GMAT Question of the Day - Sentence Correction

His studies of ice-polished rocks in his Alpine home and, far outside the range of present-day glaciers, led Louis Agassiz in 1837 to propose the concept of an age in which great ice sheets had existed in now currently temperate areas.

(A) in which great ice sheets had existed in now currently temperate areas

(B) in which great ice sheets existed in what are now temperate areas

(D) when great ice sheets had existed in current temperate areas

(E) hen great ice sheets existed in areas now that are temperate

Written by yaggarwal on October 12th, 2008 with 15 comments.
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Sandeep
#1. October 14th, 2007, at 2:36 PM.

B it is…

Reasons:
1) tense — had existed is not warranted- rules out A and D
2) tense—were in C is not required — rules out C
3) restrictive clause- areas now that are temperate is wrong..now in b/w is a spoilsport…

srikar
#2. October 14th, 2007, at 6:24 PM.

B for sure

Ankur Chawla
#3. October 15th, 2007, at 12:10 AM.

Ans is B

We can remove A and D , reason - HAD

We can remove C cos of were

Now in between B and E, we can remove E cos os Idiom problem it shhould be “are now” not “now are”

Hence ans is B

nav
#4. October 15th, 2007, at 8:23 AM.

between B and E… I’ll prefer E.
bcz.. for ” ..concept of age” When should be used and not which.

Basant
#5. October 12th, 2008, at 2:43 PM.

I think it should be E..
reason… the sentence refers to age.. so ‘ when’ is obvious to come.. now past tense will come in place of past perfect.. hence we are left with option E and C… construction of C is awkward and wordy..
that leaves us to option E..

prashant
#6. October 12th, 2008, at 4:52 PM.

answer is “B”

Ken
#7. October 13th, 2008, at 8:59 AM.

Go for B

Som
#8. October 13th, 2008, at 9:58 AM.

kapil
#9. October 13th, 2008, at 11:00 AM.

Kanishk
#10. October 13th, 2008, at 1:52 PM.

Manisha
#11. October 13th, 2008, at 5:16 PM.

i go with E

“When” is used for Time period and it is appropriate to use here for “age”

Joy
#12. October 13th, 2008, at 6:18 PM.

One mote vote for E …

Dhapore Shankh
#13. October 14th, 2008, at 2:35 AM.

B is the answer.

Eliminate had’s. Eliminate “now currently” - redundant.

Time uses when. We are talking about “Age”. For Age, Era, we can use in-which.

A - had/ now currently - discard
C - area now temperate should be areas that are now temperate.
D - had
E - when great ice sheets existed in areas now that are temperate - sounds as if - ice sheets existed in areas now(as in today).

Deepshikha
#14. October 14th, 2008, at 9:58 PM.

Answer “B”
becoz we do live”in an age”
so an age “in which”

Ramz
#15. October 15th, 2008, at 12:02 PM.

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