SC's Question number - 735 , 736

735). The earnings of women are well below that of men in spite of educational differences that are diminishing between the sexes.

(A) well below that of men in spite of educational differences that are diminishing

(B) much below that of men’s despite educational differences diminishing

(C) much below men in spite of diminishing educational difference

(D) well below those of men in spite of diminishing educational differences

(E) below men’s despite their educational differences that are diminishing

736). The economic forces which may affect the new public offering of stock include sudden downturns in the market, hedging and other investor strategies for preventing losses, loosening the interest rates in Washington, and fearing that the company may still be undercapitalized.

(A) loosening the interest rates in Washington, and fearing that the company may still be undercapitalized

(B) loosening the interest rates in Washington, and a fear of the company still being undercapitalized

(C) a loosening of the interest rates in Washington, and fearing that the company may still be undercapitalized

(D) a loosening of the interest rates in Washington, and a fear of the still undercapitalized company

(E) a loosening of the interest rates in Washington, and a fear that the company may still be undercapitalized


Answers: 735). OA - D

A, B - incorrect - use of that is wrong

C - incorrect - wrongly comparing earnings of women with men

E - incorrect - awkward

736). OA - E - parallelism - ...a loosening of interest rates......a fear...

A, B - incorrect - loosening acting as a verb instead of a noun

C - incorrect - violating parallelism - ....a loosening...fearing that...

D - incorrect - wrongly suggests that undercapitalized is an established fact