Choice A can be eliminated because of awkwardness.
Choice B is awkward because "exonerated with freedom" doesn't make sense. Also, 'was to be' seems like his exoneration was predictable before his imprisonment, which is doubtful.
Choice D isn't parallel.
Choice E is wordy.

hetavdave wrote:315. Framed by traitorous colleagues, Alfred Dreyfus was imprisoned for twelve years before there was exoneration and his freedom.

(A) there was exoneration and his freedom
(B) he was to be exonerated with freedom
(C) being exonerated and freed
(D) exoneration and his freedom
(E) being freed, having been exonerated

OA - C

I thought use of being is almost always wrong. can anyone please explain the proper use of "being" in a sentence

Framed by traitorous colleagues...modifies Dreyfus then the sentence is in passive voice and here is where being is used correctly.
A) out "there was"
B) out "was to be"
C) ok
D) out "exoneration and his freedom"
E) 2 verbs with differents times
None of the answers make sense except for C.

Being is less preferable in GMAT. However you shouldn't eliminate the option looking at it.

This was sent to me by one of my friends when I asked him "when to choose passive voice ? "

Hope this helps.

Framed by traitorous colleagues, Alfred Dreyfus was imprisoned for twelve years before there was exoneration and his freedom.

being is correct here

Answer is C

Plz tell me what is wrong in answer choice B.
I don't think that anything is wrong with "to be". "WITH FREEDOM" is acting as an adverb modifying verb-exonerated.

Please correct me.

agganitk wrote:Plz tell me what is wrong in answer choice B.
I don't think that anything is wrong with "to be". "WITH FREEDOM" is acting as an adverb modifying verb-exonerated.

Please correct me.

"Exonerated with freedom" changes the meaning. On this count itself, option (B) can be rejected. The original sentence says that Alfred Dreyfus was exonerated and later freed. Also, passive sense makes this choice an even stronger candidate for rejection. Hope this helps.

let's rephrase the sentence in simple words

Original sentence - ABC was imprisoned before there was exoneration and his freedom
We need something like - ABC was imprisoned before exonerated and freed

A is wrong because ABC is noun and 'his' is possessive noun, which does not go properly with ABC
B is wrong because of the redundancy. 'was' and 'to be' have the same meaning. Using only 'was' can also suffice here.
D is wrong because it is not in the tense as we needed
E is wrong because it is very awkward and wordy.

This leaves us only with C. Though, GMAT doesn't like 'being' in OG 12 few questions are with 'being'. So we can't just eliminate because of word being

hetavdave wrote:315. Framed by traitorous colleagues, Alfred Dreyfus was imprisoned for twelve years before there was exoneration and his freedom.

(A) there was exoneration and his freedom
(B) he was to be exonerated with freedom
(C) being exonerated and freed
(D) exoneration and his freedom
(E) being freed, having been exonerated

OA - C

I thought use of being is almost always wrong. can anyone please explain the proper use of "being" in a sentence