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Based on pinto beans and corn tortillas, the Pima Indians have a diet

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Based on pinto beans and corn tortillas, the Pima Indians have a diet that derives 70 percent of its protein from vegetable sources and only 30 percent from animal foods, the reverse of the typical North American diet.


(A) Pima Indians have a diet that derives

(B) Pima Indians in their diet derive

(C) diet of the Pima Indians derives

(D) diets of the Pima Indians have derived

(E) diet of the Pima Indians, deriving
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Re: Based on pinto beans and corn tortillas, the Pima Indians have a diet [#permalink] New post   11 Jul 2007, 11:32
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160. Based on pinto beans and corn tortillas, the Pima Indians have a diet that derives 70 percent of its protein from vegetable sources and only 30 percent from animal foods, the reverse of the typical North American diet.
(A) Pima Indians have a diet that derives
(B) Pima Indians in their diet derive
(C) diet of the Pima Indians derives
(D) diets of the Pima Indians have derived
(E) diet of the Pima Indians, deriving

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C. because the introductory phrase "Based on pinto beans and corn tortillas" should be modified by "the dite of the pima indians" not by "the pima indians".

dite is singular so derives is ok.
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Re: Based on pinto beans and corn tortillas, the Pima Indians have a diet [#permalink] New post   11 Jul 2007, 17:28
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160. Based on pinto beans and corn tortillas, the Pima Indians have a diet that derives 70 percent of its protein from vegetable sources and only 30 percent from animal foods, the reverse of the typical North American diet.
(A) Pima Indians have a diet that derives
(B) Pima Indians in their diet derive
(C) diet of the Pima Indians derives
(D) diets of the Pima Indians have derived
(E) diet of the Pima Indians, deriving

Please explain why an answer is wrong.


The diets are based on pinto beans rather than the Pima Indians. diet correctly modifies based on pinto beans and corn tortillas.

As such, AB are wrong.


D is wrong because the reverse of the typical North American diet.

E is a run on sentence.

OA is C.
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Re: Based on pinto beans and corn tortillas, the Pima Indians have a diet [#permalink] New post   11 Jul 2007, 18:04
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160. Based on pinto beans and corn tortillas, the Pima Indians have a diet that derives 70 percent of its protein from vegetable sources and only 30 percent from animal foods, the reverse of the typical North American diet.
(A) Pima Indians have a diet that derives
(B) Pima Indians in their diet derive
(C) diet of the Pima Indians derives
(D) diets of the Pima Indians have derived
(E) diet of the Pima Indians, deriving

Please explain why an answer is wrong.


The diets are based on pinto beans rather than the Pima Indians. diet correctly modifies based on pinto beans and corn tortillas.

As such, AB are wrong.


D is wrong because the reverse of the typical North American diet.

E is a run on sentence.

OA is C.


There is also a IIlism twist here.

diet of the Pima Indians derives......the reverse of the typical North American diet
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Re: Based on pinto beans and corn tortillas, the Pima Indians have a diet [#permalink] New post   11 Jul 2007, 23:36
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Here's my explanation for why the answer is C: (please forgive any redundancy)
"based on" modifies the diet, not the indians, so A & B are goner's
"its protein" tells us that there is only one diet, so D is out
and E does not allow for a subject and a verb, just a subject with dependent clauses.
It has to be C, if nothing else by POE. C is the only option with SV agreement.
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Re: Based on pinto beans and corn tortillas, the Pima Indians have a diet [#permalink] New post   12 Jul 2007, 06:54
Modifier 'Based on pinto beans and tortila' can only modify 'diet' not 'Indians'.
So, left with C, D and E.
A, a present simple, is simple and clean and may be the only choice.
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Re: Based on pinto beans and corn tortillas, the Pima Indians have a diet [#permalink] New post   26 Nov 2014, 22:28
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160. Based on pinto beans and corn tortillas, the Pima Indians have a diet that derives 70 percent of its protein from vegetable sources and only 30 percent from animal foods, the reverse of the typical North American diet.
(A) Pima Indians have a diet that derives You can't base pinto beans and corn tortillas on Pima Indians. It has to be their diet
(B) Pima Indians in their diet derive Same as A
(C) diet of the Pima Indians derives Correct. The singular "diet" accurately reflects "its"
(D) diets of the Pima Indians have derived "Diets" has to be singular to reflect "its"
(E) diet of the Pima Indians, deriving "deriving" is wrong

