1000 SC - No. 101

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1000 SC - No. 101

by saimails » Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:04 pm
Guys plz explain y the ans to this is A and not B.

101. Although the Supreme Court ruled as long ago as 1880 that Blacks could not be excluded outright from jury service, nearly a century of case-by-case adjudication has been necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be drawn from “a fair cross section of the community.”
(A) has been necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be
(B) was necessary for developing and enforcing the principle of all juries being
(C) was to be necessary in developing and enforcing the principle of all juries to be
(D) is necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be
(E) will be necessary for developing and enforcing the principle of all juries being
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by sunnychopra » Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:38 am
Hi,
What i believe is event which has occured in past is continuing in future. Here we can't use past tense 'was' because author is refering to present situation. use of 'Could' in the sentence can be seen as it is refering to current situation.
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Sunny

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