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Really good question Vercules, if this monster isn't 700+ I'm terrified of the questions that are. It came down to C and E for me (I'm sure most people ended up torn here). I picked C because "in which" sounds really goofy in this scenario. Most commonly (some sources I checked out after guessing C said the "forbidden" ALWAYS or ONLY) "in which" is used when there is a sense that something is being contained inside something else (like neha24 said!). For instance, "Illinois is the state in which I live."

I guess it boils down to the proper interpretation of "talent powerhouses." Is it abstract or an actual location. I took it as a location because the beginning of the sentence cited many groups coming together (the lawfirms, etc...), like a conference, which is why I went with "where" and not "in which."

I kind of flipped it around in my brain and asked these 2 questions:

Where does the striving to identify take place? At the talent powerhouses.

In which does the striving to identify take place? In the talent powerhouses...it just doesn't sound right.

C me!

1. "In which" is better than "where"
2."strive to identify" instead of "strive and identify"
3." the best junior partners compete for the most rewarding projects" is more direct and clearer than "the best junior partners compete for the projects that they find most rewarding"

A) where senior partners strive to identify the best partners junior to them and the best junior partners compete for the projects that they find most rewarding.
B) in which senior partners strive and identify the best junior partners and the best junior partners compete for the projects that they find most rewarding.
C) where senior partners strive to identify the best junior partners and the best junior partners compete for the most rewarding projects.
D) that enable senior partners to strive and identify the best junior partners and the best junior partners compete for the most rewarding projects.
E) in which senior partners strive to identify the best junior partners and the best junior partners compete for the most rewarding projects.CORRECT

OA is E

discussed here (click)

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Where is only used for locations, so A, C are out.
As per MGMAT, it is better to use in which. Therefore, B and E make for the better case.
Coming to the second elimination, in B, the junior doctors compete for the projects "they find" most rewarding. This seems illogical as they junior and would probably not have that authority. Hence to me, E makes more sense, where simply the best junior partners compete for the most rewarding projects.

Isn't the formulation of the answer choices incorrect? Why do they repeat the "junior partners" ?

alaawaku

No, it's fine. We have two separate clauses joined with AND. "The best junior partners" is the object of the first clause and the subject of the second:

SP try to find JP.
JP compete for projects.

Put together: SP try to find JP and JP compete for projects.