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Han dynasty

by GmatKiss » Sat May 12, 2012 12:25 am
More than twenty-one centuries ago, the Han dynasty unified China, subduing warring tribes and forced the vast territory to adopt a single code of laws.

a) subduing warring tribes and forced
b) subduing warring tribes and forcing
c) subdued warring tribes, and forcing
d) subdued warring tribes, and it forced
e) having subdued warring tribes, and they forced
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by GMAT Kolaveri » Sat May 12, 2012 12:38 am
B. Parallelism.
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by ihatemaths » Sat May 12, 2012 3:37 am
IMO D . because unified , forced and subdued.

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by krishna239455 » Sat May 12, 2012 5:28 am
IMO:B

In this sentence "subdoing ...... and forcing" are present participles which modify "Han dynasty".

while "subdoing.... and forcing" should be parallel, "unified" need not be parallel, its main verb indicating the simple past tense.

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by GmatKiss » Sat May 12, 2012 5:29 am
OA is B

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by ice_rush » Sat May 12, 2012 12:57 pm
(B) it is.
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by agarwalva » Sat May 12, 2012 2:34 pm
IMO B

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by confuse mind » Sat May 12, 2012 8:14 pm
IMO - B

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