SC PROBLEM - Q1

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SC PROBLEM - Q1

by confuse mind » Mon Aug 13, 2012 7:56 pm
6) The Gamma Xi fraternity has accused the Delta Lamda fraternity of using dirty tricks by planting a spy on the Gamma Xi's rush committee and then used the information to sabotage the Gamma Xi's recruitment efforts.

(A) used the information to sabotage
(B) used the information they had obtained to sabotage
(C) of using the information they had obtained to sabotage
(D) using the information obtained to sabotage
(E) to have used the information obtained to sabotage
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IMO -D OA - C[/spoiler]
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by shekhar.kataria » Mon Aug 13, 2012 8:43 pm
IMO D too.

C cannot be the correct answer because they is improper pronoun for singular Fraternity. Even the sentence in the non underlined part says that the fraternity is singular."The Gamma Fraternity HAS"

Correct me if i am wrong...
confuse mind wrote:6) The Gamma Xi fraternity has accused the Delta Lamda fraternity of using dirty tricks by planting a spy on the Gamma Xi's rush committee and then used the information to sabotage the Gamma Xi's recruitment efforts.

(A) used the information to sabotage
(B) used the information they had obtained to sabotage
(C) of using the information they had obtained to sabotage
(D) using the information obtained to sabotage
(E) to have used the information obtained to sabotage
[spoiler]
IMO -D OA - C[/spoiler]
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