Boasting one of the world's fastest growing economies

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Boasting one of the world's fastest growing economies, Brazil showed a real GDP growth rate of 7% in one year,  higher than in  the most developed countries of the world that year.

A) higher than in
B) higher than that of
C) and higher than that of
D) which is higher than in
E) which is higher than it is in

benejo · Answer

A) higher than in  (comparing growth rate with the most developed countries)
 B) higher than that of  (comparing growth rate with the growth rate of the most developed countries --> correct)
 C)  and  higher than that of  (no parallelism tested; Brazil showed........., and higher?)
 D) which is higher than in  (which refers to year, not growth rate)
 E) which is higher than it is in (which refers to year, not growth rate)

Abhishek009 · Answer

Boasting one of the world's fastest growing economies, Brazil showed a real GDP  growth rate of  7% in one year,  higher than that of   (growth rate of)  the most developed countries of the world that year.

Must be (B) for correct comparison...

abhik1502 · Answer

what is wrong with option E

"which is higher than it is in"

Which can refer to GDP growth in above sentence and it can also refer to GDP growth as its antecedent. 
Would someone pls explain out here.

Many thanks !

regards
Abhishek

benejo · Answer

Hi Abhishek, E) Boasting one of the world's fastest growing economies, Brazil showed a real GDP growth rate of 7% in one year, which is higher than it is in most developed countries of the world that year. which refers to the closest noun before the comma. So in this case which refers to 'year'. So you are basically saying that the year is higher than it is in most developed countries.

Does not make any sense, since you want to compare growth rates. D) and E) are incorrect

abhik1502 · Answer

thanks for the clarification Benejo

teaserbae · Answer

What's wrong with option C ?

Why "and" is not required ?

Brazil showed a real GDP growth rate of 7% in one year and higher than that of ......

benejo · Answer

Hi teaserbae,

when you read "and" on the GMAT, check for parallelism. 
Brazil  showed   , and  higher than that of  (incorrect; verb and adjective)
eg. Brazil  showed   , and  increased   (correct; verb and verb)

Boasting one of the world's fastest growing economies, Brazil showed a real GDP growth rate of 7% in one year, and  higher than that of the most developed countries of the world that year. 
"And" is a conjunction that makes the part after the comma an independent clause. But the clause lacks a full subject + verb! 
=> (C) is incorrect

AkshdeepS · Answer

A) higher than in  (comparing GDP with countries)

B) higher than that of

C) and higher than that of  ("and" is wrong)
 
D) which is higher than in  ("which" is modifying "ONE YEAR")

E) which is higher than it is in  ("which" is modifying "ONE YEAR")

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