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abhishek.pati: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 83; Joined: Mon Apr 25, 2011 11:27 am; Thanked: 1 times

by abhishek.pati » Sun May 29, 2011 10:43 pm

Puritan fanatics brought to civil and military affairs a coolness of judgment and mutability of purpose that some writers have though inconsistent with their religious zeal, but which was in fact a natural outgrowth of it.

(A) but which was in fact a natural outgrowth of it
(B) but which were in fact a natural outgrowth of it
(C) but which were in fact natural outgrowths of it
(D) but it was in fact a natural outgrowth of them
(E) which was in fact a natural outgrowth of it

Can someone answer the above question......I am confused between B and C.

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by cans » Sun May 29, 2011 11:03 pm

IMO D
Can you provide OA.

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by itsmebharat » Sun May 29, 2011 11:39 pm

OA and explanation pls ..

I am not an Expert, please feel free to suggest if there is an error.

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by smackmartine » Mon May 30, 2011 12:49 am

IMO C
"coolness of judgment and mutability of purpose" is a plural subject, so the verb should be plural too. Only in option B and C "were" properly refers back to the plural subject "coolness of judgment and mutability of purpose"

In option B "outgrowth" is singular and cannot be used for plural noun "coolness of judgment and mutability of purpose". Instead we need plural noun "outgrowths" (means developments).

This can simply be written as "coolness of judgment and mutability of purpose WERE in fact natural outgrowths(developments)"

So , C

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by HSPA » Mon May 30, 2011 1:11 am

Kindly help me by pointing the antecedent for the word 'it' in option C..Even I went for C

smackmartine wrote:IMO C
"coolness of judgment and mutability of purpose" is a plural subject, so the verb should be plural too. Only in option B and C "were" properly refers back to the plural subject "coolness of judgment and mutability of purpose"

In option B "outgrowth" is singular and cannot be used for plural noun "coolness of judgment and mutability of purpose". Instead we need plural noun "outgrowths" (means developments).

This can simply be written as "coolness of judgment and mutability of purpose WERE in fact natural outgrowths(developments)"

So , C

First take: 640 (50M, 27V) - RC needs 300% improvement
Second take: coming soon..
Regards,
HSPA.

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by smackmartine » Mon May 30, 2011 2:17 am

Here antecedent for the word 'it' in option C is "religious zeal".

I would like an expert to explain the logical meaning of the whole sentence , because I do not want to confuse anyone.

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by sameerballani » Mon May 30, 2011 3:16 am

abhishek.pati wrote:Puritan fanatics brought to civil and military affairs a coolness of judgment and mutability of purpose that some writers have though inconsistent with their religious zeal, but which was in fact a natural outgrowth of it.

(A) but which was in fact a natural outgrowth of it
(B) but which were in fact a natural outgrowth of it
(C) but which were in fact natural outgrowths of it
(D) but it was in fact a natural outgrowth of them
(E) which was in fact a natural outgrowth of it
Changes the meaning. It modifies religious zeal but it should exactly modify/describe Plural a coolness of judgment and mutability of purpose

Can someone answer the above question......I am confused between B and C.

IMO C

a coolness of judgment and mutability of purpose that some writers have though inconsistent with their religious zeal, but which WERE(a coolness of judgment and mutability of purpose) in fact a natural outgrowth of IT(religious zeal).

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by abhishek.pati » Thu Jun 02, 2011 7:16 pm

OA is C....thanks for the explanation Guys....!!!

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