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1000 SC Qno. 33

by priyankamishra11 » Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:49 am
What should be the answer for this one?

33. A substance derived from the Madagascar periwinkle, which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients, is cultivated in China as part of a program to integrate traditional herbal medicine into a contemporary system of health care.
(A) A substance derived from the Madagascar periwinkle, which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients,
(B) A derivative, which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients, of the Madagascar periwinkle,
(C) A Madagascar periwinkle derivative, which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients,
(D) The Madagascar periwinkle has a derivative which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients, that
(E) The Madagascar periwinkle, a derivative of which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients,

IMO C but it is wrong.. Can any one explain
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by aj5105 » Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:07 am
marked C intially..

upon second thoughts,think D.

IMO : 'The' is required here.
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by priyankamishra11 » Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:11 am
Can you please explain why 'THE' is required here?
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by amitansu » Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:22 am
'C' os wrong here because it changes the meaning...
According to 'C' : A Madagascar periwinkle derivative is cultivated !!
But actually it's the Madagascar periwinkle that is cultivated.

However my choice is "E"here since it looks more clear to me.


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by aj5105 » Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:27 am
priyankamishra11 wrote:Can you please explain why 'THE' is required here?
The sentence talks about a specific derivative,hence we need 'The' here..
This is what i assessed.. what's the OA?
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Re: 1000 SC Qno. 33

by codesnooker » Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:31 am
priyankamishra11 wrote:What should be the answer for this one?

33. A substance derived from the Madagascar periwinkle, which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients, is cultivated in China as part of a program to integrate traditional herbal medicine into a contemporary system of health care.
(A) A substance derived from the Madagascar periwinkle, which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients,
(B) A derivative, which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients, of the Madagascar periwinkle,
(C) A Madagascar periwinkle derivative, which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients,
(D) The Madagascar periwinkle has a derivative which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients, that
(E) The Madagascar periwinkle, a derivative of which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients,

IMO C but it is wrong.. Can any one explain
This is very old question that discussed on this forum. I am sure, if you do search then you can find the reasoning.

Correct answer should be (E).

Reason: The Madagascar periwinkle can be cultivated not its derivative. That's why (C) and (D) are wrong over here.

Hope it helps....
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by codesnooker » Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:36 am
aj5105 wrote:
priyankamishra11 wrote:Can you please explain why 'THE' is required here?
The sentence talks about a specific derivative,hence we need 'The' here..
This is what i assessed.. what's the OA?
Though may be author wants to talk about a particular derivative but in all sentences; THE is the article used for Madagascar Periwinkle,
not for its derivative.

Therefore reasoning regarding uses of article of THE is incorrect.

Let me know if needs more explanation.

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by aj5105 » Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:41 am
codesnooker wrote:
aj5105 wrote:
priyankamishra11 wrote:Can you please explain why 'THE' is required here?
The sentence talks about a specific derivative,hence we need 'The' here..
This is what i assessed.. what's the OA?
Though may be author wants to talk about a particular derivative but in all sentences; THE is the article used for Madagascar Periwinkle,
not for its derivative.

Therefore reasoning regarding uses of article of THE is incorrect.

Let me know if needs more explanation.

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makes sense - thanks.
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by priyankamishra11 » Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:42 am
OA is E .

Thanks a lot. I got it.
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by jessica.ng1988 » Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:29 pm
clues from paragraph.
OA should be C, when it has no grammar error.

If OA is E, i think it is really hard question when it requires us understand about this.
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