Sentence Correction

369. In assessing the problems faced by rural migrant workers, the question of whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant.
(A) In assessing the problems faced by rural migrant workers, the question of whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant.
(B) The question of whether the rural migrant worker is better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant in assessing the problems that they face.
(C) A question that is irrelevant in assessing the problems that rural migrant workers face is whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor.
(D) In an assessment of the problems faced by rural migrant workers, the question of whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant.
(E) The question of whether the rural migrant worker is better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant in an assessment of the problems that they face.

IMO A

I am going with A too. What is the OA?

I will go with B.. wats the answer?

IMO A

The OA is D.

I picked A the first time I saw this as well. I THINK they are going for "for assessing" or "in an assessment".

Someone has a better explanation?

For me 'D' sounds the best choice.

I guess, there is no difference between 'B' & 'D' , but choice 'D' sounds more logical as it says " There is an assessment and the question of comparision is irrelevat", where as 'B' says the otherway round i.e. "The q of comparision is irrlevant when there is an assessment !


Amit

My answer is D.

The choice for me was between A and D .. i avoided A purely because its in 'ing' form. Avoid "ing" on Gmat

I chose A.

Any other explanation on why it's D?

A question is not assessing…
c
d not better than c too wordy
B they face ambiguos
E they face ambiguous

C is best keep subject question is irrelevant whether….

I marked C , but after readig ur posts ...think D is better......but this is hwo i eliminated

OA is D

why did assessment won over assessing? any cogent explanations?>

my pick is C. A doesnt fit the modifiers properly. "irrelvent" should be as close to question as possible which it's modifying and not to "wrokers". C is also more active in expression.

Hi sudhir3127,

I have seen some posts where people have said "ing" in GMAT is wrong..
Where did u get that info from ?? Why is using ing in gmat wrong ?

There are a few exceptions eg : being .
Being is usually not suppoerted because it makes the sentence wordy ..
is there any specific reason like that as 2 why we should not prefer "ing" ??

Regards.
Vignesh

whats wrong with C?


Also in D, isnt "question" wrongly modifies?

In an assessment of the problems faced by rural migrant workers, the question