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by vaivish » Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:13 pm
599. Recently discovered fossil remains strongly suggest that the Australian egg-laying mammals of today are a branch of the main stem of mammalian evolution rather than developing independently from a common ancestor of mammals more than 220 million years ago.
(A) rather than developing independently from
(B) rather than a type that developed independently from
(C) rather than a type whose development was independent of
(D) instead of developing independently from
(E) instead of a development that was independent of


OA is B.
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by reachac » Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:48 am
IMO B

rather than is preffered over instead of

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by umaa » Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:56 pm
IMO B

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by pradeepsarathy » Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:16 pm
Why 'B' scores over 'A' ?

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by umaa » Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:26 pm
(B) rather than a type that developed independently from

What is developing independently?

in A, They've not mentioned it.

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