Before its independence in 1947, Britain ruled India as a colony and they would relinquish power only after a long struggle by the native people.
Before its independence in 1947, Britain ruled India as a colony and they would relinquish power
Before independence in 1947, Britain had ruled India as a colony and relinquished power
Before its independence in 1947, India was ruled by Britain as a colony and they relinquished power
Before independence in 1947, India had been ruled as a colony by Britain, which relinquished power
Before independence in 1947, India had been a colony of the British, who relinquished power
first 2/3 split b/w its independence and independence
there is NO proper anticedent for its so left with option B,D and E
second split
in B improper comparision b/w participle and simple past
third split B/w D and E
I googled and found OE by Ron saying "ruled as a colony" is unclear.
https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/bri ... t2008.html
OA says E , my query , how "who" can used for "British" representing a country though it should be used for person
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In the OA, the British means THE BRITISH PEOPLE.vipulgoyal wrote:my query , how "who" can used for "British" representing a country though it should be used for person
Hence, who can serve to refer to the British.
Analogous constructions:
governed by the French means governed by THE FRENCH PEOPLE.
conquered by the Spanish means conquered by THE SPANISH PEOPLE.
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Hi vipulgoyal,
GMAT SCs often involve a variety of grammar rules (usually 2-4) to consider when evaluating the answer choices. The good news is that you don't need to know all of the rules to get the question correct. I approached this SC with the following rules:
1) Modificaiton - The opening phrase "before (its) independence in 1947," describes India, not Britain, so "India" must follow the comma. Eliminate A and B.
2) Verbs - The sentence refers to two past events: independence in 1947 and the rule/colony before that time. With two past events, we need the verb "had." Eliminate C.
3) Style/Redundancy - The first part of the sentence establishes that India became independent in 1947, which implies that it was NOT independent before that time. The phrase "had been RULED as a colony by Britain" is redundant. Redundant language is rarely correct (unless it's part of a comparison or parallelism rule). Eliminate D.
As such, I didn't have to think about the pronoun at all.
Final Answer: E
GMAT SCs often involve a variety of grammar rules (usually 2-4) to consider when evaluating the answer choices. The good news is that you don't need to know all of the rules to get the question correct. I approached this SC with the following rules:
1) Modificaiton - The opening phrase "before (its) independence in 1947," describes India, not Britain, so "India" must follow the comma. Eliminate A and B.
2) Verbs - The sentence refers to two past events: independence in 1947 and the rule/colony before that time. With two past events, we need the verb "had." Eliminate C.
3) Style/Redundancy - The first part of the sentence establishes that India became independent in 1947, which implies that it was NOT independent before that time. The phrase "had been RULED as a colony by Britain" is redundant. Redundant language is rarely correct (unless it's part of a comparison or parallelism rule). Eliminate D.
As such, I didn't have to think about the pronoun at all.
Final Answer: E
