1. Congress is responsible for legislation, and the police is responsible for law reinforcement.
for legislation, and the police is
for legislation, so the police is
for legislation, so the police are
to legislation, and the police is
for legislation, and the police are

2. The doctors said that out of the several factors that caused the lady's stroke, the most detrimental, according to the diagnosis, was hypertension, or high blood pressure, and that luckily this factor is the most controllable element in the creation of such a blood clot.
the most detrimental, according to the diagnosis, was hypertension, or high blood pressure, and that luckily this factor

the most detrimental, according to the diagnosis, were hypertension, or high blood pressure, and that luckily this factor

the most detrimental, according to the diagnosis, was either hypertension or high blood pressure and that luckily these factors

according to the diagnosis, the most detrimental was hypertension, whereas luckily high blood pressure

the most detrimental was, as the diagnosis have shown, hypertension, or high blood pressure, which luckily

1-A
2-E. I don't see any other better choice.

1- E

Police requires a plural verb

2- A

I think that it's a unfair question, as it requires the reader to know that hypertension = high blood pressure.

agree to an extent with q2 issue of hypertension and high blood pressure but the word "is" immediately after the underlined part pretty much gives the idea that both are same

E, A?

1. E
2. A

1. E
2. A