Sentence Correction

The Statue of Liberty's defects in its supporting structure that led to its deterioration have been corrected, according to the firm of consulting engineers.
A) The Statue of Liberty's defects in its supporting structure that led to its deterioration.
B) The Statue of Liberty's defects in its supporting structure, leading to its deterioration.
C) leading to its deterioration, the Statue of Liberty's defects in its supporting structure.
D) The defects that the Statue of Liberty had in its supporting structure that led to its deterioration.
E) The defects in the supporting structure of the Statue of Liberty which led to its

GMAT maniaic wrote:The Statue of Liberty's defects in its supporting structure that led to its deterioration have been corrected, according to the firm of consulting engineers.
A) The Statue of Liberty's defects in its supporting structure that led to its deterioration.
B) The Statue of Liberty's defects in its supporting structure, leading to its deterioration.
C) leading to its deterioration, the Statue of Liberty's defects in its supporting structure.
D) The defects that the Statue of Liberty had in its supporting structure that led to its deterioration.
E) The defects in the supporting structure of the Statue of Liberty which led to its

A, B and C: the Statue of Liberty's defects in its supporting structure
Here, the Statue of Liberty's and its are redundant.
It would be sufficient to say the following:
the defects in the Statue of Liberty's supporting structure.
Eliminate A, B and C.

D: its supporting structure that led to its deterioration
Here, the that-clause in red seems to modify its supporting structure, implying that ITS SUPPORTING STRUCTURE led to its deterioration.
The intended meaning is that THE DEFECTS led to its deterioration.
Eliminate D.

E: the Statue of Liberty which
On the GMAT, NOUN + which is always wrong.
Eliminate E.

There is no correct answer here.
Ignore this SC.
What is the source?

Hi Mitch,

I found this questions in one of the Book from an Indian GMAT prep coaching Institute. It seems that the sentence might have appeared pen-paper based tests.

"Engineers have corrected the defects in the statue's supporting structure that led to its deterioration."


Correct me if I am wrong.

vishalwin wrote:Hi Mitch,

I found this questions in one of the Book from an Indian GMAT prep coaching Institute. It seems that the sentence might have appeared pen-paper based tests.

"Engineers have corrected the defects in the statue's supporting structure that led to its deterioration."

Since this sentence is not among the five answer choices posted above, it is not relevant.
The source of this sentence seems to be the NY Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/17/scien ... tatue.html (2nd paragraph).
The SC posted above does not have a correct answer.