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Twenty-two feet long and 10 feet in diameter, the AM-1 is one of the many new satellites that is a part of 15 years effort of subjecting the interactions of Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and land surfaces to detailed scrutiny from space.
A. satellites that is a part of 15 years effort of subjecting the interactions of Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and land surfaces
B. satellites, which is a part of a 15-year effort to subject how Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and land surfaces interact
C. satellites, part of 15 years effort of subjecting how Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and land surfaces are interacting
D. satellites that are part of an effort for 15 years that has subjected the interactions of Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and land surfaces
E. satellites that are part of a 15-year effort to subject the interactions of Earth’s atmosphere, ocean, and land surfaces
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My Choice is E
A. satellites that is a part of 15 years effort of subjecting the interactions of Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and land surfaces
B. satellites, which is a part of a 15-year effort to subject how Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and land surfaces interact
C. satellites, part of 15 years effort of subjecting how Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and land surfaces are interacting
Pronoun needed for the restrictive clause to manitain continuity in the sentence
D. satellites that are part of an effort for 15 years that has subjected the interactions of Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and land surfaces
Wordy!
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Singular Plural verb Noun agreement
Satellites are Plural
that refers to Satellite
We are down to D and E
an effort for is idiomatic.
My answer is E
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Excuse me,
I would like to ask why do you think for sure that the relative pronoun "which" refers to "satellites" rather than to "one".
I mean on the basis of the subject-verb agreement , "which" might refer to "one"?
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chunjuwu, "that" and "which" always modify the word to what the follow. However, beyond singularity and plurality, there is one more driving point here i.e. parallelism
See, how "B" and "E" satisfy parallel structure with non-underlined part:
(B) satellites, which is a part of a 15-year effort to subject how Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and land surfaces interact to detailed scrutiny from space
(E) satellites that are part of a 15-year effort to subject the interactions of Earth’s atmosphere, ocean, and land surfaces to detailed scrutiny from space
Choice "B" mistakenly uses singular "is" for "which" that refers to satellites. So choice "E" should be correct answer.
chunjuwu, Please post Original Answer.
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sorry, Dharmin
I remember the relative pronoun can modify any preceding noun and
doesn't necessarily modify the nearest preceding noun; in fact GMAT always does so. Right?
So, I originally supposed that the relative clause can modify the "one".
That means "AM-1 is a part of a 15-year effort ........ "
any wrong?
thank you.
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E for me too. There are so many answers for E now that it has to be made the OA. 
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chunjuwu wrote: sorry, Dharmin
I remember the relative pronoun can modify any preceding noun and
doesn't necessarily modify the nearest preceding noun; in fact GMAT always does so. Right?
So, I originally supposed that the relative clause can modify the "one".
That means "AM-1 is a part of a 15-year effort ........ "
any wrong?
thank you.
Like Chunjuwa says, in B Which refers to "ONE"
Please clarify
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That is preferred to which here. And one of many satellites are
E it is
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Will go with E. S-V agreement. One of the many new ………. Are.
Also D has an extra “thatâ€
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chunjuwu wrote: Twenty-two feet long and 10 feet in diameter, the AM-1 is one of the many new satellites that is a part of 15 years effort of subjecting the interactions of Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and land surfaces to detailed scrutiny from space.
A. satellites that is a part of 15 years effort of subjecting the interactions of Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and land surfaces
B. satellites, which is a part of a 15-year effort to subject how Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and land surfaces interact
C. satellites, part of 15 years effort of subjecting how Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and land surfaces are interacting
D. satellites that are part of an effort for 15 years that has subjected the interactions of Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and land surfaces
E. satellites that are part of a 15-year effort to subject the interactions of Earth’s atmosphere, ocean, and land surfaces
It's E.
Twenty-two feet long and 10 feet in diameter, the AM-1 is one of the many new satellites that are part of a 15-year effort to subject the interactions of Earth’s atmosphere, ocean, and land surfaces to detailed scrutiny from space.
Here 'that' is used to modify 'satellites'.
As per my knowledge goes, we should have used " which" if we had to emphasize on " one of the".
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Straight E.
Took less than 10 secs to figure out. 
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buzzgaurav wrote: Straight E. Took less than 10 secs to figure out. 
Keep on buzzing Gaurav. 
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buzzgaurav wrote: Straight E. Took less than 10 secs to figure out. That was quick 
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Agree with E.
hey chunjuwu, what is OA? r u arround here?
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chunjuwu wrote: Twenty-two feet long and 10 feet in diameter, the AM-1 is one of the many new satellites that is a part of 15 years effort of subjecting the interactions of Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and land surfaces to detailed scrutiny from space.
A. satellites that is a part of 15 years effort of subjecting the interactions of Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and land surfaces
B. satellites, which is a part of a 15-year effort to subject how Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and land surfaces interact
C. satellites, part of 15 years effort of subjecting how Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and land surfaces are interacting
D. satellites that are part of an effort for 15 years that has subjected the interactions of Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and land surfaces
E. satellites that are part of a 15-year effort to subject the interactions of Earth’s atmosphere, ocean, and land surfaces
E for me...... One of the many satellites that are a part of
D .....awkward construction.......""that are a part of an effort for 15 years""
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E for me too....
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OA Pls....
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Wow, this one came back from the grave.
(E) for too many reasons to list...
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I think chunjuwu (original Poster) is not available. I found the answer on the form and OA is E as per another thread initiated by chunjuwu:
http://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=12821
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