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by sana.noor » Mon Sep 09, 2013 11:33 pm
The telecom minister had been indicted by the Supreme court in the 2G spectrum
scam, which resulted in a loss of about $1.7 trillion to the exchequer.

A. had been indicted by the Supreme court in the 2G spectrum scam, which
resulted
B. has been indicted in the 2G spectrum scam by the Supreme court, which
resulted
C. has been indicted by the Supreme court in the 2G spectrum scam, which
resulted
D. is indicted by the Supreme court in the 2G spectrum scam that resulted
E. has been indicted by the Supreme court in the 2G spectrum scam, resulting

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by faraz_jeddah » Tue Sep 10, 2013 2:55 am
sana.noor wrote:The telecom minister had been indicted by the Supreme court in the 2G spectrum
scam, which resulted in a loss of about $1.7 trillion to the exchequer.

A. had been indicted by the Supreme court in the 2G spectrum scam, which
resulted
B. has been indicted in the 2G spectrum scam by the Supreme court, which
resulted
C. has been indicted by the Supreme court in the 2G spectrum scam, which
resulted
D. is indicted by the Supreme court in the 2G spectrum scam that resulted
E. has been indicted by the Supreme court in the 2G spectrum scam, resulting

i dont have its official answer
Eliminate A because had been and which dont go together
Eliminate B because it changes the meaning of the sentence.
C - Keep it
D - use of 'is' is wrong
E - you need to use which.
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by vinay1983 » Tue Sep 10, 2013 5:02 am
Lot of splits available here. Choose the option that uses resulted, which and has been

I feel that option is C
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by Java_85 » Tue Sep 10, 2013 9:28 am
I'd Say A
Thanks faraz_jeddah, but I din't get the logic of why "had been and which don't go together"?
faraz_jeddah wrote:
sana.noor wrote:The telecom minister had been indicted by the Supreme court in the 2G spectrum
scam, which resulted in a loss of about $1.7 trillion to the exchequer.

A. had been indicted by the Supreme court in the 2G spectrum scam, which
resulted
B. has been indicted in the 2G spectrum scam by the Supreme court, which
resulted
C. has been indicted by the Supreme court in the 2G spectrum scam, which
resulted
D. is indicted by the Supreme court in the 2G spectrum scam that resulted
E. has been indicted by the Supreme court in the 2G spectrum scam, resulting

i dont have its official answer
Eliminate A because had been and which dont go together
Eliminate B because it changes the meaning of the sentence.
C - Keep it
D - use of 'is' is wrong
E - you need to use which.
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by faraz_jeddah » Tue Sep 10, 2013 12:00 pm
Java_85 wrote:I'd Say A
Thanks faraz_jeddah, but I din't get the logic of why "had been and which don't go together"?
Sounds awkward. It is a causal sentence so I think it is preferable to use present - has been.

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by TheGmatTutor » Tue Sep 10, 2013 12:15 pm
The present perfect tense "has been" is correct, because the sentence implies that the indictment is ongoing at the present time. "Had been" would indicate an action that was completed at some point in the past. Therefore C is correct.
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by Java_85 » Tue Sep 10, 2013 5:48 pm
TheGmatTutor wrote:The present perfect tense "has been" is correct, because the sentence implies that the indictment is ongoing at the present time. "Had been" would indicate an action that was completed at some point in the past. Therefore C is correct.
Hey TheGmatTutor,

I agree that "Had been" would indicate an action that was completed at some point in the past. But I believe in this sentence the "had been indicted" is right because it started and finished in the past and it was prior to resulting in something in the past so I'd say A is the right answer.
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by TheGmatTutor » Tue Sep 10, 2013 6:33 pm
The more I think about it, either A or C could be correct depending on context. It would be helpful if we could get some of the experts to weigh in.
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