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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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Breaking down clauses; identifying subject-verb pairs

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vaibhav15

06 Feb 2022, 06:53

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by: AndrewN

06 Feb 2022, 08:36

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Some Surveys on the use of graphics in business

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28 Feb 2013, 10:34

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27 Jul 2022, 06:15

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Several of the canvases that were singed and incinerated in

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VaibhavWadhera

21 Mar 2013, 10:28

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28 Feb 2023, 07:39

My sister, Lucy, still hasn’t decided the country where she wants to

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vaishnavir94

09 May 2018, 10:38

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15 Jul 2022, 12:35

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Three out of every four automobile owners in the United States also ow

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vaivish1723

21 Dec 2018, 07:25

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19 Jun 2023, 16:16

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The extraordinary diary of William Lyon Mackenzie King, prime minister

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vaivish1723

30 Jun 2009, 21:59

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12 Nov 2023, 10:41

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Lacking information about energy use, people tend to overestimate the

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vaivish1723

11 Sep 2021, 03:46

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02 Oct 2025, 07:50

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While everyone continues to hope for their survival

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VanDang

31 Jan 2015, 20:41

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by: sagarpahuja

14 Oct 2021, 04:02

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After weeks of uncertainty about the course the country would pursue

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vandyke1234

01 Jul 2021, 11:08

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20 Sep 2023, 02:27

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In unveiling vast swaths of areas of which they previously had faintly

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vandyke1234

11 Oct 2016, 07:43

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22 Oct 2023, 10:28

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While in the past many inventors worked full-time jobs

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vani711

16 Sep 2013, 23:44

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by: AjiteshArun

18 Jun 2019, 06:52

Mary Katherine Goddard was the first American printer

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vani711

17 Sep 2013, 00:36

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29 Aug 2020, 03:44

Recent studies have indicated that people develop ulcers more due to

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vani711

17 Sep 2013, 00:32

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02 Aug 2023, 12:01

Most common Idioms list.

vani711

17 Sep 2013, 07:25

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17 Feb 2025, 19:52

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Of all the possible disasters that threaten American agriculture, the

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vanidhar

15 Apr 2019, 06:01

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by: VerbalBot

31 Oct 2025, 06:33

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The question of whether to divest themselves of stock in companies tha

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vannu

12 Dec 2019, 07:26

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07 Aug 2023, 01:23

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A patient accusing a doctor of malpractice will find it difficult to

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vannu

23 Jul 2021, 14:18

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02 Jul 2025, 13:09

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A little under a million years ago, the briny waters of the Baltic Sea

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vannu

19 Dec 2018, 04:05

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01 Oct 2025, 04:30

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The purring noise of a cat, although most people think that cats purr

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Although many citizens enjoy spacious and well-kept state pa

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Trying to keep her balance on the icy surface, the last competitor's

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12 Jul 2014, 04:14

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12 Dec 2023, 11:37

It is probable that the prototype cellular motor might be ready for te

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vards

12 Jul 2014, 04:28

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31 Oct 2024, 20:01

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Out of public's interest in the details of and conflicts

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vashistvikas

16 Feb 2012, 05:59

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24 Jul 2023, 07:21

Dumbledore and Harry Potter learn more about Voldemort's past and his

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Vasu49

16 Nov 2022, 09:36

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16 Nov 2022, 09:34

Harry, Ron and Hermione, who were racing against time, destroyed the

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Vasu49

15 Nov 2022, 00:36

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by: SatvikVedala

30 Dec 2022, 22:24

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Harry, Ron and Hermione, while hiding, try to decipher the clues left

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Vasu49

15 Nov 2022, 00:36

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02 Jan 2023, 10:33

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Harry, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts just as they learn about

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Vasu49

15 Nov 2022, 00:38

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by: RAVIZZZ5

03 Jan 2023, 04:16

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When Harry Potter is chosen as one of the fourth participant in the

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15 Nov 2022, 00:37

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by: wadhwakaran

24 Jan 2023, 10:22

Harry Potter, an eleven-year-old orphan, discovers that he is a wizard

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Vasu49

15 Nov 2022, 00:39

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by: raianshul

07 Apr 2023, 03:20

If I were he, I would lay that manuscript on the sofa and keep it away

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vasurajiv

11 Oct 2018, 20:38

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13 Jun 2025, 00:38

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Farmers greatly increase the number of pests by providing

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vatsas

18 Aug 2011, 18:25

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by: Ved22

20 Jul 2022, 12:50

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Some historians estimate that in the Great Chicago Fire of

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vatsas

28 Jun 2012, 20:41

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by: RajPushp

30 Sep 2022, 09:20

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Many online retailers charge “restocking fees” on returns if the

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vatsas

27 May 2012, 23:58

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06 Apr 2025, 22:05

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Delighted by the reported earnings for the first quarter of the fiscal

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vay

19 May 2019, 11:44

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10 Jan 2023, 04:12

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Like the great navigators who first sailed around the Earth, to gather

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vd

06 Oct 2017, 15:26

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11 Oct 2023, 17:09

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The zoologist now believes that a recently located band of gorillas ha

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ved02

14 May 2021, 14:31

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24 Aug 2023, 23:46

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According to Soren Kierkegaard, the reason to hold

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veenu08

28 Aug 2013, 00:20

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03 May 2022, 21:46

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The Academia Sectrorum Naturae, the first scientific community, was fo

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veenu08

11 Dec 2020, 07:35

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07 Oct 2023, 01:25

The owner of the car-repair shop noticed the customer only after he

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venkateshraviraj

02 Oct 2019, 20:34

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by: Shivan21

02 Oct 2019, 20:48

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The Mon Road is an amalgamation of two initially separate freeways: th

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venkateshraviraj

02 Oct 2019, 20:32

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by: DavidTutorexamPAL

03 Oct 2019, 03:07

It is helpful if a banker who frequently analyzes companies has a

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venkateshraviraj

02 Oct 2019, 20:34

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by: philipssonicare

20 Oct 2019, 16:27

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Public transportation in New York City, although safe, effective, and

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venkateshraviraj

25 Sep 2019, 19:59

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23 Feb 2021, 01:26

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No school policies forbid a teacher from scolding a student or to call

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VenoMfTw

24 Sep 2018, 07:00

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15 May 2022, 07:16

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Even though when the termite Neocapitermes

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VenuSv

25 Aug 2022, 08:16

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by: wadhwakaran

29 Aug 2022, 03:43

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Poll: The editor s team of expert writers, including her secretary

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Vercules

19 Feb 2013, 13:28

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by: daagh

19 Mar 2016, 04:38

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If the new sports complex store would open by January, it

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Vercules

14 Mar 2013, 21:36

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by: VerbalBot

27 May 2019, 23:59

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The New York Basketball team announced that, beginning next

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Vercules

05 May 2013, 11:16

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08 Jul 2019, 10:22

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Some people may believe that a person, who does not behave

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Vercules

02 Feb 2013, 10:23

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03 Jun 2020, 04:31

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The process of image processing is the method by which image

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Vercules

12 Feb 2013, 01:34

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by: mba757

30 Aug 2020, 02:34

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During the tenure of Steve Jobs, which was known for his dictatorial

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02 Nov 2018, 03:24

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12 Sep 2020, 06:50

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