gmatjem wrote:Attack this question in 2 ways

1)As ket explained, compare apples to apples.

2) Chicago is a state, so we can't use anything except "where".

what's OA ?

nervesofsteel wrote:IMO A

because where is used for place..
and whose is used for humans...

sanjib wrote:Chicago, where industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than any other American city, was plagued by labor troubles like the Pullman Strikes of 1894.
(A) where industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than any other American city
(B) which had industrial growth in the nineteenth century more rapid than that of other American cities
(C) which had growth industrially more rapid than any other American city in the nineteenth century
(D) whose industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than any other American city
(E) whose industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than that of any other American city

Pls focus some view on B. It mentions two actions happened previously.

California4jx wrote:

sanjib wrote:Chicago, where industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than any other American city, was plagued by labor troubles like the Pullman Strikes of 1894.
(A) where industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than any other American city
(B) which had industrial growth in the nineteenth century more rapid than that of other American cities
(C) which had growth industrially more rapid than any other American city in the nineteenth century
(D) whose industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than any other American city
(E) whose industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than that of any other American city

Pls focus some view on B. It mentions two actions happened previously.

Correct answer is E.

Its a comparison question .. industrial growth in Chicago is compared with the industrial growth in other cities of America ... [E] exactly does that while others compare growth with cities.