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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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The rules enacted in the European countries between 2000 and 2010 prev

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National debates are the engine that powers political campaigns, disse

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The Adirondack mountains, unlike other mountain ranges that lie on fau

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31 Jul 2017, 04:46

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The city of Rouen, France saw tourism decline by 10 percent last year,

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31 Jul 2017, 05:01

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06 Jun 2022, 04:52

In his memoir, the news anchor distinguished student rebellions, which

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30 Jul 2017, 04:08

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The leading campaign finance reformer has indicated that the political

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31 Jul 2017, 04:56

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Of the over 1000 species of rhododendron, the Rhododendron ponticum, n

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31 Jul 2017, 04:42

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Major League Baseball policy prohibits use of anabolic steroids, human

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17 Jul 2017, 00:54

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In the German occupation of Eastern Europe in 1941-42, Hitler invaded

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30 Jul 2017, 04:59

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Neither the late 18th century composers, such as Mozart or Haydn, nor

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19 Jul 2017, 03:42

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Increasing demand, if not accompanied by correspondingly increases in

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During the U.S. Supreme Court case of 1857, Dred Scott v. Sandford, tw

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31 Jul 2017, 05:11

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Thieves steal Hondas and Toyotas from the 1990s more than other models

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29 Jul 2017, 09:49

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Hopes that the European Central Bank will reach a deal to help Spain a

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Mahmud6

29 Jul 2017, 10:01

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01 Oct 2015, 08:53

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21 Dec 2024, 13:31

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Heightened land erosion, caused by human activity, has many negative

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21 Dec 2010, 10:02

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20 Feb 2020, 07:41

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After increasing steadily from 1995 to 2000, the percentage of student

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11 Dec 2010, 20:59

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In cold-water habitats, certain invertebrates and fish convert starche

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21 Aug 2018, 20:40

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The governor’s team of advisors, including her education and political

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Most information-technology executives in the late 1980s

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11 Mar 2021, 08:28

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Researchers have found that the human body can use protein derived fro

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06 Jan 2019, 04:16

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06 Jan 2019, 04:19

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Mesoporous metals are not indestructible, but their

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malkov

06 May 2012, 01:45

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In response to higher oil prices, window manufacturers have

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malkov

06 May 2012, 12:00

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Despite offering significant discounts, Detroit automakers were losing

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07 May 2012, 03:07

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In an exhaustive study that explains how humans distinguish

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05 May 2012, 04:50

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Compared with the time period of John Steiback's The Grapes

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06 May 2012, 02:34

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

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During the rule of Emperor Claudius, which was known for his military

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Disease, pollution, and overfishing have devastated the bountiful oyst

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25 Nov 2011, 16:22

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In order to properly evaluate a patient’s state of mind and gain

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25 Nov 2011, 16:20

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A noted psychoanalyst claims that the causes of mental illness are mai

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13 Mar 2019, 04:49

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Historians believe that the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs, which containe

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17 Jul 2022, 00:26

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17 Jul 2022, 01:27

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Recently, hopes that the European Central Bank will reach a deal to he

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25 Jul 2022, 02:27

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25 Jul 2022, 06:03

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Though once powerful political forces, labor unions have lost much of

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

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Children still drive their parents' cars before they have achieved

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With his boisterous Family Band, Randolph expanded

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Adel al-Jubeir, the Saudi minister of state for foreign affairs, told

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Raymond Geuss, Cambridge philosopher, is a prominent critic of liberal

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04 Oct 2022, 09:21

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Many legal teams responding to Deloittes annual Legal Operations

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The impact of failures due to rust in, corrosion of, and constant mois

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As algae spread in freshwater ponds and lakes, water quality decreases

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25 Jun 2021, 13:55

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The TGV, France's high-speed train, set a record in 2007 to

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05 Mar 2017, 10:40

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The hybrid-car concept remained dormant until the 1970s,

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26 May 2018, 12:25

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"as well as" vs "and"

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Unlike the French, the German Art Songs...

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21 May 2017, 22:05

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21 May 2017, 19:55

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The new biography of Thomas Jefferson contains some startling insights

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08 Sep 2015, 08:21

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A survey of over 1,000 people conducted by a marketing firm determined

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19 May 2020, 10:57

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The Dropout rate in American School is..

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07 Sep 2015, 10:04

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In order to make skiing smoother, safer and more enjoyable, a number

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06 Jan 2019, 07:44

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