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by gmatblood » Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:41 am
Some of the wild dogs that were distributed to local pet sanctuaries by city health officials and exterminated last year were collected as part of the city's initiative to protect local residents from dog attacks.

A. Some of the wild dogs that were distributed to local pet sanctuaries by city health officials and exterminated last year were
B. Some of the wild dogs that the local pet sanctuaries received and city health officials exterminate have been
C. Some of the dogs that were distributed to local pet sanctuaries or exterminated by the city health officials had been
D. Last year some of the wild dogs that were distributed to local pet sanctuaries or exterminated by the city health officials made
E. Last year city health officials distributed to local pet sanctuaries as well as exterminated some of the wild dogs that had been

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by saketk » Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:50 am
gmatblood wrote:Some of the wild dogs that were distributed to local pet sanctuaries by city health officials and exterminated last year were collected as part of the city's initiative to protect local residents from dog attacks.

A. Some of the wild dogs that were distributed to local pet sanctuaries by city health officials and exterminated last year were
B. Some of the wild dogs that the local pet sanctuaries received and city health officials exterminate have been
C. Some of the dogs that were distributed to local pet sanctuaries or exterminated by the city health officials had been
D. Last year some of the wild dogs that were distributed to local pet sanctuaries or exterminated by the city health officials made
E. Last year city health officials distributed to local pet sanctuaries as well as exterminated some of the wild dogs that had been

How is it [spoiler]C with "HAD BEEN"[/spoiler]
That is the correct usage. If you look at the meaning of the sentence than you will understand that the dogs were first collected to protect local residents from dogs attacks and then they [dogs] were distributed to local pet sanctuaries. Tense issue is solved in this option
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by aspirant2011 » Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:18 am
Yup agreed with Saketk......
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by sl750 » Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:28 am
This question is similar to an OG question on Earthquakes. If you chose A, it is wrong because it suggests that the dogs were distributed and exterminated at the same time. This makes no sense

In C, there are two past tense events.
City had taken an initiative to protect local residents -- This occurred before
The dogs were either distributed to the local pet sanctuary or were exterminated -- This occurred later
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by sam2304 » Fri Oct 21, 2011 1:12 am
IMO C.
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by mankey » Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:15 am
This one is not clear. Not able to understand what is happening in the sentence.

Please help.

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