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by chaitanya.mehrotra » Thu Aug 11, 2011 10:58 am
Scientists have recently received permission to research
embryonic stem cells, derived from blastocysts or early-
stage embryos, which they believe to be capable of
generating new cell growth and curing previously incurable
ailments.

A which they believe to be capable
B which they believe are capable
C which they believe will be capable
D believed as capable
E believed to be capable

OA after some discussion
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by Chaitanya_1986 » Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:22 am
Scientists have recently received permission to research
embryonic stem cells, derived from blastocysts or early-
stage embryos, which they believe to be capable of
generating new cell growth and curing previously incurable
ailments.

A which they believe to be capable
B which they believe are capable
C which they believe will be capable
D believed as capable
E believed to be capable

Which is wrong here because here which is referring to Embryos rather than stem cells.
So, A,B,C are wrong.

Believe to be is correct usage SO E is correct

OA pls?
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by patanjali.purpose » Thu Aug 11, 2011 12:26 pm
chaitanya.mehrotra wrote:Scientists have recently received permission to research
embryonic stem cells, derived from blastocysts or early-
stage embryos, which they believe to be capable of
generating new cell growth and curing previously incurable
ailments.

A which they believe to be capable
B which they believe are capable
C which they believe will be capable
D believed as capable
E believed to be capable

OA after some discussion
IMO C. Sentence requires the use of future tense as stem cells are not yet developed. E implies scientists believe stem cells are capable of generating...

Moreover, we get a feeling that 'which' refers to embroys but phrase within comma cannot be placed anywhere else. Also, 'past participle' after comma (in most cases) refers to noun immediately before itself and therefore from that perspective all options are same

IMO C
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by missionGMATverbal » Thu Aug 11, 2011 3:27 pm
I think it is B. I agree with pataljali.purpose that this is a thing which is not proven yet...but in that case we use "would". Here i think this meaning is conveyed using "they believe are capable".

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by phanideepak » Thu Aug 11, 2011 7:11 pm
Believe to be is the correct idiom and judging from the sentence the modifier should modify stem cells rather than embryos So A,B,C wrong.

The answer should be E
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by ColumbiaVC » Thu Aug 11, 2011 8:27 pm
E
I second you Phanideepak!
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by mundasingh123 » Fri Aug 12, 2011 12:03 am
All Ab and C are out because the which clause modifies the noun immediately before it
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by aspirant2011 » Fri Aug 12, 2011 3:46 am
I would also go with option E...........I think which they believe is wrong because it sounds uncertainity & latter part of the sentence capable also sounds uncertainity, but in E usage of believed is correct........
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by saketk » Fri Aug 12, 2011 9:11 am
IMO E.
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by crick » Fri Aug 12, 2011 7:21 pm
I will go with E.
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