1000 SC questions

[rajivgarg]

1) During the Renaissance, scholars were uncertain as to the location of Troy, and by
the eighteenth century many historians doubted that Troy had ever existed.
(A) doubted that Troy had ever existed
(B) doubt that Troy has ever existed
(C) were in doubt as to the existence of Troy
(D) were doubtful concerning Troy’s existence
(E) had doubts about Troy’s ever existing


During the first nine months of 1979, textbook publishers incurred substantial
costs for creating products that, due to a decline in public funding for
instructional material, never were sold.
(A) funding for instructional material, never were
(B) funding for instructional material, never was
(C) funding, the instructional material, was never
(D) funding for instructional material, the products were never
(E) funding, they were never

[mail2sarkar]

1 C
2 A

[KillGmat]

1) During the Renaissance, scholars were uncertain as to the location of Troy, and by the eighteenth century many historians doubted that Troy had ever existed.

(A) doubted that Troy had ever existed
correct

(B) doubt that Troy has ever existed
tense problem

(C) were in doubt as to the existence of Troy

awkward and wordy

(D) were doubtful concerning Troy’s existence

awkward and wordy

(E) had doubts about Troy’s ever existing

awkward construction

[KillGmat]

i got the second one wrong. I chose D, i thought in A,

"never were" is incorrect.
But i have just come to know that it is correct. So A is the answer for second one.

[rajivgarg]

Hi KillGmat,
1) I agree that in Q1 option C is wordy but doesn't it maintain parallism in sentence.

[scorpion.ks]

During the first nine months of 1979, textbook publishers incurred substantial costs for creating products that, due to a decline in public funding for instructional material, never were sold.

(A) funding for instructional material, never were Correct
(B) funding for instructional material, never was
(C) funding, the instructional material, was never
(D) funding for instructional material, the products were never redundant
(E) funding, they were never missed instructional material + they redundant

[TasteMagic]

I believe the correct answers for both are A

Q1 The correct idiom is "to doubt that", B uses an incorrect tense

Q2 We can eliminate 2 of the answers because the answer must contain "were" instead of "was" since we are referring to "products"

If we eliminate the part separated by the commas the sentence needs to still be correct:

(A) During the first nine months of 1979, textbook publishers incurred substantial costs for creating products that never were sold.

(D) During the first nine months of 1979, textbook publishers incurred substantial costs for creating products that the products never were sold

(E) During the first nine months of 1979, textbook publishers incurred substantial costs for creating products that they never were sold.