Monday, July 07, 2008

SC's Question number - 699 , 700

699). The black hole has entered the popular imagination as an object too massive that neither light nor matter can escape its gravitational pull.

(A) too massive that neither light nor matter can escape its

(B) too massive for either allowing light or matter to escape its

(C) massive enough that either light or matter cannot escape their

(D) so massive that neither light nor matter could escape their

(E) so massive that neither light nor matter can escape


700). The boom in agricultural exports in the early 1970’s emptied United States grain bins and
many were led to thinking that overproduction was now a problem of the past.

(A) many were led to thinking that overproduction was now


(B) many had been led to thinking of overproduction as if it were

(C) the thought this led to was that overproduction had become


(D) led many to the thought of overproduction as if it were


(E) led many to think that overproduction had become


Answers:

699). OA - E - idiomatic - ..so .. ..that..

A, B - incorrect - unidiomatic - too massive that

C, D - incorrect - subject verb agreement - ... black hole(singular)..their(plural)..

700). OA - E - parallel -
....exports in the early 1970’s emptied United States...and led many to think ...

A, B, C - incorrect - violating parallelism

D - incorrect - awkward




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