Although she had been known as an effective legislator first

The sentence is fundamentally wrong because the part of the sentence before the first COMMA is talking about a person (SHE) being in the senate and in the house of representatives bla bla bla ... What should ideally follow after the comma should be the name of the person that the first part (before the comma) is referring to as ideally they should touch each other.

Going by this line of reasoning , we can eliminate A , C and D.

Focusing on the remaining two choices B and E , we can clearly see that E although partially correct ends with WAS TELEVISED .... , when we should ideally be using WERE TELEVISED because.. well we are talking about an event which took place earlier ... Therefore B is the only choice which meets both the criteria i.e. puts barbara follows the first comma , and ends the underlined portion with WERE ...
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Well this is the option 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

After the 'when' in the sentence it is a beginning of a new clause hence new subject and a new verb.

Hence the sentence is like this:- She participated in the hearings - wherein hearings is the object of the sentence and 'on the impeachment of President RIchard Nixon' is modifying the hearings.

Hence, which were is the correct modifier for hearings and not Richard Nixon.

inmania is right, a small modifier or modifying phrase can be between two clauses.

That is known as the Mission Critical Modifier.

Hope this helps.

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 ( Referent to she is missing; In correct comparison(although x,y); it- hearings on impeachment - plural)
(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 -- Correct
(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(Incorrect comparison [Although x,y];hearings on impeachment - plural)
(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(Incorrect comparison [Although x,y])
(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( hearings on impeachment - plural)

Correct me if I am wrong somewhere

Dissecting the question in and out to get the concepts tested, cleared. I got this one wrong on GMATPrep and was the costliest mistake of that test. (It was one of the few questions I got wrong from the start; I was heavily penalized)

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
[
1.With possessive form of Noun used i.e. Barbara Jordan’s and hence subject(1st person pronoun) she has poor or incorrect usage;
2. incorrect usage of "it" having no defined referent;
]
(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
[
1. 'which were' correctly refers to 'hearings'. Prepositional phrases which cant be re positioned any where in the clause is correctly used here and hence in such case on the impeachment of President Richard Nixon, is ignored; There for we have 'when she participated in the hearings on the impeachment of President Richard Nixon, which were'.
2. She is clearly referring to Barbara Jordan.
]
(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
[
1. Using the pointers from B, which was is S-V error.
2. 'it' in the above clause does not have a clear referent; also the clause 'it was not until 1974 that Barbara Jordan became...' should begin with Barbara Jordan
]
(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
[
1. usage of as is wrong. 'as' followed by a clause is used to present comparisons or present simultaneous action, which is not the case here.
2. 'being' alert!!!
3. 'not until 1974 did Barbara Jordan...' is incorrect because it should start with Barbara Jordan because of the preceding clause, which is a long noun modifier.
]

(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
[
1. 'which was' is again wrong and presents a S-V error because 'which' clause refers to hearings and hence needs a plural verb.
]

With such a detailed dissection I hope I wont repeat my mistake in GMAT.
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Guys.. I ve seen somewhere structure "It was not until 1974 that Barabara became" as right one.

I believe the reason for eliminating 'C' is "Which was" part that should be "Which were".

Please correct me if wrong. It would be helpful. Thanks a lot friends.

B.
D and E were not correct because later and then are redundant.
televised world is saying describing the headings so can not be ''it'' and ''was''

D and E also have "and also" redundancy error. Hence, incorrect.
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Answer is B

POE
A - "It" erroneously refers to "participation " ,,, whereas not the participation but the hearings were televised.
C- a phrase with + noun phrases can't be used to describe an action.
D- Using then .... later in same clause is redundant.

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 – WHO IT?

(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 - ERROR

After Although need to be NOUN

Which must refet to noun that now Is HEARINGS and need WERE

Hi daagh GMATNinja MartyTargetTestPrep

I have learnt that ',which' modifies the nearest grammatically eligible noun. So now in the correct answer choice / sentence for this question,

Although she had been known as an effective legislator first in the Texas Senate and 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 televised...

So as per my understanding, the nearest eligible word for ",which" to modify is impeachment right? (since ,which can not modify persons we don't consider President Nixon) - in that case the verb should be was instead of 'were'? Why does ,which is referring to 'hearings' in this answer choice?

Can you help me understand this?

I agree with your point here. I ll keep logic in my mind also. thanks for your answer.

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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 is one of the beautiful questions Gmat threw on us to get confused. Though its a very easy question , some folks can get confused , including me . So, sharing my answer explanation .

(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
Although she -, not until Barbara Jordan’s participation. Wrong

(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
Looks good . but one thing to keep in mind is that 'which' refers back to hearings here, but not Nixon . 90% of the Qs of Gmat have referred 'which' back to nearest subject . So, don't get confused like me

(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
Same reason as of A
(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
Same reason as of A
(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
Here, which cannot refer back to person . So, it should refer back to hearings . So, which is to be followed by were. E is out

A)Hearings - were (plural),B)modifier - 1974,when (correct usage), C)first and later (not parallel in D and E)
Correct option -B

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