivative, which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients,

  4. The Madagascar periwinkle has a derivative which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients, that

  5. The Madagascar periwinkle, a derivative of which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients,


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Error of modifier. 'A substance derived from the Madagascar periwinkle' should be replaced by 'The Madagascar periwinkle, a derivative of which.....'.  Hence, option 5. 

According to a recent poll, owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land is still a goal of a majority of young adults, like that of earlier generations.

  1. like that of earlier generations

  2. as that for earlier generations

  3. just as earlier generations did

  4. as have earlier generations

  5. as it was of earlier generations


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Error of vocabulary usage. 'Like' is used for comparing verbs; 'as' is used for comparing nouns. No  need of demeonstrative adjective 'that'. 'That' should be replaced by 'it'.

According to a recent study by Rutgers University, the number of women in state legislatures has grown in every election since 1968.

  1. the number of women in state legislatures has grown

  2. the number of women who are in state legislatures have grown

  3. there has been growth in the number of women in state legislatures

  4. a growing number of women have been in state legislatures

  5. women have been growing in number in state legislatures


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The underlined part of the sentence is perfectly correct in the given form. 'The number' is taken as a singular noun. Thus, it takes singular auxiliary.

A wildlife expert predicts that the reintroduction of the caribou into northern Minnesota would fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more numerous than one wolf for every 39 square miles.

  1. would fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more numerous than

  2. would fail provided the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more than

  3. should fail if the timber wolf density in that region was greater than

  4. will fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is greater than

  5. will fail if the timber wolf density in that region were more numerous than


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Error of repetition. We never use double repetitives. 'Is more numerous' should be replaced by 'is greater than'.

According to a study by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, companies in the United States are providing job training and general education for nearly eight million people, about equivalent to the enrollment of the nation's four-year colleges and universities.

  1. equivalent to the enrollment of

  2. the equivalent of those enrolled in

  3. equal to those who are enrolled in

  4. as many as the enrollment of

  5. as many as are enrolled in


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Case of comparative. Option 5 best explains the same.

According to a ruling by the state supreme court, the owner of polluted land is liable for the cleanup of the property even if the owner did not have the responsibility that pollution occurred before the title changed hands.

  1. the owner did not have the responsibility that pollution

  2. the owner is not responsible for pollution that

  3. it was not the owner's responsibility that pollution would have

  4. the responsibility of the owner is not that pollution

  5. the responsibility was not the owner's that pollution would have


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Error of parallelism. 'Is liable' should be followed by 'is not responsible for'.

According to a recent study, the elderly in the United States are four times more likely to give regular financial aid to their children as to receive it from them.

  1. the elderly in the United States are four times more likely to give regular financial aid to their children as

  2. the elderly in the United States are four times as likely to give regular financial aid to their children as it is for them

  3. the elderly in the United States are four times more likely to give regular financial aid to their children than

  4. it is four times more likely for the elderly in the United States to give regular financial aid to their children than they are

  5. it is four times as likely that the elderly in the United States will give their children regular financial aid as they are


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Error of parallelism and prepositional usage. Case of comparative sentence. So, preposition 'than' is required. To refer to the noun mentioned, we should use the pronoun 'they are'.

According to a panel of health officials, there has been a great deal of confusion in the medical profession about whether obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or a condition more related to appearance than to health.

  1. about whether obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or a condition more related to appearance than to

  2. with respect to obesity being a biological disorder posing serious health risks or if it is related more to appearance than

  3. over whether or not obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or it is a condition more related to appearance than to

  4. about obesity and if it is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or a condition related to appearance more than to

  5. concerning whether obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or it is a condition related to appearance more than


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The underlined part of the sentence is perfectly correct in the given form.

According to a survey of graduating medical students conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges, minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice in socio-economically deprived areas.

  1. minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice

  2. minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than other graduates who plan on practicing

  3. minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to plan on practicing

  4. it is nearly four times more likely that minority graduates rather than other graduates will plan to practice

  5. it is nearly four times as likely for minority graduates than other graduates to plan to practice


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Error of usage of the comparative. ''More likely than' should be replaced by 'as likely as'.

According to a study published by Dr. Myrna Weissman, only one percent of Americans born before 1905 had suffered major depression by the age of seventy-five; of those born since 1955, six percent had become depressed by age twenty-four.

  1. only one percent of Americans born before 1905 had suffered major depression by the age of seventy-five; of those born since 1955, six percent had become depressed by age twenty-four

  2. only one percent of Americans born before 1905 suffer major depression by the age of seventy-five; if they are born since 1955, six percent become depressed by age twenty-four

  3. of Americans born before 1905, only one percent of them have suffered major depression by age seventy-five, but six percent of those born since 1955 do by the age of twenty-four

  4. major depression is suffered by the age of seventy-five by only one percent of Americans born before 1905, and by age twenty-four by the six percent born since 1955

  5. Americans born before 1905 suffer major depression by the age of seventy-five only one percent of the time, but six percent of those born since 1955 did so by age twenty-four


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The given sentence is perfectly fine.

