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mehaksal: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 122; Joined: Tue Jul 10, 2012 9:12 am; Thanked: 2 times; Followed by:8 members

B or D??

by mehaksal » Tue Aug 07, 2012 10:16 pm

According to the teachings of the Buddhist and Hindu religions, attaining nirvana is to enter a state of supreme liberation, leaving behind the desires that perpetuate the cycle of death and rebirth.

(A) attaining nirvana is to enter
(B) to attain nirvana is entering
(C) to attain nirvana is
(D) to attain nirvana is to enter
(E) attaining nirvana is to be entering

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by vk_vinayak » Tue Aug 07, 2012 11:01 pm

mehaksal wrote:According to the teachings of the Buddhist and Hindu religions, attaining nirvana is to enter a state of supreme liberation, leaving behind the desires that perpetuate the cycle of death and rebirth.

(A) attaining nirvana is to enter
(B) to attain nirvana is entering
(C) to attain nirvana is
(D) to attain nirvana is to enter
(E) attaining nirvana is to be entering

This question test parallelism. D should be the answer: to attain nirvana is to enter... Here 'to attain' is parallel to 'to enter'.

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by crisro » Wed Aug 08, 2012 7:49 am

IMO the correct answer is B.
Please post the OA.
Thank you.

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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Wed Aug 08, 2012 8:28 am

vk_vinayak wrote:
mehaksal wrote:According to the teachings of the Buddhist and Hindu religions, attaining nirvana is to enter a state of supreme liberation, leaving behind the desires that perpetuate the cycle of death and rebirth.

(A) attaining nirvana is to enter
(B) to attain nirvana is entering
(C) to attain nirvana is
(D) to attain nirvana is to enter
(E) attaining nirvana is to be entering
This question test parallelism. D should be the answer: to attain nirvana is to enter... Here 'to attain' is parallel to 'to enter'.

Exactly. Even if you did not pick up on that from the original sentence, the fact that all of the answer choices involve various combinations of infinitives and gerunds should be a big giveaway.