SC: adjective / adverb

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For many people, household labor remains demanding even if able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle.

1 even if able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle
2 despite being able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle
3 even if they can afford household appliances their grandparents would have found miraculous
4 although they could afford household appliances their grandparents would find miraculous
5 even if they are able to afford household appliances which would have been a miracle to their grandparents

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Ideally, the professional career diplomat should help in the ongoing maintenance of an effective American foreign policy despite changes in administration.

1 in the ongoing maintenance of
2 in the maintaining of
3 maintain
4 to maintain and continue
5 the maintenance of

[gmat009]

Q1. E
Q2. C

[vivek.kapoor83]

1. C...Reason..Nt sure - if u use IF Codition in past tense, then Would+Base verb
2. E...I think maintaince is ongoing process SO In A .. redundant.b &C -akward and doesnt make sense. D - changes the meaning.So. E.

[amitabhprasad]

1 - C
2 - C

Whats OA ?

[niraj_a]

1 = C for sure. E is wrong because it changes the intended meaning, it wrongly implies that the ownership of the appliances is miraculous, not the appliances themselves.

2 = C

[kris610]

For the first I will go with E.

For the second 'help maintain' is idiomatic, so I'd go with C.

[pandeyvineet24]

For 1st E

For 2nd C (Subjunctive Form), so maintain should be appropriate.

[dingo001]

For many people, household labor remains demanding even if able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle.

1 even if able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle
2 despite being able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle
3 even if they can afford household appliances their grandparents would have found miraculous
4 although they could afford household appliances their grandparents would find miraculous
5 even if they are able to afford household appliances which would have been a miracle to their grandparents

IMO C

OA?

[Gmatss]

1. E
2. C

[Jatinder]

1.E
2.E

How can "help maintain" be correct ....---2 verbs ?
Should have been help + infinitive (to maintain)