GMAT Question of the Day : Sentence Correction

Because paper of all kinds is the biggest single component of municipal trash, many municipalities have tried recycling to reduce the cost of trash disposal.

(A) Because paper of all kinds is the biggest single component of municipal trash, many municipalities have tried recycling to reduce the cost of trash disposal.
(B) Because paper of all kinds is the biggest single component in municipal trash, many
municipalities tried to recycle so that the cost of trash disposal is reduced.
(C) Because paper of all kinds are the biggest single components in municipal trash, many
municipalities have tried to recycle to reduce the cost of trash disposal.
(D) All kinds of paper are the biggest single components of municipal trash, and so many
municipalities have tried recycling to reduce the cost of trash disposal.
(E) All kinds of paper is the biggest single component of municipal trash, so many municipalities
have tried to recycle so that the cost of trash disposal could be reduced.

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  1. V Pat says:

    (A) Because paper of all kinds is the biggest single component of municipal trash, many municipalities have tried recycling to reduce the cost of trash disposal.

  2. Arun says:

    A

    because D says -All kinds of paper ARE the biggest single components

    the verb shd be is

  3. bluesclues9 says:

    A

  4. saurabh008 says:

    a

  5. Sameer says:

    A is the answer

  6. Moloy says:

    Ans A,not C as paper is singular so are not correct,Because paper of all kinds … means all types of refuse not different kinds of paper as a refuse so A,B,C,and perfect makes sense.

  7. Anish Nair says:

    # D

  8. SevenHundPlus says:

    A it is, paper is collective noun and is singular and also the biggest superlative takes singular verb. What is the official answer?

  9. dp says:

    option A

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