556 from 1000 SC

[senthil]

556. One of Arthur Jessop’s first acts as president of the FHA was to deny a request from the private sector that federal home loan programs should be expanded to cover houses not conforming to civil construction codes.
(A) should be expanded to cover houses not conforming to
(B) be expanded to cover houses not conforming to
(C) should be expand to cover houses not conforming with
(D) would have been expanded to cover houses not conforming to
(E) had to be expanded to cover houses not conforming with

Wats the dfference between choice A and B . B happens to be the correct answer Why 'should' is not needed here (as per answer)?

[tar.goyal]

I think B should be the answer...placing 'should' makes it dubious...

[s_raizada]

the sentence is in subjunctive mood which means the correct grammar for that is 'that + base verb'

Requests, proposals, desires and hopes repersent subjunctive mood, uncertianity

[beaththegmat]

Use to+be form if the expression is to indicate past indicative mood
should+be form to indicate future indicative mood
were+be to indicate present indicative mood.