Many leaders of underdeveloped nations are displaying poor

so(adjective) as to(verb) is also correct
example:her debts are so extreme as to threaten the future of the company.
(Source:Princeton)

such high level as to makes sense to me.

I am not sure about so high a level that

Clearly A & D have pronoun ambiguity. They cant be correct.

This is about a present continuous condition as narrated by the author of the sentence. I initially picked E but switching to C now.

very good question... +1!!

I'd go with B

can we have the OE too?

Thanks

Many leaders of underdeveloped nations are displaying poor judgment to so high a level as to render them obsolete in a geo-political world increasingly favoring leaders who can lead astutely and effectively rather than by sheer force.

(A) are displaying poor judgment to so high a level as to render them obsolete in a geo-political world increasingly favoring
(B) are displaying such poor judgment as to render themselves obsolete in a geo-political world that increasingly favors
(C) are displaying such poor judgment as to render themselves obsolete in a geo-political world increasingly favoring
(D) display so high a level of poor judgment that they will be rendered obsolete in a geo-political world that is increasingly favoring
(E) display such poor judgment as to be rendered obsolete in a geo-political world that increasingly favors


a & d out due to pronoun ambiguity.

I initially considered B as it keeps the future tense consistent with favors but E sounds fine and there is no chance of pronoun ambiguity with E.

E - and now thinking of it - "display such poor" is consitent with " who can lead astutely".

OA pls.

B,C,E use Such poor judgments...so wrong..A is incorrect

It is D..i agree with the pronoun ambiguity though...OA please

does it mean that "as to" can't stand on its own?

I feel it has to be one out of B or C, I am not sure about which is idiomatically correct but I feel B should be the answer.

IMO E.

reply2spg..are you planning on giving the OA at all?