Many leaders of underdeveloped nations are displaying poor

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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

priyankurml · Answer

IMO D.

Other options have wrong idioms.

GmatEnemy · Answer

Imo D !..

What is the OA

one doubt...

"So.... as to.. " is correct or "So as to.." is correct.. or both is wrong.. I am bit confused bout this idiom

nitya34 · Answer

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

tusharvk · Answer

such high level as to makes sense to me.

I am not sure about so high a level that

icandy · Answer

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.

JohnLewis1980 · Answer

very good question... +1!!

I'd go with B

can we have the OE too?

Thanks

mistermahesh · Answer

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.

kaushik04 · Answer

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

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

sanjay_gmat · Answer

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

ddtiku · Answer

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.

shkusira · Answer

IMO E.

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

Many leaders of underdeveloped nations are displaying poor

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