According to Henry David Thoreau, the reason a majority is allowed to rule is not that it is more likely to be right, but because it is stronger.

  1. the reason a majority is allowed to rule is not that it is more likely to be right, but because it is stronger

  2. a majority is allowed to rule not because it is more likely to be right, but because it is stronger

  3. the reason for majority rule is not because they are more likely to be right, they are stronger

  4. the majority is allowed to rule because of its strength, not because it is more likely to be right

  5. the reason why the majority rules is that it is strong, not because it is likely to be right


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Error of repetition. 'Reason' and 'because' are never used together as they mean the same thing.

According to Booker T. Whatley's recent analysis, planting the same crops as are planted on large farms will lead to economic disaster for the small farmer, who should plan a succession of high-value crops that will provide a year-round cash flow.

  1. planting the same crops as are planted on large farms will lead to economic disaster for the small farmer, who

  2. it will lead to economic disaster for the small farmer to plant the same crops as on the large farms; they

  3. economic disaster will result from planting the same crops as large farms to the small farmer, who

  4. economic disaster for the small farmer will result from planting the same crops as on the large farms; they

  5. the small farmer planting the same crops as are planted on large farms will lead to economic disaster; they


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The given sentence is perfectly fine.

According to his own account, Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi, the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty, modeled the face of the statue like his mother's and the body like his wife's.

  1. modeled the face of the statue like his mother's and the body like his wife's

  2. modeled the face of the statue after that of his mother and the body after that of his wife

  3. modeled the face of the statue like his mother and the body like his wife

  4. made the face of the statue after his mother and the body after his wife

  5. made the face of the statue look like his mother and the body look like his wife


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Error of vocabulary usage. We model something 'after' some other thing, which means that we model some new things keeping the other one's as the super model.

According to Interstudy, a non-profit organization that studies health maintenance organizations (HMO's), they estimate that, in comparison to last year, when only 36 percent of the nation's 607 HMO's was profitable, this year 73 percent will be.

  1. they estimate that, in comparison to last year, when only 36 percent of the nation's 607 HMO's was profitable, this year 73 percent will be

  2. compared to only 36 percent of the nation's 607 HMO's being profitable last year, they estimate 73 percent would be this year

  3. only 36 percent of the nation's 607 HMO's were profitable last year; it estimates that this year 73 percent will be

  4. it estimates 73 percent of the nation's 607 HMO's would be profitable this year; last year that was only 36 percent

  5. only 36 percent of the nation's 607 HMO's last year were profitable, whereas they estimate this year to be 73 percent


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Error of sentence formation. Here the underlined part refers to the outcomes of the study by Interstudy. Option 3 best explains the same.

According to some analysts, whatever its merits, the proposal to tax away all capital gains on short-term investments would, if enacted, have a disastrous effect on Wall Street trading and employment.

  1. its merits, the proposal to tax

  2. its merits may be, the proposal of taxing

  3. its merits as a proposal, taxing

  4. the proposal's merits, to tax

  5. the proposal's merits are, taxing


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The given sentence is perfectly fine.

According to scientists at the University of California, the pattern of changes that have occurred in human DNA over the millennia indicate the possibility that everyone alive today might be descended from a single female ancestor who lived in Africa sometime between 140,000 and 280,000 years ago.

  1. indicate the possibility that everyone alive today might be descended from a single female ancestor who

  2. indicate that everyone alive today might possibly be a descendant of a single female ancestor who had

  3. may indicate that everyone alive today has descended from a single female ancestor who had

  4. indicates that everyone alive today may be a descendant of a single female ancestor who

  5. indicates that everyone alive today might be a descendant from a single female ancestor who


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Error of subject verb agreement and modal usage. Here, the subject is singular (the pattern), so the verb should also be singular (i.e. indicates). Case of present tense, so modal 'may' is the correct usage. might' is generally used for past tense.

According to some economists, the July decrease in unemployment so that it was the lowest in two years suggests that the gradual improvement in the job market is continuing.

  1. so that it was the lowest in two years

  2. so that it was the lowest two-year rate

  3. to what would be the lowest in two years

  4. to a two-year low level

  5. to the lowest level in two years


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

The underlined part triews to express the effect of something. The same has been correctly expressed in option 5.

According to some economists, Japan is in danger of plunging into a depression that, with double-digit unemployment, could severely strain a society that regards lifetime employment as a virtual right of citizenship.

  1. that, with double-digit unemployment, could severely strain

  2. that, because of double-digit unemployment, could be a severe strain for

  3. with double-digit unemployment, and it could severely train

  4. with double-digit unemployment and could be a severe train

  5. with double-digit unemployment and could severely strain


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The given sentence is perfectly fine.

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