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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

Medium

Solution

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.


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