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SC1000 #652

by rs2010 » Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:14 pm
652. Since the movie was released seventeen UFOs have been sighted in the state, which is more than had been sighted in the past ten years together.
(A) which is more than had been sighted
(B) more than had been sighted
(C) more than they had sighted
(D) more than had reported sightings
(E) which is more than had reported sightings


OA B

I need explanation of OA.
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Re: SC1000 #652

by kiranlegend » Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:30 pm
hemantsood wrote:652. Since the movie was released seventeen UFOs have been sighted in the state, which is more than had been sighted in the past ten years together.
(A) which is more than had been sighted
(B) more than had been sighted
(C) more than they had sighted
(D) more than had reported sightings
(E) which is more than had reported sightings


OA B

I need explanation of OA.
clearly A and E are out because Which is referring to state.
C is out because UFOS needs to be sighted rather this option suggests that ufos aare sighting..

D is out because this needs to be in past pefect that is we are taking about the UFO sightings before the movie was released, so the correct choice is B. sorry i couldn't give proper explanation. someone, pls give better explanation:)
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by gmat740 » Wed Jun 17, 2009 4:46 am
I agree too,
OA is not at all convincing,

we can only arrive with the correct answer by eliminating the wrong ones
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Re: SC1000 #652

by madhur_ahuja » Wed Jun 17, 2009 6:11 am
hemantsood wrote:652. Since the movie was released seventeen UFOs have been sighted in the state, which is more than had been sighted in the past ten years together.
(A) which is more than had been sighted
(B) more than had been sighted
(C) more than they had sighted
(D) more than had reported sightings
(E) which is more than had reported sightings


OA B

I need explanation of OA.
which refers to a noun or a pronoun. In A and E, which is referring to state which is incorrect. Hence A and E are out.

Out of B, C and D.
they has no referent in C

Out of D and B, we can clearly choose B because
* D is awkward
* B gets preference due to parallelism (have been sighted ... had been sighted)
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