The United States Navy announced that, beginning next year,

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1. The United States Navy announced that, beginning next year,  they plan to close several of their bases  in order to
reduce operating expenses.
• they plan to close several of their bases
• they are planning to close several of their bases
• it plans to close several of its bases
• they plan several closures of their bases
• it plans to close several of their bases

C

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2. In the small, closed Bedouin world,  in which secrets are hard to keep, there is the danger of stigmatizing a carrier
and their families, subsequently lowering their  chances for marriage should word get out that a genetic disease
runs in her family.
• in which secrets are hard to keep, there is the danger of stigmatizing a carrier and their families, subsequently
lowering their
• in which secrets are hard to keep, there is the danger of stigmatizing a carrier and her family, subsequently
lowering her
• which secrets are hard to keep, there is the danger of stigmatizing a carrier and her family, subsequently lowering
her
• in which secrets are hard to keep, there is the danger of stigmatizing a carrier and her families, subsequently
lowering her
• which secrets are hard to keep, there is the danger of stigmatizing carriers and their families, subsequently
lowering their

B

Lstadt · Answer

In the first one, Navy is a collective noun. Therefore, it's singular. 
The same applies to words such as army, crowd, group, etc...Since Navy is singular, you have to use its with it.

The second one,

Since you are talking about a metaphorical place, not an actual physical place, then you have to go with "in which". In that sentence, we are talking about a Bedouin world rather than an actual location where we would have to use the relative pronoun "where".

The second issue with the sentence is, since we are talking about referring to a single female then you need to use the pronoun her.

Good luck. These are good practice questions.

All the best in the test.

BTW, these are not 700 level questions. I think they are sub 500 level.

harshavmrg · Answer

United States Navy is the Noun and IT should be used..hence options A B D are out

now the answer should be between C and E

C: it...its : CORRECT
D: It.......they....: WRONG

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3. Named for the capital of Belgium, Brussels sprouts,  which at its fullest growth scarcely exceeds a large walnut in
size , are immature buds shaped like tiny cabbages.
• which at its fullest growth scarcely exceeds a large walnut in size
• which at its fullest growth scarcely exceed a large walnut in size
• which at their fullest growth scarcely exceeds a large walnut in size
• which at their fullest growth scarcely exceed a walnut’s large size
• which at their fullest growth scarcely exceed a large walnut in size

E

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4. One of the important functions of the United Nations is  to decide if they should recognize the legitimacy of a new
government that  assumed power through violence.
• to decide if they should recognize the legitimacy of a new government that
• to decide whether to recognize the legitimacy of a new government that
• deciding whether to recognize a new government to be legitimate that
• to decide if it should recognize the legitimacy of a new government, which
• deciding whether they should recognize the legitimacy of a new government that

B

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5. The Confederate general Stonewall Jackson led a feared army that idolized  him; they all mourned his  ironic death
from “friendly fire.”
• him; they all mourned his
• him; they mourned his
• him; it mourned his
• him; it mourned their
• him, it mourned his

C

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earnit · Answer

I have a doubt here! 
  that idolized him   Here THAT marks the beginning of a clause and its a Dependent Clause so use of semi colon is INAPPROPRIATE then why is C the right choice, even though it is not exactly separating two independent clauses ??

VarunBhardwaj · Answer

here, semicolon is joining two IC's:
IC1:The Confederate general Stonewall Jackson led a feared army that idolized him

IC2: they all mourned his ironic death from “friendly fire.”

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