GMAT Question of the Day : Sentence Correction

A huge flying reptile that died out with the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago, the Quetzalcoatlus had a wingspan of 36 feet, believed to be the largest flying creature the world has ever seen.
(A) believed to be
(B) and that is believed to be
(C) and it is believed to have been
(D) which was, it is [...]

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Written by Take GMAT Team on July 28th, 2009 with 21 comments.
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A huge flying reptile that died out with the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago, the Quetzalcoatlus had a wingspan of 36 feet, believed to be the largest flying creature the world has ever seen.

(A) believed to be
(B) and that is believed to be
(C) and it is believed to have been
(D) which was, it is believed,
(E) which is believed to be

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Krishna Mohan
#1. June 22nd, 2006, at 5:08 AM.

My choice is C. What is the Original answer.

Take GMAT Team
#2. June 22nd, 2006, at 5:19 AM.

Dear Krishna Mohan,
Thanks for your participation, please read it for our answer.

http://www.takegmat.com/index.php/correct-answer-with-explanation/

schinni
#3. June 22nd, 2006, at 6:35 AM.

Ans: C

abhishek
#4. June 22nd, 2006, at 12:48 PM.

C .

V Pat
#5. June 22nd, 2006, at 6:58 PM.

JR
#6. June 24th, 2006, at 5:46 PM.

Ans: A believed to be

Take GMAT Team
#7. June 25th, 2006, at 8:23 PM.

correct answer is C.

Lavakumar
#8. June 29th, 2006, at 4:34 PM.

Ans: C

nidhi soni
#9. June 22nd, 2007, at 1:28 AM.

tkae gmat can u explainthe answer pzz

Dharm
#10. June 30th, 2009, at 3:13 PM.

Option C

Binita
#11. June 30th, 2009, at 6:52 PM.

abhishek
#12. June 30th, 2009, at 8:48 PM.

ioric18
#13. July 1st, 2009, at 5:08 AM.

Reasons why others are incorrect:
(A) believed to be
A huge flying reptile…..believed to be
This reptile couldn’t possibly believes, unless it is as smart as a human!
(B) and that is believed to be
‘…to be’ is referring to present beliefs, which is not true since the reptile had existed before I was born!.
The word ‘that’ is anonymouns.
(D) which was, it is believed,
Unnecessary passive usage
(E) which is believed to be
Same reason as (B)

Manvir Singh
#14. July 3rd, 2009, at 8:56 AM.