rahuljones1 wrote:Although the Supreme Court ruled as long ago as 1880 that Blacks could not be excluded outright from jury service, nearly a century of case-by-case adjudication has been necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be drawn from “a fair cross section of the community.”
(A) has been necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be
(B) was necessary for developing and enforcing the principle of all juries being
(C) was to be necessary in developing and enforcing the principle of all juries to be
(D) is necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be
(E) will be necessary for developing and enforcing the principle of all juries being


OA - A

ken3233 wrote:

rahuljones1 wrote:Although the Supreme Court ruled as long ago as 1880 that Blacks could not be excluded outright from jury service, nearly a century of case-by-case adjudication has been necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be drawn from “a fair cross section of the community.”
(A) has been necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be
(B) was necessary for developing and enforcing the principle of all juries being
(C) was to be necessary in developing and enforcing the principle of all juries to be
(D) is necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be
(E) will be necessary for developing and enforcing the principle of all juries being


OA - A

See MGMAT SC, page 129, for an explanation of why the past perfect is necessary in this sentence. "A" is correct because it correctly communicates that an action occured in the past, and that the action has a continuing effect in the present. We're talking about two actions that occured in sequence here, so the past perfect is needed.

goelmohit2002 wrote:

ken3233 wrote:

rahuljones1 wrote:Although the Supreme Court ruled as long ago as 1880 that Blacks could not be excluded outright from jury service, nearly a century of case-by-case adjudication has been necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be drawn from “a fair cross section of the community.”
(A) has been necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be
(B) was necessary for developing and enforcing the principle of all juries being
(C) was to be necessary in developing and enforcing the principle of all juries to be
(D) is necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be
(E) will be necessary for developing and enforcing the principle of all juries being


OA - A

See MGMAT SC, page 129, for an explanation of why the past perfect is necessary in this sentence. "A" is correct because it correctly communicates that an action occured in the past, and that the action has a continuing effect in the present. We're talking about two actions that occured in sequence here, so the past perfect is needed.

But "A" is present perfect....

Do u mean to say past or present ?

moorthy76 wrote:Can you please explain why you feel that the issue has the continued effect in the presence?

I thought : A century was required to enforce the principle. Now it is enforced. It is a matter of past. Hence it requires a simple past.

Pls let me know where i went wrong in my thinking.

goelmohit2002 wrote:But why are we doing vertical split based on idiom....why not based on tenses...

Can somebody please tell why present tense is correct here ? why not past perfect should be correct here ?