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Topic: 1000 SC, Q.118
PostSat Mar 17, 2007 9:07 am
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118.Art museums do not usually think of their collections as capital or consider the interest income that would be generated if a portion of the capital would have been invested in another form.
(A) be generated if a portion of the capital would have been
(B) have been generated if a portion of the capital would have been
(C) be generated if a portion of the capital were
(D) be generated if a portion of the capital was
(E) be generated if a portion of the capital had been
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PostSat Mar 17, 2007 8:44 pm
The mood of the sentence is subjunctive i.e. "if a portion of the capital ...".

"Were" best suits such a clause. Hence answer should be C
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PostSat Mar 17, 2007 9:01 pm
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