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SUPREME COURT

by pappueshwar » Wed Mar 07, 2012 9:56 am
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."

OA IS A

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

Y IS D INCORRECT?

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by GmatKiss » Wed Mar 07, 2012 11:57 am
pappueshwar wrote: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."

OA IS A

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

Y IS D INCORRECT? is!! - Future!

Not convinced with A for "has been". Replacing "has been" with "was" would sound much better. Please discuss.

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by sam2304 » Thu Mar 08, 2012 2:17 am
B/C/E - principle of - wrong
B/E - 'being' - avoid being whenever there are

Between A/D - it took a hundred years starting then till now. So present perfect tense is fine here.

IMO A.

If we understand the meaning at the beginning itself then we can eliminate all other options directly and choose A with the tense alone.
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