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rahulakacyrus: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 89; Joined: Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:24 am; Location: Indore, India; Thanked: 3 times

SC 1000 Q#49

by rahulakacyrus » Tue Feb 03, 2009 3:11 am

49. According to some economists, Japan is in danger of plunging into a depression that, with double-digit unemployment, could severely strain a society that regards lifetime employment as a virtual right of citizenship.
(A) that, with double-digit unemployment, could severely strain
(B) that, because of double-digit unemployment, could be a severe strain for
(C) with double-digit unemployment, and it could severely strain
(D) with double-digit unemployment and could be a severe strain
(E) with double-digit unemployment and could severely strain

OA: A

Can someone help me with the explaination?

Rahul Madan (Cyrus)

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Re: SC 1000 Q#49

by piyush_nitt » Tue Feb 03, 2009 3:58 am

rahulakacyrus wrote:49. According to some economists, Japan is in danger of plunging into a depression that, with double-digit unemployment, could severely strain a society that regards lifetime employment as a virtual right of citizenship.
(A) that, with double-digit unemployment, could severely strain
(B) that, because of double-digit unemployment, could be a severe strain for
(C) with double-digit unemployment, and it could severely strain
(D) with double-digit unemployment and could be a severe strain
(E) with double-digit unemployment and could severely strain

OA: A

Can someone help me with the explaination?

We need adverb to modify strain , therefore D , B OUT

It has no referent in C. OUT

We don't need and here . Hence A

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hitmewithgmat: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 189; Joined: Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:42 am; Thanked: 11 times; Followed by:1 members

A

by hitmewithgmat » Tue Feb 03, 2009 4:19 am

one more thing to add...

Depression is the one that COULD SEVERELY STRAIN, not Japan.

with double-digit employment-- it is just a filler.

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by 4meonly » Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:22 am

only A has exact menaning - other choises change the meaning

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by dimonya » Tue Feb 03, 2009 10:53 am

.. maybe it helps that im an economist but anyways...

1. i agree with hitmewithgmat

2. depression causes, unemployment is one of the implications of depression

,so C,D and E are out for obvious reasons

3. b suggests that depression IS (if it occurs) a strain, while we want to say that depression has a potential of straining (TO VARIOUS MAGNITUDES, DEPENDING ON SEVERITY OF DEPRESSION) A gets that message across..

Dmitri