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by thephoenix » Sat May 22, 2010 3:09 am
The spraying of pesticides can be carefully planned, but accidents, weather conditions that could not be foreseen, and pilot errors often cause much larger deposits of spray than they had anticipated.
(A) weather conditions that could not be foreseen, and pilot errors often cause much larger deposits of spray than they had
(B) weather conditions that cannot be foreseen, and pilot errors often cause much larger deposits of spray than
(C) unforeseeable weather conditions, and pilot errors are the cause of much larger deposits of spray than they had
(D) weather conditions that are not foreseeable, and pilot errors often cause much larger deposits of spray than
(E) unforeseeable weather conditions, and pilot errors often cause much larger deposits of spray than they had

[spoiler]confuse b/n B and D????[/spoiler]
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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Sat May 22, 2010 4:45 am
here what i understand we need present tense of verb so couldnot is to be replaced. since weather is used means we have to know the capability wheather he can or can not?

so out of B and D obviously B is better.
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by sethisankalp » Sat May 22, 2010 2:44 pm
Elimination to B and D makes sense, as all others have pronoun "They" that does not refer to anyone in the sentence.
But I am not sure how you narrowed down further.

Could someone please elaborate? Thanks.
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by paes » Mon May 24, 2010 8:29 pm
IMO D

I am also confused between B and D.

What is OA ?
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by hardik.jadeja » Sun Jun 13, 2010 7:19 am
Agree with pradeep on this.. the original sentence is using "could not" and we need to change the tense of the sentence. So the present tense of "could not" is "cannot".

So B has to be the answer. I have checked, the answer is B.
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by martin.jonson007 » Sun Jun 13, 2010 8:07 am
B is preferable over D

as active voice takes priority over passive voice....
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