I came across the following questions during a GMATPrep practice test. I got some wrong and some correct, but I'm not really sure of the reasoning. If you could provide any clarity that would be great.
Question A:
"The Achaemenid empire of Persia reached the Indus valley in the fifth century B.C., bringing the Aramaic script with it, from which was derived both northern and southern Indian alphabets"
o with it the Aramaic script, from which derives both northern and
o with it the Aramaic script, from which derive both the northern and the (**CORRECT choice**).
Why is "the" necessary before alphabets and how do I know its derives and not derive? (edit: original had typos)
Question B:
"In 1988, the Council on Economic Priorities began publishing Shopping for a Better World, with the simple thesis of consumers having the power to change companies by the simple expedient of refusing to buy"
o with a thesis that is a simple one: consumers have
o whose thesis was simple: consumers have (**CORRECT choice**)
I didn't think the use of "whose" was appropriate here, why am I wrong?
Question C:
"Last week local shrimpers held a news conference to take some credit for the resurgence of the rare Kemp's ridly turtle, saying that their compliance with laws requiring that turtle-excluder devices be on shrimp nets protect adult sea turtles"
o that require turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets protect
o requiring turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets is protecting (**CORRECT choice**)
Why is "that" not necessary before "require"? I foolishly chose that answer even though I thought "protect" wasn't correct
Question D:
"The company announced that its profits declined much less in the second quarter than analysts had expected it to and its business will improve in the second half of the year"
o had expected and that its business would improve (**CORRECT choice***)
If the originally sentence was changed to ...."than analysts had expected them to and that it business will improve..." would it be correct also?
Question A:
"The Achaemenid empire of Persia reached the Indus valley in the fifth century B.C., bringing the Aramaic script with it, from which was derived both northern and southern Indian alphabets"
o with it the Aramaic script, from which derives both northern and
o with it the Aramaic script, from which derive both the northern and the (**CORRECT choice**).
Why is "the" necessary before alphabets and how do I know its derives and not derive? (edit: original had typos)
Question B:
"In 1988, the Council on Economic Priorities began publishing Shopping for a Better World, with the simple thesis of consumers having the power to change companies by the simple expedient of refusing to buy"
o with a thesis that is a simple one: consumers have
o whose thesis was simple: consumers have (**CORRECT choice**)
I didn't think the use of "whose" was appropriate here, why am I wrong?
Question C:
"Last week local shrimpers held a news conference to take some credit for the resurgence of the rare Kemp's ridly turtle, saying that their compliance with laws requiring that turtle-excluder devices be on shrimp nets protect adult sea turtles"
o that require turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets protect
o requiring turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets is protecting (**CORRECT choice**)
Why is "that" not necessary before "require"? I foolishly chose that answer even though I thought "protect" wasn't correct
Question D:
"The company announced that its profits declined much less in the second quarter than analysts had expected it to and its business will improve in the second half of the year"
o had expected and that its business would improve (**CORRECT choice***)
If the originally sentence was changed to ...."than analysts had expected them to and that it business will improve..." would it be correct also?
