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by gmatmarch2010 » Tue Aug 17, 2010 2:00 am
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.

(A) the Aramaic script with it, from which was derived both northern and
(B) the Aramaic script with it, and from which deriving both the northern and the
(C) with it the Aramaic script, from which derive both the northern and the
(D) with it the Aramaic script, from which derives both northern and
(E) with it the Aramaic script, and deriving from it both the northern and

OA: C
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by paes » Tue Aug 17, 2010 2:13 am
good question

A : 'was derived' wrong . It should be 'were derived'
B : 'and' wrong. and is used to give equal weight, Also not parallel.
C : correct
D : 'derives' wrong
E : two 'it' are used but meanings are different. usage of and wrong
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by gmatmarch2010 » Tue Aug 17, 2010 5:06 am
Thanks buddy.. it makes sense to me..
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by madhukumar_v » Tue Aug 17, 2010 7:24 am
good expln above, adding to it the Idiom Both X and Y;

Choice E can be taken off based on that, since in E after "and" the is needed
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by gmatmachoman » Tue Aug 17, 2010 8:17 am
paes wrote:good question

A : 'was derived' wrong . It should be 'were derived'
B : 'and' wrong. and is used to give equal weight, Also not parallel.
C : correct
D : 'derives' wrong
E : two 'it' are used but meanings are different. usage of and wrong
Wonderful reasoning peas..

but a small glitch in reasoning for A. When u said " were derived " need to be used.. I understand we are making the second half in to passive voice...but the first haif still remains in active form... ??

plz share ur view!
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by paes » Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:39 am
mac@

Yes, A will be in passive voice then
But passive voice is not a strict NO on GMAt.

[ whatever I mentioned about A, was the clear error. So no need to think beyond that]
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by reply2spg » Tue Aug 17, 2010 1:20 pm
I think abt A and B change the meaning of the sentence. 'it' refers to empire and A and B say that northern and southern alphabets are derived from empire. However, intended meaning is that those alphabets are derived from script.

Above mentioned issue is well answered in C, D and E.
Now D has new issue and that is verb issue. We need derive and not derives.
E is wrong because it breaks ||ism also 'it' does not have clear reference.

Correct ans is C

Hope this helps
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(have lot of things to learn from all of you)
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