1000SC: Qn:153

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Qn:153

At the time of the Mexican agrarian revolution, the most radical faction, that of Zapata and his followers, proposed a return to communal ownership of land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards.

(A) land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards
(B) land, a form of ownership of the pre-Columbians and respected by the Spaniards
(C) land, respected by the Spaniards and a pre-Columbian form of ownership
(D) land in which a pre-Columbian form of ownership was respected by the Spaniards
(E) land that had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards

Official Answer: A

posted by Ravanan at Tuesday, April 11, 2006

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Anonymous said...: Why not E? its sounds better; September 03, 2007 8:43 AM
sagar said...: I too feel that E is better choice than A. A doesn't sound proper; November 07, 2007 12:44 AM
Unknown said...: Choice D and E should be eliminated as later part of the sentence(about respect) should talk about ownership not about land...

C -changes the meaning hence should be eliminates

B - sentence talk about ownership of pre-Columbians not of land hence should be eliminated

Hence A is the best choice; January 28, 2008 10:54 PM
Lazybones said...: Why can't I consider 'E' this way:
...communal ownership of land that had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards; April 12, 2008 4:05 AM
nav said...: The underline information is not necessary for the completion of sentence hence 'that' is not required.
So E cannot be the answer.; May 17, 2008 7:03 AM
Anonymous said...: That is used in restrictive clauses, so E would mean only that piece of land which had pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards should be returned to communal ownership.

anil; October 09, 2008 7:05 AM
Anonymous said...: This sentence is a highly convulated form of a simple idiom.

Look at it this way:

..the most radical faction... proposed a return to communal ownership of land, to what had been a pre-columbian form of ownership ...

~ A
or put more simply -

"the most radical faction proposed X to what had been Y."
Here X is -return to comm. ownership
Y is pre-columbian form of ownrshp

(E) though looks grammatically correct but changes the meaning of the original sentence. Since we have to stick with the original meaning, it rules out E.
Answer is A; November 11, 2008 11:32 PM
Anonymous said...: I feel all choices except A try to modify the land rather than talking about the ownership. So we are left with only A which atleast doesnot break any rules.

-Toshivv; February 22, 2009 2:57 AM
Anonymous said...: IMO A ,
if we see only option A is giving parallel structure ot sentence.

"..proposed a return to communal ownership of land, to ...; January 29, 2010 7:42 AM
DataWizard said...: The answer is A and it is because:

.. proposed a return TO COMMUNAL OWNERSHIP of land, TO what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards.

only A talks about the real subject i.e. COMMUNAL OWNERSHIP of Land

E is talking about THE LAND as if it was a pre-Columbian form of ownership, which changes the meaning entirely

hope this will end the confusion.; January 30, 2010 7:01 AM

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