The state controlled Coal India Ltd(CIL) has mopped up $53 billion in

C an E look the same. typo ?

C and E are the same!
I spent a lot of time scouting for differences between the two but to no avail.
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Yes. Sorry for the same. The thread has since been edited.
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C,E are exactly the same and whats up with this , , stuff.What is the meaning of that?

Dear AKG,
Can you pl check now and tell if it is ok?
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It's OK now, but I'm confused on the option E

The state controlled Coal India Ltd(CIL) has mopped up $53 billion in its initial public offering floated in October 2010, surpassing the $22.1 billion amassed by the Agricultural Bank of China in its IPO completed in July 2010, , and thus has laid claim to be one of the biggest IPO in the world so far

(A) surpassing the $22.1 billion amassed by the Agricultural Bank of China in its IPO completed in July 2010, and thus has laid claim

B. surpassing the $22.1 billion amassed by the Agricultural Bank of China in its IPO completed in July 2010, and laid claim

(C) surpassing the $22.1 billion amassed by the Agricultural Bank of China in its IPO completed in July 2010, laying claim

(D) surpassed the $22.1 billion amassed by the Agricultural Bank of China in its IPO completed in July 2010, thus laying claim

(E) surpassing the $22.1 billion amassed by the Agricultural Bank of China in its IPO completed in July 2010, and thus laying claim

parallel, right? BTW,I mistakenly choose A

AKG

E is the correct answer. surpassing and thus laying, both present participles are paraallel
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I'm not AKG,but hey,thanks anyway.

why is A wrong ? can anyone please help me out with an explanation ? thank you

"A" completely ignores parallelism with "and thus has laid claim".
Went for the right one with E.

Yes but 'has laid' is a verb and 'surpassing' is a modifier. Why should a verb be parallel to a modifier?

What is the source: Question doesn't look fine.

The state controlled Coal India Ltd(CIL) has mopped up $53 billion in its initial public offering floated in October 2010,

Non underlined portion is erroneous: present perfect is used with time limit - in October 2010.

MGMAT SC: Chapter 7- Page 107.
Wrong : Veronica has traveled all around the world in 2007.
Right : Veronica has traveled all around the world.

Cann somebody please elaborate.

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