I Cink anCer is C

reply2spg wrote:This is undoubtedly C

This is clearly ||ism question.

what three things are ||el here?

commissioned several life-size fiberglass cow statues, had them decorated by local artists, and set them up on the streets of Zurich

Is had correct in C? definitely. After seeing 'had' in SC sentence we always think that it is past perfect and we need some action first and then other action.

Though this is correct, we can use 'had' as the simple past tense of verb 'to have'. Here 'had' is nothing but the past tense of 'to have'

geet wrote:In an attempt to attract more tourists, the Swiss government commissioned several life-size fiberglass cow statues, having them decorated by local artists, and set them up on the streets of Zurich.

A. the Swiss government commissioned several life-size fiberglass cow statues, having them decorated by local artists, and
B. the Swiss government commissioned several life-size fiberglass cow statues, they were decorated by local artists, and then
C. the Swiss government commissioned several life-size fiberglass cow statues, had them decorated by local artists, and
D. several life-size fiberglass cow statues were commissioned by the Swiss government, decorated by local artists, and then
E. several life-size fiberglass cow statues, commissioned by the Swiss government, were decorated by local artists, and they

OA is C.
but your interpretation looks incorrect.
The 3 things are not in parallel.
But the last 2 things are modifying to the first one.

But I am not able to justify the usage of 'had' in C.

In an attempt to attract more tourists, the Swiss government commissioned several life-size fiberglass cow statues, having them decorated by local artists, and set them up on the streets of Zurich.

A. the Swiss government commissioned several life-size fiberglass cow statues, having them decorated by local artists, and
B. the Swiss government commissioned several life-size fiberglass cow statues, they were decorated by local artists, and then
C. the Swiss government commissioned several life-size fiberglass cow statues, had them decorated by local artists, and
D. several life-size fiberglass cow statues were commissioned by the Swiss government, decorated by local artists, and then
E. several life-size fiberglass cow statues, commissioned by the Swiss government, were decorated by local artists, and they

D and E incorrectly place the statues next to the modifier in an attempt to attract tourists. It was the Swiss government that performed the actions of the sentence in an attempt to attract tourists. Eliminate D and E.

The verb set is not underlined, so all the actions of the government have to be parallel with this verb. Only C offers the parallel verbs commissioned, had and set. Eliminate A and B.

The correct answer is C.

Please note that the verb to have has many uses and meanings. The perfect tenses are only one use of the verb to have. Had them decorated is just simple past tense. In this construction, the meaning of the verb to have is to cause to happen by command. Had them decorated means that the government caused them to be decorated by ordering someone to decorate them.

GMATGuruNY wrote:
Please note that the verb to have has many uses and meanings. The perfect tenses are only one use of the verb to have. Had them decorated is just simple past tense. In this construction, the meaning of the verb to have is to cause to happen by command. Had them decorated means that the government caused them to be decorated by ordering someone to decorate them.

thanx for the most important takeaway of the problem....

Thanks Guru .

thanks reply2spg, your interpretation was correct as conformed by GURU also.

In an attempt to attract more tourists, the Swiss government commissioned several life-size fiberglass cow statues, having them decorated by local artists, and set them up on the streets of Zurich.

A. the Swiss government commissioned several life-size fiberglass cow statues, having them decorated by local artists, and
B. the Swiss government commissioned several life-size fiberglass cow statues, they were decorated by local artists, and then
C. the Swiss government commissioned several life-size fiberglass cow statues, had them decorated by local artists, and
D. several life-size fiberglass cow statues were commissioned by the Swiss government, decorated by local artists, and then
E. several life-size fiberglass cow statues, commissioned by the Swiss government, were decorated by local artists, and they

i agree C is the answer.
i want to know- about B... isn't it RUN-On sentence.!! thanks..!!