|
|
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
The 32 species that make up the dolphin family are closely related to whales and in fact include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and is famous for its aggressive hunting pods.
(A) include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and is
(B) include the animal known as the killer whale, growing as big as 30 feet long and
(C) include the animal known as the killer whale, growing up to 30 feet long and being
(D) includes the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow as big as 30 feet long and is
(E) includes the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and it is
(A) include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and is
(B) include the animal known as the killer whale, growing as big as 30 feet long and
(C) include the animal known as the killer whale, growing up to 30 feet long and being
(D) includes the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow as big as 30 feet long and is
(E) includes the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and it is
https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/06/health/evidence-puts-dolphins-in-new-light-as-killers.html
Closely related to whales, the 32 species that make up the dolphin family (Delphinidae in scientific nomenclature) include killer whales, which grow up to 30 feet long and are famous for their aggressive hunting pods. But the rest are smaller. The common dolphin is up to 7 feet long, and the bottlenose, up to 12 feet. Many dolphins have a pronounced beak and all have a central dorsal fin and sharp teeth for feeding, mainly on squid and fish.
Closely related to whales, the 32 species that make up the dolphin family (Delphinidae in scientific nomenclature) include killer whales, which grow up to 30 feet long and are famous for their aggressive hunting pods. But the rest are smaller. The common dolphin is up to 7 feet long, and the bottlenose, up to 12 feet. Many dolphins have a pronounced beak and all have a central dorsal fin and sharp teeth for feeding, mainly on squid and fish.
Solving this question helps.
Taking a timed set of similar questions in
GMAT Club Forum Quiz →
is even better.
21 Dec 2021, 06:04
Kudos
Bookmarks
VIGHNESHKAMATH
Hello VIGHNESHKAMATH,
We hope this finds you well.
Having gone through the question and your query, we believe we can resolve your doubt.
The intended meaning here is that the "killer whale" is one of the 32 species that make up the dolphin family - in other words, the 32 species that make up the dolphin family include the killer whale.
The verb "include" must act upon "32 species" because it is the species that do the act of "including" the killer whale; the killer whale is not "including" anything.
We hope this helps.
All the best!
Experts' Global Team
31 Jan 2022, 16:01
Kudos
Bookmarks
marine
I looked at the parallelism required after "and" first. What is logically parallel here is "are closely related to whales" and "include the...whale". Since the verb phrases are parallel, I need a plural verb, eliminating choices 4 and 5.
Choices 1, 2, and 3 all say include the animal known as the killer whale.
So, I compare what follows the word "whale":
Choice 1: whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and is
Choice 2: whale, growing as big as 30 feet long and
Choice 3: whale, growing up to 30 feet long and being
From reading this segment, I immediately know the answer is #1.
I know that what "can grow to be 30 feet long" has to be a whale. This fact means that whatever word I have here needs to connect to whale.
#1: "which" describes "whale"
#2: "growing" does not describe "whale"; it describes "32 species...include"
#3: ditto #2
