PR Test CAT 3 - SC

[mmslf75]

OA B whynot E
Just three years ago, the lute, a stringed instrument invented in the tenth century, has experienced a rapid rise in popularity due to renewed interest in acoustic music.



a has experienced a rapid rise in popularity



b experienced a rapid rise in popularity



c has experienced what was a rapid rise in popularity



d the popularity of which experienced a rapid rise



e had experienced a rapid rise in popularity

[fibbonnaci]

It can definitely not be E coz of the past perfect indicator word- 'HAD'

we use past perfect tense when there are 2 events occuring in the past. One event occurs before the other and the earlier event will take past perfect and the later event will take simple past.

Here there are no 2 events at all.
just one past event- lute experienced a rapid rise in popularity due to some reason.

' a stringed instrument invented in the tenth century' is an appositive. ie it provides further information about the instrument lute. this is not an event.

only B satisfies the parameters.

[mehravikas]

Hey mmslf75,

I hope this clears your doubt on the usage of "had". IMO for the above sentence we don't need past perfect, past tense is sufficient to indicate an event that occurred in the past.


IMO - I have an example, please tell me whether its correct or not.

Six months ago, when I first appeared for GMAT, I had a tough time on verbal section. - is correct
Six months ago, after loads of hard work, I experienced a steep rise on my quantitative section score - is correct


Message from Ron -

Here is the link - https://www.beatthegmat.com/though-he-ha ... 43694.html

i feel your pain here, because you're confusing two completely different uses of the word "had".

one use of "had" is the PAST TENSE of the infinitive "TO HAVE". (let's call this "had1")
this is like other past tenses, such as "was", "chose", "ran", "threw".

another is the PAST PARTICIPLE of the infinitive "TO HAVE". (let's call this "had2")
this is like other past participles, such as "been", "chosen", "run", "thrown".

the other is as a HELPING VERB that appears in the PAST PERFECT. (let's call this "had3")

here's how "to have" is conjugated:
present: he has the flu.
past: he had the flu. (this is had1)
past perfect: he had had the flu. (this is had3 had2)

analogy: some other random verb, such as "to choose"
present: he chooses the steak entree.
past: he chose the steak entree.
past perfect: he had chosen the steak entree. (this is had3)

the difficulty here lies in not confusing the different "had"s.

[girish3131]

why not A ?

may be author meant to say that experience is still going on...

[mehravikas]

A uses "has" but we are talking about an event that happened in the past so "has" is not appropriate

why not A ?

may be author meant to say that experience is still going on...