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by rohu27 » Sat Apr 09, 2011 4:02 am
Before its independence in 1947, Britain ruled India as a colony and they would relinquish power only after a long struggle by the native people

a)Before its independence in 1947, Britain ruled India as a colony and they would relinquish power b)Before independence in 1947, Britain had ruled India as a colony and relinquished power
c)Before its independence in 1947, India was ruled by Britain as a colony and they relinquished power
d)Before independence in 1947, India had been ruled as a colony by Britain, which relinquished power
e)Before independence in 1947, India had been a colony of the British, who relinquished power
OA E
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by maihuna » Sat Apr 09, 2011 4:10 am
This is an weird one from mgmat.

Before independence modifies India, so A/B out.

was ruled by, passive, as a colony awkward, also, use of and has India and they, not parallel so C should be out.

out of D, E, I prefer E, as uses of which in D looks problematic.
rohu27 wrote:Before its independence in 1947, Britain ruled India as a colony and they would relinquish power only after a long struggle by the native people

a)Before its independence in 1947, Britain ruled India as a colony and they would relinquish power b)Before independence in 1947, Britain had ruled India as a colony and relinquished power
c)Before its independence in 1947, India was ruled by Britain as a colony and they relinquished power
d)Before independence in 1947, India had been ruled as a colony by Britain, which relinquished power
e)Before independence in 1947, India had been a colony of the British, who relinquished power
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by AIM GMAT » Sat Apr 09, 2011 4:16 am
IMO E .

a)Before its independence in 1947, Britain ruled India as a colony and they would relinquish power

b)Before independence in 1947, Britain had ruled India as a colony and relinquished power

c)Before its independence in 1947, India was ruled by Britain as a colony and they relinquished power

d)Before independence in 1947, India had been ruled as a colony by Britain, which relinquished power

e)Before independence in 1947, India had been a colony of the British, who relinquished power
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by GMATGuruNY » Sat Apr 09, 2011 4:17 am
rohu27 wrote:Before its independence in 1947, Britain ruled India as a colony and they would relinquish power only after a long struggle by the native people

a)Before its independence in 1947, Britain ruled India as a colony and they would relinquish power
b)Before independence in 1947, Britain had ruled India as a colony and relinquished power
c)Before its independence in 1947, India was ruled by Britain as a colony and they relinquished power
d)Before independence in 1947, India had been ruled as a colony by Britain, which relinquished power
e)Before independence in 1947, India had been a colony of the British, who relinquished power
In A and C, they has no clear antecedent. A plural pronoun such as they cannot be used to refer to a country, which is singular. Eliminate A and C.

In B, the placement of Britain next to the modifying phrase before independence incorrectly implies that Britain became independent in 1947. The intended meaning of the sentence is that India became independent. Eliminate B.

In D, which could refer either to Britain or to colony. Also, the meaning of ruled as a colony is unclear. Was India a colony of Britain, or was it only ruled that way? Eliminate D.

The correct answer is E.
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by pankajks2010 » Mon Apr 11, 2011 7:43 am
GMATGuruNY wrote:
rohu27 wrote:Before its independence in 1947, Britain ruled India as a colony and they would relinquish power only after a long struggle by the native people

a)Before its independence in 1947, Britain ruled India as a colony and they would relinquish power
b)Before independence in 1947, Britain had ruled India as a colony and relinquished power
c)Before its independence in 1947, India was ruled by Britain as a colony and they relinquished power
d)Before independence in 1947, India had been ruled as a colony by Britain, which relinquished power
e)Before independence in 1947, India had been a colony of the British, who relinquished power
In A and C, they has no clear antecedent. A plural pronoun such as they cannot be used to refer to a country, which is singular. Eliminate A and C.

In B, the placement of Britain next to the modifying phrase before independence incorrectly implies that Britain became independent in 1947. The intended meaning of the sentence is that India became independent. Eliminate B.

In D, which could refer either to Britain or to colony. Also, the meaning of ruled as a colony is unclear. Was India a colony of Britain, or was it only ruled that way? Eliminate D.

The correct answer is E.
@Gmatguru: Would be great to know your views on evaluating "who vs which" when we are referring to a nation or the people of that nation. Like in this case isn't it more appropriate to use "who" with Britain rather than "which"
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by rohu27 » Mon Apr 11, 2011 7:53 am
OA is E, updated the original post.
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by GMATGuruNY » Mon Apr 11, 2011 1:29 pm
pankajks2010 wrote:
GMATGuruNY wrote:
rohu27 wrote:Before its independence in 1947, Britain ruled India as a colony and they would relinquish power only after a long struggle by the native people

a)Before its independence in 1947, Britain ruled India as a colony and they would relinquish power
b)Before independence in 1947, Britain had ruled India as a colony and relinquished power
c)Before its independence in 1947, India was ruled by Britain as a colony and they relinquished power
d)Before independence in 1947, India had been ruled as a colony by Britain, which relinquished power
e)Before independence in 1947, India had been a colony of the British, who relinquished power
In A and C, they has no clear antecedent. A plural pronoun such as they cannot be used to refer to a country, which is singular. Eliminate A and C.

In B, the placement of Britain next to the modifying phrase before independence incorrectly implies that Britain became independent in 1947. The intended meaning of the sentence is that India became independent. Eliminate B.

In D, which could refer either to Britain or to colony. Also, the meaning of ruled as a colony is unclear. Was India a colony of Britain, or was it only ruled that way? Eliminate D.

The correct answer is E.
@Gmatguru: Would be great to know your views on evaluating "who vs which" when we are referring to a nation or the people of that nation. Like in this case isn't it more appropriate to use "who" with Britain rather than "which"
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I adore France, which boasts some of the best restaurants in the world.

Use who to refer to the people:

I adore the French, who turn every meal into an event.
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