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100 Hardest and easiest questions for SC as of March 2026

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Sentence Correction Question Directory Topic and Difficulty

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05 Sep 2023, 21:02

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05 Sep 2023, 21:02

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After a steady increase up from a five-year high in the early 1960s

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luke2021

08 Feb 2022, 02:47

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05 Jul 2023, 01:31

After a slave obtains his freedom from his master, he has his head sha

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Abhi077

06 May 2020, 15:48

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13 Jan 2024, 10:30

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After a murderer has been convicted, it is the judge who decides wheth

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Bunuel

27 Sep 2018, 05:07

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03 Jan 2023, 09:11

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After a long difficult struggle leading up to the 1984 Democratic Pres

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honchos

24 Sep 2014, 02:06

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by: VerbalBot

10 Apr 2023, 10:10

After a few weeks’ experience, apprentice jewelers can usually begin

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taurus555

28 Mar 2012, 22:20

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by: VerbalBot

02 Jul 2024, 23:59

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After a dip caused by Congressional embroilment, many growth stocks ar

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mihir0710

25 Jun 2017, 00:24

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by: rihamhanna

06 Feb 2020, 04:49

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After a dip caused by Congressional bickering, many growth stocks are

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Bunuel

27 Sep 2023, 01:30

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by: Bunuel

01 Oct 2023, 12:15

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African sleeping sickness is characterized by low-grade fever

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rohan2345

13 Mar 2018, 10:10

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by: AjiteshArun

16 Apr 2019, 12:03

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Africa’s population of elephants declined by nearly a third from 2007

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BillyZ

11 Sep 2021, 05:12

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14 Jul 2023, 16:50

Africa’s economic growth and fiscal balance indicators demonstrate a g

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SalahT

11 Aug 2021, 09:12

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by: SalahT

11 Aug 2021, 09:14

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Africa's black rhino population in the mid-1970's numbered about 20,00

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misterJJ2u

25 Jun 2007, 23:39

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17 Apr 2023, 20:07

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Afghanistan has historically be an difficult place for external invade

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Subhajit007

10 May 2019, 01:57

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by: AjiteshArun

10 May 2019, 19:06

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Affording strategic proximity to the Strait of Gibraltar, Morocco was

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seofah

03 Jun 2021, 01:28

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by: GMATNinja

02 Aug 2023, 08:15

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Aerugo, also known as verdigris, is the green "bloom" visible on many

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ArvGMAT

16 Jan 2019, 07:51

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by: nivivacious

24 Aug 2023, 18:29

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Advocates of organic food believe they will be able to foster consumer

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aaba

18 Feb 2018, 20:53

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by: huyeenbuii

01 Apr 2021, 02:54

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Advertising that one of its many attractions has been the

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bschool83

19 Nov 2019, 07:18

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06 Oct 2023, 08:35

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Advertising firms know that how a product is displayed and the reputat

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kanhaiya

05 Feb 2011, 23:28

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23 Dec 2021, 01:19

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Advertisement banners in the air balloon competition last year receive

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Bunuel

23 Jul 2021, 01:30

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05 Dec 2022, 03:26

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Advances in the production of high-temperature superconductors are exp

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Kinshook

02 Apr 2020, 09:38

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17 Dec 2022, 03:57

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Advances in networking technology and home computers have made it easy

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Bunuel

17 Sep 2019, 22:05

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18 Sep 2019, 20:36

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Advances in materials engineering enabled the bicycle industry to crea

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Bunuel

19 Nov 2021, 03:00

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by: Snehaaaaa

09 Jan 2022, 22:30

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Advances in genetic testing have raised major data security concerns

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AjiteshArun

25 Oct 2017, 09:18

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by: VerbalBot

04 Dec 2023, 08:15

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Advanced market research for the MegaTek Corporation predicts that lau

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generis

03 Dec 2021, 01:00

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by: generis

05 Dec 2021, 07:07

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Advanced market research for the MegaTek Corporation predicts that lau

