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The answer is C

A & B & D lack parallelism
between C and E, ‘had’ is a better thus C is the answer.




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This SC does not seem reflective of the GMAT.
Official SCs do not employ informal expressions such as forked out, nor do they refer to people by their first names.
The OA seems to have been plucked from a recent article on the website for CNN (second paragraph).
What is the source of this SC?
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The answer is C

A & B & D lack parallelism
between C and E, ‘had’ is a better thus C is the answer.




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Hi could you post a detailed reasons for eliminating the answer choices. I still find c passive, awkward and illogical

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Tim was granted a friendly audience with company’s CEO Albert, who forked out $2 million for his accommodation in a luxury hotel and keep them protected by dozens of security officer.

A) who forked out $2 million for his accommodation in a luxury hotel and keep them protected by dozens of security officer.

B) who forked out $2 million for his accommodation in a luxury hotel and protected by dozens of security officers.

C) who had forked out $2 million to keep him accommodated in a luxury hotel and protected by dozens of security officers.

D) who had forked out $2 million to keep him accommodated in a luxury hotel and in protection of dozens of security officer.

E) who forked out $2 million to keep him accommodated in a luxury hotel and protected by dozens of security officers.

Would agree with GMATGuruNY..
Question doesn't seem to be a SC from a reliable source. More of someones trial at making a question...
Original uses "keep them in protection", so it seems to be talking of protection to the money stacked, whereas it the protection is for himself..
C is a straight answer due to parallelism and clear meaning..
to keep him ACCOMMODATED .......and PROTECTED.....

however other choices have not been written in a way to taste your GMAT knowledge..
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Tim was granted a friendly audience with company’s CEO Albert, who forked out $2 million for his accommodation in a luxury hotel and keep them protected by dozens of security officer.

A) who forked out $2 million for his accommodation in a luxury hotel and keep them protected by dozens of security officer.

B) who forked out $2 million for his accommodation in a luxury hotel and protected by dozens of security officers.

C) who had forked out $2 million to keep him accommodated in a luxury hotel and protected by dozens of security officers.

D) who had forked out $2 million to keep him accommodated in a luxury hotel and in protection of dozens of security officer.

E) who forked out $2 million to keep him accommodated in a luxury hotel and protected by dozens of security officers.

Would agree with GMATGuruNY..
Question doesn't seem to be a SC from a reliable source. More of someones trial at making a question...
Original uses "keep them in protection", so it seems to be talking of protection to the money stacked, whereas it the protection is for himself..
C is a straight answer due to parallelism and clear meaning..
to keep him ACCOMMODATED .......and PROTECTED.....

however other choices have not been written in a way to taste your GMAT knowledge..
Although question is not from reliable source, could you please explain to me why E is incorrect?
Here, I think simple past is sufficient because no need to specify some event(forked out) is happening first.

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