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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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George Clinton, the governor of New York for many years,

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18 Nov 2013, 10:59

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03 Nov 2023, 03:44

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Although Plato's inspiration for his descriptions of the civilization

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avohden

10 Apr 2019, 21:21

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21 Jul 2020, 08:21

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'Which' vs 'That' Debate

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KarishmaB

21 Jul 2014, 23:14

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28 Oct 2023, 09:19

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Noting that the price of oil and other fuel components, a major factor

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vikrantgulia

19 Nov 2013, 13:08

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15 Nov 2023, 08:03

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Maxwell’s theory of Electromagnetism in 1865 was the first “unified fi

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mikemcgarry

16 Nov 2018, 01:25

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The images captured by GOES-11, a geostationary weather

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avohden

21 Nov 2013, 18:03

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07 Nov 2019, 21:01

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egmat

22 Nov 2013, 00:17

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03 Sep 2019, 05:51

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The reams of studies and drafts documented by Gustave Eiffel

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amostofi1999

22 Nov 2013, 15:52

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03 Aug 2023, 10:01

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By 1960, the pilot Rolph held sixteen official international speed

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nechets

24 Nov 2013, 10:23

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by: EducationAisle

04 Nov 2023, 09:30

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Some of the stranger results of the 2008 economic crisis include a dec

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rajarams

24 Nov 2013, 20:50

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26 Nov 2023, 22:23

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Oaks preferring drier ones, pine trees thrive in relatively

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mohnish104

24 Nov 2013, 20:52

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15 Aug 2023, 20:00

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Most vaccines are derived from weakened or killed strains of

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mohnish104

25 Nov 2013, 21:02

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10 Dec 2021, 20:39

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Although they are more temperamental and far more expensive

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mohnish104

27 Nov 2013, 07:18

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06 Jan 2024, 05:18

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Since the library carries catalogues of most of the universities in th

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itudor13

02 Oct 2018, 06:47

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16 May 2021, 15:43

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New, strong varieties of antibiotics show the potential to

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bsahil

30 Nov 2013, 08:59

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by: mfb24

03 Jun 2023, 01:33

During the 1980s, many family farms across the Midwestern

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wastedyouth

01 Dec 2013, 08:14

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31 Dec 2019, 18:22

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One viewpoint of how to strengthen the economy suggests that offering

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wastedyouth

01 Dec 2013, 09:07

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16 Sep 2023, 19:16

Noted statistical consultant W. Edwards Deming, whose approa

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wastedyouth

01 Dec 2013, 10:00

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30 Oct 2022, 03:11

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Whereas the honeybee’s stinger is heavily barbed and cannot

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mohnish104

02 Dec 2013, 04:47

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10 Sep 2023, 04:52

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The rise of the Incan empire rested not only on the Incas

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mohnish104

02 Dec 2013, 05:38

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23 Jun 2023, 10:51

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The disaster agency revealed to the press the power of the

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02 Dec 2013, 14:28

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Studies that have compared the different types of insects in

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mohnish104

03 Dec 2013, 06:48

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15 May 2023, 06:39

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A survey of 765 working women over eighteen years of age

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mohnish104

03 Dec 2013, 19:15

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07 Feb 2022, 07:32

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It has been said that all one can do for a sprained ankle is leave it

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mohnish104

30 Aug 2019, 05:31

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10 Jan 2023, 12:49

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Radiocarbon dating of fossils taken from caves on islands

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mohnish104

03 Dec 2013, 20:48

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Because of backed up traffic, by the time I arrived at my parent’s hou

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shane904

04 Dec 2013, 02:25

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03 Jan 2021, 07:09

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Critics of the research study claimed that monkeys are different enoug

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mohnish104

04 Dec 2013, 19:20

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06 Jan 2024, 05:14

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The arrest of a programmer accused of violating an

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mohnish104

04 Dec 2013, 20:16

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Frederick Winslow Taylor, a machinist and engineer who

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mohnish104

04 Dec 2013, 20:26

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Although varying in body lengths of just under 1 millimeter

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06 Dec 2013, 05:33

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10 Sep 2023, 04:37

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By steadfastly facing up to an army as indomitable as the

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styles5

06 Dec 2013, 12:19

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23 May 2023, 06:32

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To gain a competitive advantage, a well established credit

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joshnsit

07 Dec 2013, 03:07

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07 Nov 2018, 21:33

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A central figure in the early homeschooling movement, John H

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wastedyouth

22 Jul 2017, 22:08

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03 Aug 2021, 04:44

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One in five Americans who work shorter hours at their job in order to

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13 Dec 2013, 10:48

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02 Jul 2023, 02:11

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Known to its considerable opposition as "Seward's Folly", the purchase

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mniyer

15 Dec 2013, 05:58

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27 Sep 2022, 08:12

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Avoiding split-brain syndrome may be possible in

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ftwsday

16 Dec 2013, 16:10

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01 May 2023, 01:46

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In February 1995, Doris Schopper became president of the international

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guerrero25

30 Sep 2018, 23:39

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The company said revenue rose 13 percent, or $453 million, c

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25 Dec 2013, 13:01

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09 Jun 2023, 21:54

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In undisturbed primary forests, the Honduran mahogany grows

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sivasanjeev

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Like humans and other warm-blooded animals, researchers

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sivasanjeev

27 Dec 2013, 21:41

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06 Aug 2025, 19:24

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Molly Ireland argues that though we are seldom aware of

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sivasanjeev

08 Jun 2017, 17:47

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Opposing government interference to the action of the free market, Wil

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mikemcgarry

28 Dec 2013, 11:59

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16 Jun 2020, 08:48

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In Britain, "pig" refers to any member of the class of domes

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USADream

01 Sep 2017, 04:58

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10 Nov 2025, 02:59

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According to a new report by the surgeon general

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USADream

30 Jan 2018, 16:20

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21 Nov 2022, 06:08

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The discovery of glass being expandable and able to be

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USADream

29 Dec 2013, 21:36

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31 May 2022, 06:59

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Thunderclouds form when warm, moist air rises into cooler air above

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USADream

30 Dec 2013, 04:26

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14 Apr 2023, 00:15

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Steven Westminster helped pioneer the exporting

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guerrero25

01 Jan 2014, 23:37

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28 Nov 2023, 07:08

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One characteristic of top-performing sales organizations

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djanand

23 Jan 2018, 09:12

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12 Aug 2023, 16:32

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What are modifiers !!

sivasanjeev

18 Jan 2014, 23:26

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18 Apr 2025, 10:19

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