Truman Doctrine

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Truman Doctrine

by nileshdalvi » Sat Jun 11, 2011 5:29 am
Creating a fundamental shift in American foreign policy and establishing a "policy of containment" that framed our foreign policy as a battle between the forces of good (America and other democratic societies) and evil (the Soviet Union and other communist nations), was the 1947 Truman Doctrine.
a. Creating a fundamental shift in American foreign policy and establishing a "policy of containment" that framed our foreign policy as a battle between the forces of good (America and other democratic societies) and evil (the Soviet Union and other communist nations), was the 1947
Truman Doctrine.
b. The 1947 Truman Doctrine created a fundamental shift in American foreign policy, establishing a "policy of containment" that framed our foreign policy as a battle between the forces of good
(America and other democratic societies) and evil (the Soviet Union and other communist
nations).
c. Creating a fundamental shift in American foreign policy was the Truman Doctrine, which was put
forth in 1947, and which established a "policy of containment" that framed our foreign policy as a battle between the forces of good (America, along with other democratic societies) and the forces of evil (the Soviet Union, along with other communist nations).
d. The 1947 Truman Doctrine created a fundamental shift in American foreign policy, establishing a "policy of containment" that framed our foreign policy as a battle between American and other
democratic societies, which it considered the forces of good, and the Soviet Union and other communist
nations, which it considered the forces of evil.
e. A fundamental shift in American foreign policy was created in 1947 by the Truman Doctrine,
which importantly established a "policy of containment," a policy that framed our foreign policy in terms of a battle between good and evil, with the good forces being America and other democracies and the evil forces being the Soviet Union and other communist nations.
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by sameerballani » Sat Jun 11, 2011 5:45 am
IMO B
What's the OA and the source?

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by nileshdalvi » Sat Jun 11, 2011 6:05 am
OA is B.

Can you please provide your reasoning?

I wanted to know as to why there is no error of comparison in the correct answer choice. i.e. "between the forces of good and evil".

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by saxenashobhit » Sat Jun 11, 2011 6:09 am
IMO D

A is wrong because creating and establishing are modifiers and after comma we have verb

B and D are similar but I feel parenthesis can be removed. So i didnot choose B.

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by sameerballani » Sat Jun 11, 2011 6:20 am
nileshdalvi wrote:OA is B.

Can you please provide your reasoning?

I wanted to know as to why there is no error of comparison in the correct answer choice. i.e. "between the forces of good and evil".

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The inteded meaning of this sentence is: Truman Doctrine created ....... ,establishing ....
Option B is concise and clearly expresses the same meaning.

Option A: creating.......... plays the role of modifier and after a comma should be immediately followed by the the thing that created ie. truman doctrine(td) BUT it is followed by WAS A DOCTRINE.

Option C: Word and passive.
Creating ... was the td. BETTER would be TD created.....

option D: Wordy/Awkward. Also we need to make sure WHICH refers 'American and other democratic societies' and not only to 'societies' Similarly not only 'nations'.

Option E: Awkward/wordy/ passive(was created)

There is no error in "between the forces of good and evil"
Idiomatically: Between X and Y
it has implied meaning "between the forces of good and the forces of evil"
We can skip such things and make the option concise

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by nileshdalvi » Sat Jun 11, 2011 6:40 am
Thanks Sameer.

But is there any rule as to when such an ignore is acceptable and when is it not?

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by krishnasty » Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:07 am
IMO B

The sentence is bit complicated but the key to find the correct ans is to understand this sentence in your own key words.
My approach :
1947 Truman Doctrine - created fundamental shift between america (forces of good) and soviet union ( forces of evil).

now look at option :
A) everything looks perfect except when the statement mentions Truman Doctrine.
B) correct - structuraly correct
C) Truman Doctrine in 1947 - incorrect
D) again incorrect for the same reason as B
E) Where does it mention that it was created in 1947.

Hence, B.

Hope the explaination is correct.

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by sameerballani » Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:58 am
nileshdalvi wrote:Thanks Sameer.

But is there any rule as to when such an ignore is acceptable and when is it not?
There are few points about this in MGMAT SC guide. Although, you will get a good hold only by practice.

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