GMAT Question of the Day – Sentence Correction

By the time of Fidelio, it became clear that Beethoven’s dramatic and emotionally based composition had revolutionised the structure of classical music itself.

A) became clear
B) clarified
C) had clarified
D) had become clarified
E) had become clear

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  1. Abhinav says:

    E i guess..

  2. Jitendra says:

    The action ” to become clear” comes later in the chronological order, hence if we use the past perfect tense the “had” cannot come with “become clear”.

    I would go with answer choice ‘A’.

  3. Tarun Chandra says:

    e

  4. james says:

    I go with A

  5. rohit says:

    i think e. is correct.

  6. rishabh says:

    i thnk a

  7. Amit says:

    A for sure

  8. Amit says:

    The sentence says : by the time of “somebody” and then set off by comma, nothiing fits other than “it became clear”. Also here past perfect is used for revlotionised so the thing which occured later should in simple past tense only.

  9. usojorun says:

    Beethoven’s dramatic and emotionally based composition had revolutionised the structure of classical music itself happened before fidelio which indicates that an event happened prior to fidelio so it should be “it had become clear”.

    E

  10. Basant says:

    i think E

  11. Sapan says:

    E – Past Perfect
    The sentence contains two action – first, Beethoven’s composition becoming clear and second, fidelio

  12. Abhimanyu says:

    A
    Clarification came at the time of fidelio.But Beethoven’s composition had already revolutionised the world of classical music much before that.

    Chronology is clear i guess.

  13. Alex says:

    e. Check OG 11 for clarification.

  14. yash says:

    I would go with E between A and E. The reason being, the tense for Fidelio is already in the past. Hence “By the time of” is again previous to Fidelio. Hence this would require a past participle.. E does a neat job in fitting into the answer.

  15. Nishesh says:

    Ans is C

    E is tempting but it is making the sentense more passive.

  16. NIKESH says:

    it shud be A.

    E is tempting.

    By the time of x, it became clear that y had happened.

  17. Silvia says:

    A
    Admin, pls, the answer

  18. Saurabh Malhotra says:

    E

  19. mohanraj says:

    my choise is A……………

  20. pritish says:

    Well Guys my simple explanation is that “HAD” is already been used in the sentence non-underlined part hence again “HAD” will not work.
    C,D,E wrong
    Another reason why not HAD “By the time of Fidelio,it” this line happened after the music was composed then how do you plan to use the “HAD”

    Lets see A and B the “it” lets do refer it is used for composition,music or something which can’t clarify it’s self B is out

    IMO A

  21. mani kant says:

    a

  22. pritish says:

    What is the OA

  23. Jim Sands says:

    E is the answer. What is the OA?

  24. Rohit says:

    Administrator please provide the answer

  25. Vivek says:

    Its A

  26. kingfisher says:

    A

  27. ismitevijay says:

    E:

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