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by Chaitanya_1986 » Wed May 11, 2011 10:36 am
By the mid-seventeenth century, Amsterdam had built a new town hall so large that only St. Peter's in Rome, the Escorial in Spain, and the Palazza Ducale in Venice could rival it for scale or magnificence.
(A) could rival it for
(B) were the rivals of it in their
(C) were its rival as to
(D) could be its rivals in their
(E) were rivaling its

OA is[spoiler] A)[/spoiler]

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by atulmangal » Wed May 11, 2011 7:59 pm
Chaitanya_1986 wrote:By the mid-seventeenth century, Amsterdam had built a new town hall so large that only St. Peter's in Rome, the Escorial in Spain, and the Palazza Ducale in Venice could rival it for scale or magnificence.
(A) could rival it for
(B) were the rivals of it in their
(C) were its rival as to
(D) could be its rivals in their
(E) were rivaling its

OA is[spoiler] A)[/spoiler]

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Its a tough question, because its completely an idiom based question (i hate such question :evil:) I was down to Op A and Op E and finally picked Op E, but thats the wrong ans and its Op A :evil:

Check this link, Stacy's explained really well here:

https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/by- ... t3595.html
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by Chaitanya_1986 » Wed May 11, 2011 9:59 pm
Thanks Dude
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