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Re: Based on pinto beans and corn tortillas, the Pima Indians have a diet [#permalink] New post   12 Dec 2014, 05:04
What is Based on pinto beans and corn tortillas ? Ans is diet of P Indians and not the P Indians themselves :)..So first split omits A& B.
Split 2 : Diet is singular and hence C looks best :).
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Re: Based on pinto beans and corn tortillas, the Pima Indians have a diet [#permalink] New post   16 Jul 2020, 06:54
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Hi All,
i agree that, the diet is based on "Pinto beans and..." and not the PIMA INDIANS. But even so how can a diet derive proteins, its the humans who derives protein from their diet?
A diet can be composed of, structured with etc.

I am having a confusion in the meaning of this sentence.
GMATNinja generis can you help in this?
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Based on pinto beans and corn tortillas, the Pima Indians have a diet [#permalink] New post   04 Aug 2020, 17:39
(A) Pima Indians have a diet that derives
Pima Indians are NOT based on pinto beans - illogical meaning

(B) Pima Indians in their diet derive
Pima Indians are NOT based on pinto beans - illogical meaning

(C) diet of the Pima Indians derives
bingo

(D) diets of the Pima Indians have derived
there aren’t multiple diets – “its protein” signals singular diet

(E) diet of the Pima Indians, deriving
incomplete sentence; no action verb
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Re: Based on pinto beans and corn tortillas, the Pima Indians have a diet [#permalink] New post   26 Jan 2022, 15:55
Based on pinto beans and corn tortillas, the Pima Indians have a diet that derives 70 percent of its protein from vegetable sources and only 30 percent from animal foods, the reverse of the typical North American diet.


(A) Pima Indians have a diet that derives -> Based on pinto beans...., Pima Indians: How can Pima Indians be based on beans and tortillas -> INCORRECT

(B) Pima Indians in their diet derive -> same as A -> INCORRECT

(C) diet of the Pima Indians derives -> "Based on pinto beans..." is correctly modifying "diet" -> CORRECT

(D) diets of the Pima Indians have derived -> "its protein" referring to singular noun which is "diet" not "diets" -> INCORRECT

(E) diet of the Pima Indians, deriving -> modifier is used correctly but the whole sentence lacks a verb("deriving" is participle) -> INCORRECT
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Re: Based on pinto beans and corn tortillas, the Pima Indians have a diet [#permalink] New post   28 Apr 2022, 18:13
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Based on pinto beans and corn tortillas, the Pima Indians have a diet that derives 70 percent of its protein from vegetable sources and only 30 percent from animal foods, the reverse of the typical North American diet.


(A) Pima Indians have a diet that derives

(B) Pima Indians in their diet derive

(C) diet of the Pima Indians derives

(D) diets of the Pima Indians have derived

(E) diet of the Pima Indians, deriving


A, and B can be eliminated since "Pima Indians" can be "based on pinto beans"

D in correctly uses "diets" of "Prima Indians" that doesn't make sense. "A diet of a culture/people" is the correct phrasing.

E is incorrect because of ", deriving 70 percent of its protein" doesn't modify any phrase logically.

C is correct and addresses the issues seen in A and E
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Re: Based on pinto beans and corn tortillas, the Pima Indians have a diet [#permalink] New post   19 May 2023, 03:28
1. SVA - Verb should agree with the subject.
In the non underlined part, we have "its protein" - Its [singular] should refer to singular subject "Diet"
"Pima Indians" - plural Eliminate A and B
"Diets" - Plural Eliminate D

2. comma subject rule - based on pinto beans.....,the Pima Indians/Diet/Diets

We know Diet can be based on Pinto beans and corn tortillas [food items] and Indians can't be based on food items. Therefore, Eliminate A and B

3. Now left with C and E
, +ing - modifies whole clause and we can ignore the sentence between commas.

Diet of Pima Indians, deriving.....foods, the reverse of the typical North American diet
[We can ignore part between commas as it indicates NE modifier, but then the meaning of sentence will be lost]
Therefore, we eliminate E

Hence. C is the Correct ans.
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