The key international agreement on women’s human rights is the Convent

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The key international agreement on women’s human  rights is the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1979, which  is also described as the international bill of women’s rights.

A) rights is the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1979, which
B) rights is the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1979,
C) rights, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1979, is the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, which
D) rights, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1979, is the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, and
E) rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1979, which

raj44 · Answer

IMO D
How Choice C is correct? Isn't which incorrectly used?

DarkKnight06 · Answer

Between choice C and D - I went with choice D. However, in retrospect I can see why D is wrong.
Removing all the modifiers, the sentence boils down to this - The agreement on women's human rights is the convention... and this convention is also described as the international bill..
In C it changes the meaning saying that the key international agreement is the convention... and that this agreement is also the international bill.
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women is also known as the International Bill of Women's Rights - not the key international agreement.

thangvietname · Answer

I am wrong for this question though it is typical case of gmat

in many questions in og, gmatprep, gmat makes us choose between

and do
and
which clause

normally, and do choice is wrong because the logic meaning is not paralel.

AryamaDuttaSaikia · Answer

Explanation:

Observe the presence of ‘which’ in the last part of the answer choices. “Which” should refer to “the Convention....”

....in 1997, which is also described.... - The time frame ‘in 1979’ is not to be ‘described’: Incorrect reference made by ‘,which’
The key agreement on.........is the convention........, adopted by......., is the..... – the sentence lacks clarity in transition. The second ‘is’ should have had an ‘and’ preceding it.
 CORRECT 
.....and is also described.... - Redundant constructionas two ‘adding’ conjunctions are used.
Same as A

Guilio · Answer

Great question, hard to solve in less than 90 seconds. C is the best.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think for those type of questions the best approach is always to try to hide some modifiers or in other words, to focus on the subject without non-essential modifiers. By doing so you get a better idea of what should come after what.

littlegirl · Answer

Hi  AryamaDuttaSaikia ,

I have a question, please help me out. In my view C and D are the same? Why D is wrong?

C) The key international agreement on women’s human rights, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1979, is the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, which is also described as the international bill of women’s rights.
D) The key international agreement on women’s human rights , adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1979, is the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, and is also described as the international bill of women’s rights.

REWRITE :
Option C : A is B, which is also described as C
Option D : A is B and is also described as C
Anw, A = B then B is also described as C or A is also described as C : are they not the same?
(EDITED : I think D is wrong bcs ", " in D A is B, and is described as C - wrong. It should be A is B and is described as C

Thank you in advance.

AryamaDuttaSaikia · Answer

Hi,

Understanding of meaning is key to this questiion once you are able to negate three options (A,B,& E)

It is the "convention" which is described as the international bill of women's rights. C - gives you this understanding with the usage "Which".

In this case, Which - refers to a slightly far away noun (concept - related to relative pronoun modifier).

In D - International agreement (subject) is the convention and is also described as international bill - This bit changes the meaning and is incorrect.

Hope this helps.

sakan7 · Answer

I was confused with C and D but later found the C is the correct answer

D. The key international agreement on women’s human rights, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1979,  is the Convention  on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, and   is also described as the international bill of women’s rights.

C. The key international agreement on women’s human rights, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1979, is the Convention on the  Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women ,  which is also described as the international bill of women’s rights.

Fdambro294 · Answer

For anyone having trouble determining why D is inferior to C:

Break down the structure of sentence D, without the extra modifiers and excessive words, and you are left with —-

“The key agreement on women’s rights is the (X) AND is also described as (Y).”

The two ideas, essentially, are not logically parallel. The part that is placed in the second element in the parallel structure is really a modifier of the first part.

A similiar sentence to D would be:

“My favorite book is American Gods and is described as a great read.”

You essentially have the same sentence structure in answer D, just with a lot more words.

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EugeneTheGuy · Answer

is "A is B and is C " construct grammarly correct or acceptable in GMAT?

The key international agreement on women’s human rights is the Convent

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