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100 Hardest and easiest questions for SC as of April 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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In laboratory rats, a low dose of aspirin usually suffices t

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fozzzy

26 Jul 2013, 07:57

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02 Jan 2024, 21:00

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In London that afforded its playwrights only two theaters, Alpha Behn

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20 Mar 2011, 13:22

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04 Jan 2024, 07:23

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Nearly two tons of nuclear-reactor fuel have already been put into orb

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scheol79

11 Sep 2021, 04:33

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06 Jan 2024, 00:15

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Almost a decade after New York State passed laws to protect

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arorag

29 Dec 2014, 21:51

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06 Jan 2024, 01:38

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Subjunctive and use of that with simple verb form

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Sontawila

13 Jun 2009, 04:08

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08 Jan 2024, 07:08

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Rejecting its argument that the Masters Dog Training Club’s primary

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BillyZ

21 Sep 2019, 08:15

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21 Jan 2024, 04:22

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To show that it is serious about addressing the state's power crisis

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generis

20 Apr 2020, 23:02

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07 Mar 2024, 10:24

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Congress is debating a bill requiring certain employers provide worker

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sperinko

07 Jul 2021, 00:44

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11 Sep 2024, 04:11

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An inventory equal to 90 days sales is as much as even the strongest

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WhyabloodyMBA

10 Jul 2009, 12:48

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11 Sep 2024, 23:35

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When viewed from the window of a speeding train, the speed with which

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Bunuel

25 Jun 2021, 01:28

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01 Nov 2024, 11:13

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Cost cutting and restructuring has allowed the manufacturing company

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AbdurRakib

13 Jun 2017, 13:15

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16 Dec 2024, 21:21

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In the seventh century B.C., the Roman alphabet was adapted from the

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souvik101990

09 Sep 2015, 13:36

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18 Dec 2024, 19:25

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Ellipsis & Substitution

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fameatop

06 Feb 2013, 04:10

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25 Dec 2024, 20:17

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After suffering $2 billion in losses and 25,000 layoffs, the nations

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sacmanitin

16 May 2022, 01:21

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01 Jan 2025, 12:50

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Corporations will soon be required to report to the government whether

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papillon86

09 Aug 2021, 03:03

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24 Feb 2025, 07:49

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A survey by the National Council of Churches showed that in 1986 there

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TrueLie

09 Aug 2021, 03:18

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by: Raman109

28 Feb 2025, 06:43

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In the Battle of Roncevaux Pass in 778, the rearguard of the Frankish

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mikemcgarry

13 Oct 2016, 11:19

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04 Mar 2025, 13:08

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The expected rise in the price of oil could be a serious impact to

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singh_satya

26 Jul 2020, 16:48

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09 Mar 2025, 06:43

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Ranked as one of the most important of Europe’s young playwrights,

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bmwhype2

06 Sep 2021, 02:48

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19 May 2025, 14:16

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Art is a visual way for some people to reflect upon what is going on i

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AryamaDuttaSaikia

16 Dec 2015, 21:18

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23 May 2025, 13:41

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As well as heat and light, the Sun is the source of a continuous strea

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tejal777

16 Jun 2021, 13:24

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09 Jun 2025, 05:21

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Employing many different techniques throughout his career, Michelangel

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AbdurRakib

11 Jun 2021, 15:03

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12 Nov 2025, 06:43

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Building large new hospitals in the bistate area would constitute a wa

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A New York City ordinance of 1897 regulated the use of bicycles, manda

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nakib77

30 Nov 2018, 05:02

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17 Nov 2025, 03:36

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Studying the fruit fly, a household nuisance but a time-honored experi

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jyotsnasarabu

29 Jun 2021, 07:29

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17 Nov 2025, 03:52

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The herbicide Oryzalin was still being produced in 1979, three years

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aragonn

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More and more in recent years, cities are stressing the arts as a mean

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x2suresh

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21 Nov 2025, 10:15

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In the six-month period that ended on September 30, the average num

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generis

09 Aug 2021, 02:32

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24 Nov 2025, 23:43

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According to a recent study by Rutgers University, the number of women

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pjreddy_rec

13 Jun 2021, 08:02

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03 Dec 2025, 06:55

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Descending approximately 4,000 years ago from the African wildcat, it

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mandald

29 Mar 2019, 01:02

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01 Jan 2026, 11:37

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A letter by Mark Twain, written in the same year as The Adventures of

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WhyabloodyMBA

05 Jun 2021, 04:10

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13 Feb 2026, 04:07

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In a review of 2000 studies of human behavior that date back

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macjas

25 Jan 2019, 04:49

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22 Feb 2026, 01:33

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Manufacturers rate batteries in watt-hours; if they rate the

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macjas

11 May 2012, 23:33

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22 Feb 2026, 01:33

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Although the term “psychopath” is popularly applied to an especially

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dipaksingh

10 Jan 2019, 06:00

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01 Apr 2026, 11:16

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Like the Dreyfus affair at the century and the Sacco-Vanzetti trial in

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CCChen

11 Jul 2021, 13:38

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07 Apr 2026, 22:36

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In the past several years, astronomers have detected more than 80 mass

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namurad

27 Jul 2021, 10:13

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08 Apr 2026, 00:21

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Geologists once thought that the molten rock known as lava

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RaviChandra

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27 Sep 2020, 01:05

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From 1965 on, the region’s standard of living has soared, but also unp

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goodyear2013

11 Sep 2021, 04:12

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30 Dec 2022, 05:08

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So poorly educated and trained are many young recruits to the United

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selvae

24 Apr 2018, 06:36

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29 Jan 2023, 12:07

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Restorers say that if allowed to remove and replace the discolored

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blueseas

16 Apr 2018, 21:41

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01 Feb 2023, 05:40

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Unlike the short flights of the shuttle and earlier spacecraft, which

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hoogie

24 Feb 2019, 23:53

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09 Feb 2023, 22:19

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Caribou are wary animals with excellent hearing, so stalking them over

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sjgmat

12 Jun 2020, 08:17

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13 Feb 2023, 06:53

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For the first time in the modern era, non-Hispanic Whites are official

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mymba99

20 Jun 2019, 11:59

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14 Feb 2023, 11:01

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Push for greater integration of global economy is not, like earlier

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Daeny

25 Sep 2018, 01:04

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19 Feb 2023, 06:35

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Zhuangzi had an interpretation of Daoism that was highly imaginative,

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mikemcgarry

12 Mar 2016, 16:14

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02 Mar 2023, 06:04

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For farmers in the Salinas Valley, the vegetable growing business has

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eybrj2

07 Aug 2017, 22:54

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08 Mar 2023, 10:59

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Although the turtle has been toothless for more than 150 million years

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MamtaKrishnia

28 Oct 2018, 00:26

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31 Mar 2023, 06:18

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A researcher claims that a tornado of a given size and strength is lik

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BillyZ

12 Jun 2021, 10:32

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13 Apr 2023, 19:52

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In the last few years, the number of convicted criminals given communi

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Richardson

06 Nov 2021, 04:04

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by: ExpertsGlobal5

17 Apr 2023, 00:42

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Asset allocators create portfolios, often in the form of mutual funds,

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tenaman10

11 Sep 2021, 04:37

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15 May 2023, 22:21

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