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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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If Caiyan ate pizza tomorrow, then she would become fat.

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19 Jun 2020, 23:28

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08 Aug 2023, 13:41

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If birds did not have wings, they would not have been able to fly

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30 Jun 2015, 11:51

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17 May 2023, 09:57

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If asked to name a favorite musical group, the Beatles would be the

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Bunuel

29 Apr 2022, 03:30

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04 May 2022, 01:30

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If anyone at InterCom Financial Advisers would have anticipated, or ev

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16 Nov 2018, 04:47

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10 May 2023, 21:48

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If any student has a question, they should raise their hand and ask.

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Bunuel

02 Oct 2019, 02:33

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23 Oct 2024, 04:10

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If all the local candidates would have participated in the debate, the

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22 May 2019, 23:26

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23 May 2019, 09:00

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If additional sources of deuterium are found, it will expand the amoun

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Bunuel

11 Oct 2018, 04:02

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07 Jan 2026, 04:46

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If additional deposits of oil are found, it will expand the amount tha

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18 Dec 2018, 11:25

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25 Mar 2023, 01:02

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If a song is played on the radio often, a practice favored by popular

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ABMVD

11 Oct 2018, 03:50

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17 Aug 2021, 06:38

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If a single strain of plant is used for a given crop over a wide area

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25 Nov 2018, 08:44

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14 Oct 2023, 03:32

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If a red-tailed squirrel population grows too large and leads to a

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Bunuel

08 Dec 2023, 02:30

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06 Jan 2024, 12:00

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If a person wants to ascend up the corporate ladder

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HarveyS

02 Apr 2014, 05:16

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04 Dec 2023, 20:54

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If a nuclear weapon were to be detonated above the atmosphere, it woul

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rohitgoel15

21 Sep 2010, 22:20

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25 Oct 2023, 09:22

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If a law had been passed demanding that hunters will be punished, the

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Bunuel

21 Jun 2023, 01:30

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01 Jul 2023, 22:15

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If a law had been passed demanding that hunters will be punished

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generis

24 Nov 2020, 21:20

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26 Sep 2022, 01:02

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If a latter-day Robinson Crusoe was marooned on an island with an ecle

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neeshpal

17 Sep 2018, 20:40

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01 Mar 2021, 19:28

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If a firm in a market with no entry or exit barriers raises its prices

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chesstitans

13 Mar 2018, 11:26

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by: ExpertsGlobal5

06 Sep 2022, 04:30

If a drug that is already on the market has the potential to help

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ju21

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15 Jun 2023, 13:35

Poll: Idiom..Just as ...so

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02 Sep 2013, 09:40

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04 Sep 2013, 13:39

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Idioglossia is a phenomenon, incompletely understood at best, where tw

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Bunuel

16 May 2019, 02:31

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Identifying Subject & Verb in a Sentence

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18 Oct 2022, 11:50

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Ideally, the professional career diplomat should help in the ongoing

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19 Nov 2019, 02:36

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05 Aug 2023, 12:46

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Ideally, groups focused on environmental justice should be concerned

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09 Sep 2023, 01:00

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Ideal way for an IT professional to protect data is to periodically

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24 May 2018, 11:44

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19 May 2019, 22:47

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Ice floats on water, making it an exception to the general rule of

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Bunuel

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02 Oct 2022, 04:00

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Ibsen's plays posed as great a challenge to middle-class Scandinavians

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16 Dec 2023, 18:16

I'd rather you

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28 Mar 2022, 01:34

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I-slate is targeted at millions of Indian school children

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01 Mar 2022, 06:11

I would like to thank whoever it was that wrote that piece

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I would certainly rather be here than anywhere else I can think of, ac

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Bunuel

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11 Mar 2022, 22:46

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I will not object to him joining the fraternity

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09 Oct 2022, 15:47

I washed the face and put on the glasses before leaving for work.

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MonkeyDDes

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13 Nov 2021, 11:51

I was revising my notes today. Came across a handy tip. So,

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29 Sep 2022, 18:17

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I was at the circus for only half an hour when the assailant struck;

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I want to know what are Subgroup modifiers, how they

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05 Nov 2023, 21:29

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I want Julio and she to be the project leaders for the rest of the yea

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I prayed that he would recover from the depression from

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I picture it as a botanical utopia: a place where flora is respected

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I never fail to get frustrated on the golf course: nonetheless, I alwa

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I need to know who’s to blame for all the mistakes I found. (A) I nee

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I like to run through forests more than I enjoy

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I knew from the outset that he was married: that he wasn’t wearing

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19 Apr 2020, 06:04

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I hope this letter helps you directors of the company help the company

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I have struggled with As/ Like and now I can nail any damn

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I have seen very little evidence of the expression of the authentic se

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I have probably eaten more beans, pasta and rice during lockdown than

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09 May 2020, 14:59

I have found that the shops in Paris are more expensive than any other

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DealMakerOne

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27 Oct 2019, 08:03

I had too many chocolates, so I was too full to eat dinner yest

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blueviper

18 Aug 2018, 23:42

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I had started posting couple of difficult SC questions which

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