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SC Integrated Test Step - 4

Description: Integrated Test - 14
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Scientists predict that a jump in the national population growth rate of just two percent could require China to more than double its average agricultural production annually in ten years time.

  1. a jump in the national population growth rate of just two percent could require China to more than double its average agricultural production annually

  2. a jump of just two percent in its national population growth rate could require China to more than double its average annual agricultural production

  3. a jump in the national population growth rate by just two percent could require China to more than double its average annual agricultural production

  4. China would be required to more than double its average agricultural production annually to meet a jump of just two percent in its national population growth rate


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct. The option removes the error of misplaced modifier by putting 'a jump of just two percent' next to 'China's population growth rate'. By specifying that it is China's (its) population growth rate that is being talked about, the ambiguity regarding whose growth rate is being talked about is also eliminated. The placement of 'annual' makes clear that China would need to more than double its average agricultural production in ten years time.

While all humans face similar emotional upheavals, the innate character and forbearance of the humans determines the nature and intensity of the reaction, as well as the impact on the quality of life.

  1. all humans face similar emotional upheavals, the innate character and forbearance of the humans determines

  2. each human faces similar emotional upheavals, the innate character and forbearance determine

  3. all humans face similar emotional upheaval, their innate character and forbearance determines

  4. each human faces similar emotional upheavals, the innate character and forbearance of each human determines

  5. all humans face similar emotional upheavals, the innate character and forbearance of each human determine


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Correct. The option removes the subject verb agreement error and uses plural verb - determine - for a complex subject. Also, by using 'each' to segregate human beings, the option removes any ambiguity in the original sentence.

Rachel Ray, who had no formal culinary training, and starting with the job of a candy counter attendant, she has become a celebrity chef and hosts her own TV show.

  1. who had no formal culinary training, and starting with the job of a candy counter attendant, she has become

  2. who, having no formal culinary training, and starting with the job of a candy counter attendant, ended up becoming

  3. who has no formal culinary training, started with the job of a candy store attendant, and she has become

  4. who had had no formal culinary training, started with the job of a candy counter attendant, has now become

  5. who has had no formal culinary training, started with the job of a candy counter attendant, and has become


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct. The option starts with Past Perfect (for an action that began and ended in the past before another action in the past began), moves to Simple Past (for an event that is completed/ finished), then moves on to Present Perfect (to describe something that has been accomplished) and finally to Simple Present (hosts).

The results of the team's restructuring efforts are evident in its performance in the sporting arena, which peaked during the last few months of this season after it fell over the last few seasons.

  1. arena, which peaked during the last few months of this season after it fell

  2. arena, which had peaked during the last few months of this season after it had fallen

  3. arena, which has peaked during the last few months of this season after falling

  4. arena; their performance has peaked during the last few months of this season after falling


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct. The option corrects the error of Tense Usage by using the Present Perfect Tense for an action that is completed at the time of speaking (performance has peaked). The option also removes the Error of using Simple Past (it fell) and replaces it with a phrase that uses Past Progressive Tense (was falling)

I think these images were mixed up with my early appreciation: there was a cool yet turbulent melancholy to them which I also found in the music, and which seemed to harmonize with my restless late-adolescent soul.

  1. I think these images were mixed up with my early appreciation: there was a cool yet turbulent melancholy to them which I also found in the music, and which seemed to harmonize with my restless late-adolescent soul.

  2. I think these images were mixed up with my early appreciation: there was a cool yet turbulent melancholy to these, and I also found them in the music, and which seemed to harmonize with my restless late-adolescent soul.

  3. I think these images were mixed up with my early appreciation: there was a cool yet turbulent melancholy to them which I also found in the music, and the music seemed to harmonize with my restless late-adolescent soul.

  4. I think these images were mixed up with my early appreciation: there was a cool yet turbulent melancholy to them which I also found in the music, and which seemed to harmonize with my restless late-adolescence soul.

  5. Like the cool yet turbulent melancholy I found in music, these images were also mixed up in my early appreciation which seemed to harmonize with my late adolescent soul.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

No error. The sentence is correct as it is.

The debate is going on about whether the Planning Commission's appraisal of the perceived poverty line is fair in its assessment of the needs of the poor.

  1. The debate is going on about whether the Planning Commission's appraisal of the perceived poverty line is fair in its assessment of the needs of the poor.

  2. There is an ongoing debate about whether Planning Commission's appraisal fairly assesses the needs of the poor.

  3. The ongoing debate is about whether the appraisal of the Planning Commission is fair in its assessment of the needs of the poor.

