Solutions
Get detailed explanations to advanced GMAT questions.
Question
At an orientation meeting, the travelers were told that a visa, a landing card, and evidence of inoculation against typhoid fever would be needed by each of them.
Option A:
a visa, a landing card, and evidence of inoculation against typhoid fever would be needed by each of them
Option B:
they would need a visa, a landing card, and evidence of their being inoculated against typhoid fever
Option C:
they would need evidence of being inoculated against typhoid fever and a visa and landing card
Option D:
they would each need a visa, a landing card, and evidence of inoculation against typhoid fever
Option E:
they would need visas, landing cards, and evidence of inoculation against typhoid fever for each of them
Difficulty Level
MediumSolution
Option D is the correct answer.
Option Analysis
Concept tested: Meaning, Passive construction.
A) Passive construction.
B) Inappropriate usage of the word “being” thereby introducing a passive construction.
C) Same as B.
D) Correct Answer
E) Each person would need only ONE VISA and not multiple VISAs. Hence this option collapses the meaning of the sentence.
Related Questions
- In one state, all cities and most towns have antismoking ordinances. A petition entitled “Petition for Statewide Smoking Restriction” is…
- Many entomologists say that campaigns to eradicate the fire ant in the United States have failed because the chemicals that…
- In Teruvia, the quantity of rice produced per year is currently just large enough to satisfy domestic demand..
- According to a 1996 survey by the National Association of College and University Business Officers, more…
- Editorial in Krenlandian Newspaper: Krenland’s steelmakers are losing domestic sales because of lower-priced imports..