Lawn-Mowing

[rohit9359]

Q. It appears illogical to some people that West Germany, which bans such seeming lesser evils as lawn-mowing on Sundays, still has some 4,000 miles of highway with no speed limit.
(A) which bans such seeming lesser evils as ---
(B) which bans such seemingly lesser evils as
(C) which is banning such seeming lesser evils like
(D) banning such evils that seem lesser, for example
(E) banning such seeming lesser evils like

The OA is [spoiler](B)[/spoiler]. Any explanation? I am confused between [spoiler]A & B[/spoiler].

[hitmewithgmat]

A) which bans such seeming lesser evils as ---
(B) which bans such seemingly lesser evils as


seemingly -adverb
lesser- adjective
evils- noun

adverb adjective noun is in order.

adverb modifies adjective
adjective modifies noun
adjective cannot modifie another adjective.
therefore B is the answer

[bmlaud]

B, same explanation as above.