41. only one percent of Americans born before 1905 had suffered major depression

41. According to a study published by Dr. Myrna Weissman, only one percent of Americans born before 1905 had suffered major depression by the age of seventy-five; of those born since 1955, six percent had become depressed by age twenty-four.

(A) only one percent of Americans born before 1905 had suffered major depression by the age of seventy-five; of those born since 1955, six percent had become depressed by age twenty-four

(B) only one percent of Americans born before 1905 suffer major depression by the age of seventy-five; if they are born since 1955, six percent become depressed by age twenty-four

(C) of Americans born before 1905, only one percent of them have suffered major depression by age seventy-five, but six percent of those born since 1955 do by the age of twenty-four

(D) major depression is suffered by the age of seventy-five by only one percent of Americans born before 1905, and by age twenty-four by the six percent born since 1955

(E) Americans born before 1905 suffer major depression by the age of seventy-five only one percent of the time, but six percent of those born since 1955 did so by age twenty-four

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  1. Nandish says:

    A

  2. Kimberly says:

    A

  3. Raghu says:

    A is the answer

  4. Binita says:

    Answer is “A”.

  5. Manvir says:

    I am totally confused
    Can someone describe??

    Regards
    Manvir Singh

  6. Vineet Das says:

    Manvir, the people become depressed before they reach 75 or 24. This means perfect past tense needs to be used. “Had” symbolizes perfect past tense and as A is the only choice using it, it is the best choice.

  7. Syed Ahsan says:

    A is perfect and so is Vinnet’s explanation.

  8. Kofi says:

    A…

  9. Sunil says:

    Non other better than A

  10. Abhinav Kumar says:

    A is the answer

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