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100 Hardest and easiest questions for SC as of April 2026

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bb

05 Sep 2023, 21:02

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05 Sep 2023, 21:02

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

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

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

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Vasu49

15 Nov 2022, 00:37

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by: wadhwakaran

24 Jan 2023, 10:22

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

805+ (Hard) | Parallelism +2 tags

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Vasu49

15 Nov 2022, 00:36

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by: pintukr

02 Jan 2023, 10:33

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

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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by: Vasu49

16 Nov 2022, 09:34

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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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by: VerbalBot

24 Jul 2023, 07:21

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

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vards

12 Jul 2014, 04:14

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12 Dec 2023, 11:37

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Although many citizens enjoy spacious and well-kept state pa

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vards

13 Jul 2014, 14:48

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26 Aug 2023, 03:08

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

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vards

13 Nov 2018, 03:19

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by: VerbalBot

05 Jul 2023, 00:14

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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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by: VerbalBot

01 Oct 2025, 04:30

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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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by: VerbalBot

02 Jul 2025, 13:09

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

Sub 505 (Easy) | Idioms/Diction/Redundancy

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vannu

12 Dec 2019, 07:26

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by: VerbalBot

07 Aug 2023, 01:23

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Of all the possible disasters that threaten American agriculture, the

Sub 505 (Easy) | Idioms/Diction/Redundancy

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vanidhar

15 Apr 2019, 06:01

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by: VerbalBot

31 Oct 2025, 06:33

Most common Idioms list.

vani711

17 Sep 2013, 07:25

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17 Feb 2025, 19:52

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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by: VerbalBot

02 Aug 2023, 12:01

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

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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

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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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by: VerbalBot

22 Oct 2023, 10:28

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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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by: VerbalBot

20 Sep 2023, 02:27

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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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Lacking information about energy use, people tend to overestimate the

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vaivish1723

11 Sep 2021, 03:46

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by: bb

02 Oct 2025, 07:50

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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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by: VerbalBot

12 Nov 2023, 10:41

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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

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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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

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Some Surveys on the use of graphics in business

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VaibhavWadhera

28 Feb 2013, 10:34

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by: Rucha96

27 Jul 2022, 06:15

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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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There is no consensus on what role, if any, is played by acid rain in

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vahuja999

20 May 2019, 09:18

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by: ANK99

24 Aug 2023, 13:01

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Firefighters should always secure one's safety gear

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vahidkarimi

05 May 2017, 02:42

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20 Jul 2023, 10:03

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According to the Better Business Bureau, if you fail to advertise the

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vageesh

28 May 2019, 23:36

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16 Dec 2024, 08:51

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As part of their therapy, young polio victims learning to live with

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vageesh

03 Dec 2019, 08:29

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04 Aug 2023, 04:43

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To control public unease over the regime's impending economic collapse

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va95

05 Jan 2019, 14:05

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11 Nov 2025, 02:52

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Psycholinguists know that a child produces speech by imitating adults,

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va95

22 Jun 2017, 11:27

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03 Nov 2023, 10:52

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Although some ornithologists contend that the precursors of birds are

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va95

18 Dec 2019, 22:51

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16 Feb 2021, 19:53

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Still employing the system of binomial nomenclature devised in the eig

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va95

22 Jun 2017, 12:11

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by: VerbalBot

19 Dec 2020, 06:10

According to a study published in The New England Journal of

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utgirl826

24 Jul 2015, 04:09

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16 Oct 2023, 11:38

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Some experts say he sees the war in Athens as an opportunity to

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USrikanth

27 Jul 2023, 10:57

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by: Aman_Gupta

31 Jul 2023, 05:56

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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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by: VerbalBot

10 Nov 2025, 02:59

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As the cost of wireless service has steadily dropped over the last

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USADream

04 Jun 2021, 08:55

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by: VerbalBot

06 Jan 2024, 00:32

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Unlike auto insurance, the frequency of claims does not affect the pre

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USADream

21 Jul 2021, 08:29

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by: BingoBanguBongu

18 Dec 2023, 08:55

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Native to south america, when peanuts were introduced to Africa by

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USADream

24 Nov 2019, 23:46

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05 Dec 2023, 18:30

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In the 1980s the federal government was the largest single provider of

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USADream

19 Aug 2013, 03:08

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08 Nov 2023, 00:28

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Hundreds of species of fish generate and discharge electric currents

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USADream

22 Sep 2022, 04:15

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by: VerbalBot

15 Oct 2023, 05:39

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The commission proposed that funding for the park's development, which

Sub 505 (Easy) | Subjunctive, Verb Tense/Form

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USADream

19 Aug 2013, 02:53

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by: VerbalBot

08 Oct 2023, 20:48

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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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by: VerbalBot

14 Apr 2023, 00:15

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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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by: VerbalBot

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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by: thangvietnam

31 May 2022, 06:59

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