Although the people who live in India's villages

Question

Although the people who live in India's villages and on the land are still very poor, the years since independence in 1947 have brought increased literacy, new roads,  and have improved farming techniques in the hinterland

A and have improved farming techniques in the hinterland
B and improved farming techniques to the hinterland
C and in the hinterland farming techniques have improved
D and, in the hinterland, farming techniques that are improved
E and farming techniques have been improved in the hinterland

msk0657 · Answer

Paidlukkha...are you sure that OA is B... E appears good.

abhimahna · Answer

No, E cannot be the answer.

OA answer mentioned is correct.

A and have improved farming techniques in the hinterland  --> Implying the years have improved farming techniques. Incorrect. Also, Parallelism Error. 
B and improved farming techniques to the hinterland --> Maintains Paralellism and conveys the correct meaning.
C and in the hinterland farming techniques have improved  --> Parallelism Error 
D and, in the hinterland, farming techniques that are improved  --> Parallelism Error 
E and farming techniques have been improved in the hinterland  --> Parallelism Error

msk0657 · Answer

OK...after reading more closely I got it..

Meaning : As per this sentence, there are three things that got after independence : increased literacy, new roads, and improved farming techniques.

The above three things have to be in list i.e. X,Y and Z is the list and all of them have to be in the same from.. and there should be comma preceding before the last item.

So B makes sense...I thought it's an independent clause after comma...

warriorguy · Answer

Got confused with option B.

I thought that improved is acting as a verb in past tense form but it is not a verb here but an adjective.

All others don't maintain parallelism.

For option D, it is noun phrase || noun phrase || noun phrase

but the third phrase => farming techniques that are improved -- This is awkward and not precise. The phrase improved farming techniques is clean.

Thoughts?

CrackverbalGMAT · Answer

The items in the list towards the end of the sentence have to be parallel. 
If you try to elaborate the sentence, then it essentially says, the years…  have brought i increased literacy (A), have brought new roads (B), and have brought improved... (C).

Point to note here—also the reason for confusion—is that  brought  is the verb under which a set of things are introduced in the sentence.  ‘improved’  is not a verb but an  adjective  that modifies ‘farming techniques’.

It’s a quick kill after this. We can scan through the options now.

Eliminate A  – alters the meaning of the sentence. Treats ‘improved’ as a verb. 
 Eliminate C  – does not maintain parallelism. 
 Eliminate D  – lack of parallelism. All three items must agree with each other. 
 Eliminate E  – same as all the others; parallelism error.

Option B is the best option.

Hope this helps!

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