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by rojans » Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:26 am
11. Before its independence in 1947, Britain ruled India as a colony and they would relinquish power only after a long
struggle by the native people.
"¢ Before its independence in 1947, Britain ruled India as a colony and they would relinquish power
"¢ Before independence in 1947, Britain had ruled India as a colony and relinquished power
"¢ Before its independence in 1947, India was ruled by Britain as a colony and they relinquished power
"¢ Before independence in 1947, India had been ruled as a colony by Britain, which relinquished power
"¢ Before independence in 1947, India had been a colony of the British, who relinquished power

ANS-- Is E
But I am not getting how ?who is a relative pronoun and can't modify British
according to me answer should be D. D is resolving modifier issue
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by kvcpk » Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:48 am
What is the source??
I see a shift in meaning in E.

Britain ruled india as a colony. This meaning is lost in E.

I think usage of "who" is right because it is referring to "Britain People"

Also, I doubt whether, "Britain people would be called British" is common-Sense.?

It would be easy to spot some like British,spanish, Irish etc..

But, technically would be difficult to know all.
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by reply2spg » Tue Aug 24, 2010 4:26 pm
this is MGMAT question and E is correct here. British is referring to people of Britain, therefore, who is correctly modifying British.
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by sirisha.g » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:23 pm
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by soms_ar » Tue Aug 24, 2010 7:15 pm
the answer is b/w D & E. In D 'which' can either refer to Britain or India - in conclusive ; but in E 'who' refers correctly to British and not India. so the answer is E

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by tomada » Wed Aug 25, 2010 8:26 am
I thought "Before independence..." sounded funny without including "its", but I know that's no basis for eliminating choices.
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by paes » Wed Aug 25, 2010 8:33 am
soms_ar wrote:the answer is b/w D & E. In D 'which' can either refer to Britain or India - in conclusive ; but in E 'who' refers correctly to British and not India. so the answer is E

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Wrong.

which refers to the closest noun.
[ Except in case of a noun before preposition ]

This is one of the most basic rule here.
So better revise your concepts.
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by beatthegmatinsept » Wed Aug 25, 2010 8:42 am
I'd go for D.
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