Although she had been known as an effective legislator first in the Texas Senate and later in the United States House of Representatives, not until Barbara Jordan’s participation in the hearings on the impeachment of President Richard Nixon in 1974 was she made a nationally recognized figure, as it was televised nationwide.

(A) later in the United States House of Representatives, not until Barbara Jordan’s participation in the hearings on the impeachment of President Richard Nixon in 1974 was she made a nationally recognized figure, as it was
(B) later in the United States House of Representatives, Barbara Jordan did not become a nationally recognized figure until 1974, when she participated in the hearings on the impeachment of President Richard Nixon, which were
(C) later in the Untied States House of Representatives, it was not until 1974 that Barbara Jordan became a nationally recognized figure, with her participation in the hearings on the impeachment of President Richard Nixon, which was
(D) then also later in the United States House of Representatives, not until 1974 did Barbara Jordan become a nationally recognized figure, as she participated in the hearings on the impeachment of President Richard Nixon, being
(E) then also later in the United States House of Representatives, Barbara Jordan did not become a nationally recognized figure until 1974, when she participated in the hearings on the impeachment of President Richard Nixon, which was

Thanks, You are right, B!

I'm wondering why "NOT UNTIL" as in C is not the right answer... Anything remarkable about this idiom, or it's just the problem with the context that "not until" doesn't fit in?

Bis fine, but in C the part staring with ..... with... a bit meaningless.

"Although she had been known as an effective legislator first in the Texas Senate and later in the United States House of Representatives" This modifier should refer to "Barbara Jordan" and therefore "Barbara Jordan" should immediately follow. Therefore A, C and E out. Between B and D, D was is incorrectly referring to hearings. so left with B

I searched for this in another forum and here's a different version:

Although she had been known as an effective legislator first in the Texas Senate and later in the United States House of Representatives, not until Barbara Jordan's participation in the hearings on the impeachment of President Richard Nixon in 1974 was she made a nationally recognized figure, as it was televised nationwide.

This version made more sense to me because the underlining fits properly. Can anyone confirm that this is the correct version?

Exceptions to the Touch Rule
1) A mission-critical modifier falls between:

Right : He had a way OF DODGING OPPONENTS THAT IMPRESSED THE SCOUTS.

Went with option B. Learnt quite a bit on this thread
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All - Many thanks for the explanation.

OA and its reasoning is very clear..... i would throw light on spotting error as fast as possible..

1) when confronted with lenthy sentences, split of answers is advisable because it takes time to fix up different dynamics of the lenthy sentences, so with first look itself discard last two options which include then also later.

2) with the leftovers, compare difference parts of the among themselves only without referring to sentence , it will give help you in spotting atleast one or two errors in the given choices which will give you last two choices.

3) now , you can compare two choices and take decision accordingly.

The above approach helps in solving the problem which are lenthy having differenct dynamics to be compared within one sentence.

I thought to share this approach since it helps me in reducing my time to reach to an answer while solving the lenthy SC questions.
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B

key was which were (B) and which was (C)