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by akshatgupta87 » Fri Mar 02, 2012 11:42 pm
Q) According to ancient Egyptian belief, when mortals died, whether noble or common, they, first of all, joined Re on his nocturnal journey through the underworld; and secondarily, emerged immortal at dawn.

A) secondarily, emerged immortal at dawn.
B) secondly, emerged immortal at dawn.
C) secondly, at dawn emerged as immortal.
D) second, at dawn they emerged immortal.
E) second, emerged immortal at dawn.

OA is E

Someone explain.

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by killer1387 » Fri Mar 02, 2012 11:57 pm
Q) According to ancient Egyptian belief, when mortals died, whether noble or common, they, first of all, joined Re on his nocturnal journey through the underworld; and secondarily, emerged immortal at dawn.

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What is the source of this question. I doubt it to be correct because in the sentence semicolon is used also "and" is placed that construction is not correct.If semicolon is removed then the question is correct i.e.

According to ancient Egyptian belief, when mortals died, whether noble or common, they, first of all, joined Re on his nocturnal journey through the underworld and secondarily, emerged immortal at dawn.

here,

1. Second is parallel to first hence D and E
2. Also "emerged" is parallel to "joined"

Hence E.

According to ancient Egyptian belief, when mortals died, whether noble or common, they, first of all, joined Re on his nocturnal journey through the underworld; and secondarily, emerged immortal at dawn.
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by akshatgupta87 » Sat Mar 03, 2012 12:13 am
Hi killer1387,

Thanks for the reply..
the question is from the testprep-online test series.
My doubt was also the same...

There were some other questions with lots of errors.

May be there test series is not that reliable.

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by mankey » Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:41 pm
Please resolve confusion between D and E. Dont know why one is better than the other.

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by mankey » Sat Mar 10, 2012 9:33 am
Hoping someone would take a shot at this.

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by mankey » Sat Mar 10, 2012 9:53 am
Hoping someone would take a shot at this.

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by akshatgupta87 » Sat Mar 10, 2012 10:00 am
mankey wrote:Hoping someone would take a shot at this.

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The correct question here is:-
Q.) According to ancient Egyptian belief, when mortals died, whether noble or common, they, first of all, joined Re on his nocturnal journey through the underworld and secondarily, emerged immortal at dawn.

Analysis:-
This sentence describes the ancient believes about the mortals:-
1. first of all, joined Re on his nocturnal journey through the underworld
2. secondarily, emerged immortal at dawn

Both the elements in the list should be parallel
-> joined||emerged , first||second

Therefore the correct answer is E.

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by shekhar.kataria » Sun Mar 11, 2012 1:41 pm
I too believe the same what killer said above. the semicolon also got my attention. OVERALL BADLY WRITTEN SENTENCE.

killer1387 wrote:Q) According to ancient Egyptian belief, when mortals died, whether noble or common, they, first of all, joined Re on his nocturnal journey through the underworld; and secondarily, emerged immortal at dawn.

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What is the source of this question. I doubt it to be correct because in the sentence semicolon is used also "and" is placed that construction is not correct.If semicolon is removed then the question is correct i.e.

According to ancient Egyptian belief, when mortals died, whether noble or common, they, first of all, joined Re on his nocturnal journey through the underworld and secondarily, emerged immortal at dawn.

here,

1. Second is parallel to first hence D and E
2. Also "emerged" is parallel to "joined"

Hence E.

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