  4. There is ongoing debate about whether the Planning Commission's appraisal of the perceived poverty line had fairly assessed the needs of the poor.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct. The option removes ambiguity about the nature of the debate and also clearly informs that the debate in question is on-going.

If we compare the red meat consumption with the amount of white meat over the last few decades, we find that red meat consumption is in decline.

  1. If we compare the red meat consumption with the amount of white meat over the last few decades, we find that red meat consumption is in decline.

  2. To compare red meat consumption with white meat consumption is to show that red meat consumption is in decline over the last few decades.

  3. Compared to consumption of white meat, the consumption of red meat is in decline over the last few decades.

  4. Comparing the consumption of red meat and white meat, we find that the consumption of red meat is in decline.

  5. A comparison over the last few decades of the consumption of red meat and the consumption of white meat shows that red meat consumption is in decline.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct. The option removes the flab of the original sentence to get to the crux of the matter. Also, the sentence is parallel in construction.

Until just a while ago, BRIC Nations believed that the growth rate being nine percent, there is a healthy balance between inflation and liquidity.

  1. the growth rate being nine percent, there is a healthy balance between inflation and liquidity

  2. should the growth rate be nine percent, there should be a healthy balance between inflation and liquidity

  3. were the growth rate be nine percent, there would be a healthy balance between inflation and liquidity

  4. if the growth rate is nine percent, there is a healthy balance between inflation and liquidity

  5. there is a healthy balance between inflation and liquidity when there is a growth rate that is nine percent


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct. The option removes ambiguity in the original sentence.

According to linguists researching origin of languages, the range of phonemes found in ancient languages highlight the possibility that all modern languages might have evolved from a single language that humans spoke more than 10,000 years ago.

  1. highlight the possibility that all modern languages might have evolved from a single language that

  2. highlight the possibility that all modern languages today evolved from a single language which

  3. may highlight that all modern languages had evolved from a single language, which

  4. highlights that all modern languages may have evolved from a single language that

  5. highlights that all modern languages evolved from a single language that


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct. The option removes the error of Subject-Verb Agreement by using a singular verb - indicates - for a singular subject - 'range' of phonemes. Also, the option removes the error of redundancy by dispensing with the use of 'the possibility' since 'may have' also denotes possibility.

One of the most controversial actions of Benjamin Netanyahu as the Prime Minister of Israel was to abrogate the law that any Palestinian militant captured by its armed forces cannot be exchanged for Israeli prisoners in Palestinian custody.

  1. that any Palestinian militant captured by its armed forces cannot be exchanged for Israeli prisoners

  2. that any Palestinian militant cannot be exchanged for Israeli prisoners captured by its armed forces

  3. that any Palestinian militant captured by Israeli armed forces cannot be exchanged with Israeli prisoners

  4. that any Palestinian militant captured by Israeli armed forces cannot be exchanged for Israeli prisoners

  5. that Israeli armed forces capturing a Palestinian militant could not exchange them for Israeli prisoners


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct. The option removes the error of missing antecedent by using 'Israeli armed forces'.

Egypt was one of the first countries in ancient Africa to face the wrath of Zionist warrior tribes, which has made it an ideal site for excavating for ancient weapons and armaments.

  1. Egypt was one of the first countries in ancient Africa to face the wrath of Zionist warrior tribes, which has made it

  2. Egypt was one of the first countries in ancient Africa to have faced the wrath of Zionist warrior tribes, and that has made it

  3. As it was one of the first countries in ancient Africa to face the wrath of Zionist warrior tribes, Egypt is

  4. Because Egypt was the first of the countries of Ancient Africa which faced the wrath of Zionist warrior tribes, it is

  5. Because Egypt was one of the first countries of Ancient Africa to face the wrath of Zionist warrior tribes, it is


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Correct. By introducing 'Because' as an introduction for a reason already known, the sentence makes better sense. The option also removes the error of dangling modifier by removing 'which has' so that the pronoun 'it' unambiguously refers to Egypt.

Many of them formed by the movement of mountain goats searching for food, the Italian Alps are interspersed with thousands of mountain trails.

  1. Many of them formed by the movement of mountain goats searching for food, the Italian Alps are interspersed with thousands of mountain trails.

  2. Formed by the movement of mountain goats searching for food, the Italian Alps are interspersed with thousands of mountain trails.

  3. Thousands of mountain trails, many of them formed by the movement of mountain goats searching for food, are interspersing the Italian Alps.

  4. The Italian Alps are interspersed with thousands of mountain trails, many of which are formed by the movement of mountain goats searching for food.

  5. The Italian Alps are interspersed with thousands of mountain trails, many of them formed by the movement of mountain goats searching for food.


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Correct. The option corrects the error of misplaced modifier as well as the error in tense usage.

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