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Bunuel

26 Nov 2021, 08:30

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05 Dec 2021, 08:30

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Advanced grammar points

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laxieqv

27 Dec 2010, 14:47

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27 May 2023, 00:33

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Adult survivors of child abuse traditionally have had little or no cha

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noboru

17 Aug 2009, 15:00

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02 Apr 2024, 10:55

Adult pelicans store fish in a deep, expandable pouch below the lower

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Kritesh

04 Jun 2017, 11:04

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17 Dec 2017, 21:22

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Adolphe Menjou, known for being the most well-dressed man in America

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Bunuel

11 Mar 2022, 07:30

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02 Apr 2022, 10:30

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Admiral of the Fleet Louis Mountbatten, a decorated British naval ofc

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Bunuel

03 Jun 2022, 21:15

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05 Jun 2022, 14:28

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Admiral of the Fleet Louis Mountbatten, a decorated British

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Bunuel

05 Jul 2019, 08:00

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06 Jul 2019, 11:36

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Administrative laws confer wide discretionary powers on the administra

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ktzsikka

25 Oct 2021, 06:57

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13 Jan 2022, 12:50

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Adel al-Jubeir, the Saudi minister of state for foreign affairs, told

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mandeey

16 Jul 2022, 01:25

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09 Oct 2022, 09:23

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Addressing a press conference in Tirupathi, Mr Naidu undertook the bus

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souvik101990

24 Jul 2014, 10:17

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by: himanshujovi

25 Jul 2014, 02:50

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Additional to being source of Vitamin C and Vitamin A, a tomato

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acacia

13 Aug 2017, 14:29

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13 Aug 2020, 22:22

Additional incentives to teach in the inner cities, such as tuition re

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Carcass

09 Nov 2018, 03:57

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12 Feb 2021, 11:31

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Adding necessarily more fertilizers to soil lowers its ability to abso

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broall

19 Jul 2017, 05:06

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10 Oct 2023, 02:50

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Added to worries about budget cuts and cost of living increases, the

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vermatanya

29 Oct 2018, 06:24

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18 Jun 2023, 02:44

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Added to the increase in hourly wages requested last July, the railroa

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wild_desperado

22 Sep 2019, 05:00

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by: VerbalBot

20 Sep 2024, 19:57

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Adam Smith, a Scottish moral philosopher and a pioneer of political

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Bunuel

20 Feb 2023, 04:26

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by: Sushil117

20 Feb 2023, 06:51

Actors on Broadway have the difficult task of being singers who must

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Helium

01 Sep 2018, 01:12

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05 Apr 2020, 22:32

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Active underwater faults are observed carefully, tectono

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avohden

03 Nov 2013, 13:50

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by: VerbalBot

04 Sep 2024, 22:05

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Acting selfishly and impulsively, the chairperson adapted the committe

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Bunuel

04 Jun 2019, 02:22

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by: Bunuel

18 Sep 2019, 02:27

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Across much of Western Europe, compulsory education ends after

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RudraM

08 Jun 2017, 03:06

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22 Jul 2020, 01:24

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Acme, the family oriented entertainment company, has moved away from

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Bunuel

31 Aug 2018, 02:00

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10 May 2022, 18:21

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Acknowledging the volunteers’ giving of a great deal of their time to

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souvik101990

01 Feb 2015, 04:46

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by: jim441

14 Dec 2022, 06:55

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Acid rain is the phenomenon responsible for the deterioration...

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CAMANISHPARMAR

23 Dec 2018, 09:21

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by: VerbalBot

05 May 2020, 05:48

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Acid rain is considered not yet so serious a problem in the West as in

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generis

14 Mar 2020, 23:54

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by: VerbalBot

09 Mar 2023, 10:17

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Acid rain and snow result from the chemical reactions between industri

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generis

13 Nov 2018, 09:59

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by: MartyMurray

24 Nov 2023, 06:55

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Ace GMAT Sentence Correction with Meaning Based Approach

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Narenn

28 Mar 2023, 13:22

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by: Narenn

29 Mar 2023, 08:44

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Accredited travel agents were not required to provide advice pertainin

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Bunuel

15 Apr 2022, 11:15

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by: winterschool

19 Apr 2022, 00:52

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