crazy4gmat wrote:A study of food resources in the North Pacific between 1989 and 1996 revealed that creatures of the seabed were suffering from dwindling food supplies, possibly resulting from increasing sea surface temperatures during the same period.
a) that creatures of the seabed were suffering from dwindling food supplies, possibly resulting from increasing

resulting from is not idiomatic. "Resulting in" is the correct usage
b) that creatures of the seabed were suffering because food supplies were dwindling, possibly as a result of an increase in

Ans. As a result of is idiomatic. dwindling is correctly modified by "as a result of ..."

c) that creatures of the seabed were suffering because of food supplies, which were dwindling possibly as a result of increasing


"as a result of increasing" is awkward

If you remove which, meaning gets affected hence its used as a restrictive modifier

d) creatures of the seabed that were suffering from food supplies that were dwindling, possibly resulting from an increase in

That is needed to introduce a clause


e) creatures of the seabed that were suffering because food supplies were dwindling, which possibly resulted from increasing

That is needed to introduce a clause

Also, which modifies an adj instead of a noun

resulted from is not idiomatic


OA B