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1. The number of undergraduate degrees in engineering awarded by colleges and universities in the United States increased by more than twice from 1978 to 1985.
(A) increased by more than twice
(B) increased more than two times
(C) more than doubled
(D) was more than doubled
(E) had more than doubled

2. The new contract forbids a strike by the transportation union.
(A) forbids a strike by the transportation union
(B) forbids the transportation union from striking
(C) forbids that there be a strike by the transportation union
(D) will forbid the transportation union from striking
(E) will forbid that the transportation union strikes

3. The National Labor Relations Act expressly forbids unions from engaging in secondary boycotts against companies not directly involved in a labor dispute.
(A) unions from engaging in
(B) the engagement by unions of
(C) unions to engage in
(D) unions from becoming engaged with
(E) that unions engage upon

4. The man was always aware, sometimes proudly and sometimes resentfully, that he was a small-town Midwesterner who was thrust into a world that was dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and more polished people than him.
(A) who was thrust into a world that was dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and more polished people than him
(B) who had been thrust into a world that was dominated by more wealthy, educated, and polished people than him
(C) who had been thrust into a world dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and people more polished than he was
(D) thrust into a world dominated by more wealthy, educated, and polished people than him
(E) thrust into a world dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and more polished people than he

Please discuss

[charu_mulye]

Answers are:
1. The number of undergraduate degrees in engineering awarded by colleges and universities in the United States increased by more than twice from 1978 to 1985.
(A) increased by more than twice -- increase twice
(B) increased more than two times -- same as A
(C) more than doubled -- CORRECT
(D) was more than doubled -- passive
(E) had more than doubled -- tense error

2. The new contract forbids a strike by the transportation union.
(A) forbids a strike by the transportation union -- CORRECT (right usage of idiom)
(B) forbids the transportation union from striking
(C) forbids that there be a strike by the transportation union
(D) will forbid the transportation union from striking
(E) will forbid that the transportation union strikes

3. The National Labor Relations Act expressly forbids unions from engaging in secondary boycotts against companies not directly involved in a labor dispute.
(A) unions from engaging in
(B) the engagement by unions of
(C) unions to engage in --- CORRECT( forbid X to do Y )
(D) unions from becoming engaged with
(E) that unions engage upon

4. The man was always aware, sometimes proudly and sometimes resentfully, that he was a small-town Midwesterner who was thrust into a world that was dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and more polished people than him.
(A) who was thrust into a world that was dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and more polished people than him
(B) who had been thrust into a world that was dominated by more wealthy, educated, and polished people than him
(C) who had been thrust into a world dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and people more polished than he was
(D) thrust into a world dominated by more wealthy, educated, and polished people than him -- him is wrong , more can not be shared among wealthy, educated, polished
(E) thrust into a world dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and more polished people than he -- CORRECT

[celeste110]

Q1. C
Q2. A
Q3. C
Q4. C...a case of comparing apples to oranges.

[tamGmat]

fourth one is interesting......

I sense that the who is required here.....but E, otherwise, looks good

C was my initial pick,.....cannot make up my mind

[msps3000]

1c
2,A ( forbid by is OK)
3.c forbid ..to ( when forbid means command---forbid to)
4.c than he was........

[Philospher57]

4 - C cant be the Answer.
I suppor Charu.E should be the Answer.

[dyoh]

What's the source of these questions?

'Forbid x to y' is not the only use of forbid.
This might be interesting for folks since these questions use forbid twice.
This is from wikipedia.

advise, recommend and forbid:
These are followed by a to-infinitive when there is an object as well, but with a gerund otherwise.

• The police advised us not to enter the building, for a murder had occurred. (us is the object)
• The police advised against our entering the building.

[pharmindo]

I think the correct usage should be:
"forbid" + someone + "from"

Hence, 2. B, 3. A

[vedigaurav]

Agree with Charu for all questions.

[chatru]

My choice :
1> "C"
2> "A"
3> "C"
4> "B"