The black-and-white ruffed lemur is being bred

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The black-and-white ruffed lemur is being bred at the St. Louis Zoo and at zoos across the United States as part of a broader effort to prevent their extinction.

(A)The black-and-white ruffed lemur is being bred at the St. Louis Zoo and at zoos across the United States
(B)Black-and-white ruffed lemur were bred at the St. Louis Zoo and at other zoos across the United States
(C)Black-and-white ruffed lemurs are bred at the St. Louis Zoo and at zoos across the United States
(D)Black-and-white ruffed lemurs are being bred at the St. Louis Zoo and at other zoos across the United States
(E)The black-and-white ruffed lemurs has been bred at the St. Louis Zoo and at zoos across the United States

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by aditya8062 » Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:19 pm
kindly underline the sentences otherwise what happened to me can happen with anyone ---for initial 5 sec i thought its a critical reasoning question !!!

my take wud be D .i will put my reasoning if u confirm the answer

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by Lifetron » Wed Mar 20, 2013 9:27 pm
It should be D

When you say "St. Louis Zoo and at zoos across the United States", "zoos across the United States" already includes "St. Louis Zoo" ! So, "St. Louis Zoo" becomes redundant here. With this you can eliminate A C E

In B, "lemur were bred" SVA error.

Hence D !

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by guerrero » Wed Mar 20, 2013 11:01 pm
guerrero wrote:The black-and-white ruffed lemur is being bred at the St. Louis Zoo and at zoos across the United States as part of a broader effort to prevent their extinction.

(A)The black-and-white ruffed lemur is being bred at the St. Louis Zoo and at zoos across the United States
(B)Black-and-white ruffed lemur were bred at the St. Louis Zoo and at other zoos across the United States
(C)Black-and-white ruffed lemurs are bred at the St. Louis Zoo and at zoos across the United States
(D)Black-and-white ruffed lemurs are being bred at the St. Louis Zoo and at other zoos across the United States
(E)The black-and-white ruffed lemurs has been bred at the St. Louis Zoo and at zoos across the United States

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Aditya - Question is now edited properly with OA of course . Sorry about the confusion .

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