The huge earthquake that occurred in Chile in 1960, had a

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The huge earthquake that occurred in Chile in 1960, had a magnitude of 9.5,  believed to be  the largest earthquake the world has ever seen.

(A) believed to be
(B) and that is believed to be
(C) and it is believed to have been
(D) which was, it is believed,
(E) which is believed to be

GMAT TIGER · Answer

c.

(A) INCOMPLETE.
(B) that?
(C) and it is believed to have been ---- cool
(D) which?
(E) which?

spiridon · Answer

I would go with E since 'to be' tells us that it is still believed

JoeyLive · Answer

and it is believed to have been >> wordy..! earthquick<

bigtreezl · Answer

i think A

its the most economical and it is still beleived so you dont need past perfect

tarek99 · Answer

OA is C, but WHY??? Would someone please explain?

vr4indian · Answer

Please shed some light - explanation for this answer.

I go with A as it was concise and clear to the point but amaze by OA ..C ?

We can def. ruled out D, E as we are not sure about what does 'which' referes..(chile or earthquake)

tharunv · Answer

Let's do POE
D is syntactically wrong
E - which refers what?
If A is right, then so can B - believed to be sounds present tense
If we do that, then we are left with C - It goes like the earthquake in 1960 which was of magnitude 9.5 - now there might not have been any proof or something like that - and so " it is believed to have been"

So C it is by POE!

zoltan · Answer

I agree with C, but do we need comma after 1960???

PiyushK · Answer

My try::

The huge earthquake that occurred in Chile in 1960, had a magnitude of 9.5,  believed to be  the largest earthquake the world has ever seen.

(A) believed to be -- (Misplaced Modifier) here -ed modifier is trying to modify The huge earthquake, which is placed quite far from it.
(B) and that is believed to be -- (Construction error : Clause and that (restrictive clause) such parallelism is not allowed either it should be clause and clause or restrictive and restrictive type)
(C) and it is believed to have been -- POE -- Other options are wrong. Idiomatic : The huge earthquake is believed to  have been (BE) the largest earthquake
(D) which was, it is believed, -- (Misplaced modifier) which is trying to modify far away noun The huge earthquake, further placement of "it is believed" is wrong.
(E) which is believed to be -- (Misplaced modifier) which is trying to modify far away noun The huge earthquake.

amit bawa · Answer

The huge earthquake that occurred in Chile in 1960, had a magnitude of 9.5, believed to be the largest earthquake the world has ever seen.

I have a doubt with option C. Does not "and it is believed.." leave non-underlined part fragmented. Or the "," before had is typo?

Pls help!!

ExpertsGlobal5 · Answer

Hello  Amit  bawa,

We hope this finds you well.

Having gone through the question and your query, we believe we can help resolve your doubt.

Option C does not form a sentence fragment; the application of this answer choice forms a "comma + conjunction ("and" in this case)" construction with the non-underlined comma and the underlined "and" that C begins with. This construction correctly joins the independent clauses "The huge earthquake that occurred in Chile in 1960, had a magnitude of 9.5" and "it is believed to have been the largest earthquake the world has ever seen".

We hope this helps.
All the best!
Experts' Global Team

omsoni134 · Answer

GMATNinja   egmat  why is B incorrect ?

egmat · Answer

Hey omsoni134 , How are you? This question is a poor replica of this official question: https://gmatclub.com/forum/a-huge-flyin ... tml#p26240 I suggest you attempt the original version instead. You'll learn a lot more there. If you have any questions after attempting the official version, please post your query in its thread and tag us. We'll gladly respond there in detail. All the best! Happy learning!

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