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by aplavakarthik » Fri Jan 27, 2012 6:24 am
Just as a student trying to understand life among Greek warriors might study the epic poems of Homer, in the same way students trying to understand courtly life in Elizabethan England might well study plays by Shakespeare.

(A) in the same way students trying to understand courtly life in Elizebathan England might well study plays

(B) in the same way students, who try and understand courtly life in Elizabethan England might well study a play

(C) so a student trying to understand courtly life in Elizabethan England might well study plays

(D) so do students try and understand courtly life in Elizabethan England might well study a play

(E) then students trying to understand courtly life in Elizabethan England could well study plays
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by MakeUrTimeCount » Fri Jan 27, 2012 7:11 am
The idiom is : Just as X so Y

A, B and E out.

Out of C and D:
D does not adhere to the parallelism and compare "a student" with "students". So Out.

Ans: C
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by Sharma_Gaurav » Sat Jan 28, 2012 10:48 am
straight C.
Just as X , so Y .

X and Y should be parallel ( verb-verb, noun-noun, phrase-phrase etc )
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