Ganges

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Ganges

by ranjeet75 » Fri May 04, 2012 10:21 pm
83. The reasons for the pollution of Ganges were either because it is an easy target for effluents with several of its tributaries like Yamuna, Gomati etc flowing through industrial belts or for the simple reason [u]that it had a massive catchment area in the thickly populated North India[/u].

A. that it had a massive catchment area in the thickly populated North India
B. that its catchment area was massive in the thickly populated North India
C. that it caught massive areas in the thickly populated North India
D. of its massive catchment area in the thickly populated North India
E. of its thick catchment area in the massively populated North India

OA is [spoiler]A[/spoiler]

What is wrong in [spoiler]B[/spoiler]? and whether the [spoiler]"reason of"[/spoiler] is correct idiom in this context.
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by ice_rush » Sat May 05, 2012 5:36 am
notice parallelism: ..because it is an easy target....that it had a massive...besides it is more appropriate to say massive area as opposed to area was massive, which is wordy.

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by GmatKiss » Sun May 06, 2012 11:34 am
B is passive

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