The first shinkansen, or bullet train, which was built in time for the

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The first shinkansen, or bullet train, which was built in time for the first Tokyo Olympics, reduced  from 6 hours and 40 minutes to just four hours the required time of traveling from Tokyo to Osaka .

(A) from 6 hours and 40 minutes to just four hours the required time of traveling from Tokyo to Osaka

(B) the time being required to travel from Tokyo to Osaka, from 6 hours and 40 minutes down to just four hours

(C) the time being required to travel from Tokyo to Osaka, 6 hours and 40 minutes to just four hours

(D) the time required to travel from Tokyo to Osaka from 6 hours and 40 minutes to just four hours

(E) from 6 hours and 40 minutes to just four hours, the time required to travel from Tokyo to Osaka

madgmat2019 · Answer

Firstly (the parameter describing reduction ) secondly (the amount of reduction) should be the format for a proper sentence.

So A,E are out.

In B, being required and down to just looks awkward
In C, down to just looks awkward

So OA: (D)

rishinric · Answer

Imo D ....reduced the time from ...to

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Kinshook · Answer

the time being required is incorrect in B & C, D is better and straightforward than A & E.

IMO D

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Prasannathawait · Answer

A. from 6 hours and 40 minutes to just four hours  the required time of traveling from Tokyo to Osaka -- the train didn't get reduced

B. the  time being required to travel  from Tokyo to Osaka, from 6 hours and 40 minutes down to just four hours--being required is incorrect

C. the  time being required to travel  from Tokyo to Osaka, 6 hours and 40 minutes to just four hours--being required is incorrect

D. the time required to travel from Tokyo to Osaka from 6 hours and 40 minutes to just four hours --CORRECT

E.  from 6 hours and 40 minutes to just four hours , the time required to travel from Tokyo to Osaka--same as A

D is the correct answer.

rishab0507 · Answer

Idiom : From x to Y 
Option A and E are ungramatical as they reduce the time 6 hour 40 minutes to 4 hours, but its actually travel time which is reduced not time 6:40 to 4hour
B : down to : Incorrect
C: , modifier is not required + being not required: Incorrect

IMO : D

Bunuel · Answer

Official Explanation

Creating a filter: the sentence as written has the phrase "the required time of traveling," which sounds unnatural. We examine how that phrase is handled in the other answer choices.

Applying the filter: choices (B) and (C) make the situation even worse by including the gerund "being" unnecessarily. Choice (E) has a strange word order, and it also creates a grammatical error by separating subject and verb by a single comma.

The correct answer is (D).

abhishekdadarwal2009 · Answer

The first shinkansen, or bullet train, which was built in time for the first Tokyo Olympics, reduced from 6 hours and 40 minutes to just four hours the required time of traveling from Tokyo to Osaka.

(A) from 6 hours and 40 minutes to just four hours the required time of traveling from Tokyo to Osaka 
reduced from? not concise
 (B) the time being required to travel from Tokyo to Osaka, from 6 hours and 40 minutes down to just four hours 
Being is not desirable
 (C) the time being required to travel from Tokyo to Osaka, 6 hours and 40 minutes to just four hours 
Being is not desirable
 (D) the time required to travel from Tokyo to Osaka from 6 hours and 40 minutes to just four hours 
Correct and consice
 (E) from 6 hours and 40 minutes to just four hours, the time required to travel from Tokyo to Osaka 
wrong comma.

KeyurJoshi · Answer

Thing to look for is that
the time is reduced, so any option which has anything else after "reduced" is out. A, E is out.
In B, C being is completely unnecessary and distorts meaning.
D correctly conveys the logic.

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