paes wrote:The concert having been finished and the audience having filtered out, the maestro relaxed in the dressing room with the impresario.

A. The concert having been finished and the audience having filtered out, the maestro relaxed in the dressing room with the impresario.

B. Because the maestro had finished the concert and because the audience had been filtered out, he relaxed in the dressing room with the impresario.

C. Since the concert had been finished and the audience had filtered out, the maestro relaxed in the dressing room with the impresario.

D. Since the concert had finished and the audience had filtered out, the maestro had relaxed in the dressing room with the impresario.

E. The concert having been finished and the audience having filtered out, the maestro had relaxed in the dressing room with the impresario.

[spoiler]OA after some discussion. Please explain your answer.
I can eliminate D, E easily.[/spoiler]

vscid wrote:in B the referent for 'he' is ambiguous.

paes wrote:The concert having been finished and the audience having filtered out, the maestro relaxed in the dressing room with the impresario.

A. The concert having been finished and the audience havingfiltered out, the maestro relaxed in the dressing room with the impresario. - having indicates present perfect tense, however the action is already over, i.e. concert is already finished and the audience has already filtered out. therefore we cannot use present perfect tense here.

B. Because the maestro had finished the concert and because the audience had been filtered out, he relaxed in the dressing room with the impresario. - He/She should refer to a noun on GMAT

C. Since the concert had been finished and the audience had filtered out, the maestro relaxed in the dressing room with the impresario.

D. Since the concert had finished and the audience had filtered out, the maestro had relaxed in the dressing room with the impresario. - to use had, i.e. past perfect tense, there should be two completed actions, one having being completed before the other. Therefore we cannot use the third had here

E. The concert having been finished and the audience having filtered out, the maestro had relaxed in the dressing room with the impresario. - Same as A

Therefore, Answer C

[spoiler]OA after some discussion. Please explain your answer.
I can eliminate D, E easily.[/spoiler]

mohit11 wrote:

paes wrote:The concert having been finished and the audience having filtered out, the maestro relaxed in the dressing room with the impresario.

A. The concert having been finished and the audience havingfiltered out, the maestro relaxed in the dressing room with the impresario. - having indicates present perfect tense, however the action is already over, i.e. concert is already finished and the audience has already filtered out. therefore we cannot use present perfect tense here.

B. Because the maestro had finished the concert and because the audience had been filtered out, he relaxed in the dressing room with the impresario. - He/She should refer to a noun on GMAT

C. Since the concert had been finished and the audience had filtered out, the maestro relaxed in the dressing room with the impresario.

D. Since the concert had finished and the audience had filtered out, the maestro had relaxed in the dressing room with the impresario. - to use had, i.e. past perfect tense, there should be two completed actions, one having being completed before the other. Therefore we cannot use the third had here

E. The concert having been finished and the audience having filtered out, the maestro had relaxed in the dressing room with the impresario. - Same as A

Therefore, Answer C

[spoiler]OA after some discussion. Please explain your answer.
I can eliminate D, E easily.[/spoiler]

martin.jonson007 wrote:IMO C

but 1 doubt ->

C. Since the concert had been finished and the audience had filtered out, the maestro relaxed in the dressing room with the impresario.

WHY NOT BOTH HAD BEEN IN PLACE OF ONE 'HAD BEEN' AND ONE 'HAD' ?

paes wrote:Thanks Mohit, but you have not answered to my doubts.

I selected B over C because of following reasons.

1.
C says : Since the concert had been finished ...
from here it is not clear that 'who finished the concert'
while from B, clearly : the maestro had finished the concert

2. The usage of 'he' is clear in B. He can not refer to audience, it can refer only to maestro .
Also pronoun ambiguity is not a must rule.

3. Because the maestro ..... and because the audience : making parallelism
4. because is generally preferred to since.

martin.jonson007 wrote:IMO C

but 1 doubt ->

C. Since the concert had been finished and the audience had filtered out, the maestro relaxed in the dressing room with the impresario.

WHY NOT BOTH HAD BEEN IN PLACE OF ONE 'HAD BEEN' AND ONE 'HAD' ?

rockeyb wrote:

paes wrote:Thanks Mohit, but you have not answered to my doubts.

I selected B over C because of following reasons.

1.
C says : Since the concert had been finished ...
from here it is not clear that 'who finished the concert'
while from B, clearly : the maestro had finished the concert

2. The usage of 'he' is clear in B. He can not refer to audience, it can refer only to maestro .
Also pronoun ambiguity is not a must rule.

3. Because the maestro ..... and because the audience : making parallelism
4. because is generally preferred to since.

Mothit is right . B has pronoun error and HE although referring to MAESTRO , MAESTRO is not a noun here its used as an ADJECTIVE for a person who plays music and hence use of pronoun to refer to an ADJECTIVE is not proper .