The decorated cave of Pont d’Arc, which contains pictorial drawings ca

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The decorated cave of Pont d’Arc, which contains pictorial drawings carbon-dated to the Aurignacian period (30,000 to 32,000 BP),  and is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France and  extends to an area of approximately 8,500 square meters.
 
A) and is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France and

B) is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France,

C) and is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France, which

D) is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France and

E) which is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France, it

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Praveenksinha · Answer

The decorated cave of Pont d’Arc, which contains pictorial drawings carbon-dated to the Aurignacian period (30,000 to 32,000 BP),  and is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France and  extends to an area of approximately 8,500 square meters.

A) and is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France and:-  Inccorrect," The decorated cave "has no verb

B) is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France,:- extends has no subject "and" is missing before extends

C) and is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France, which :-  Inccorrect," The decorated cave "has no verb

D) is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France and :-  Correct

E) which is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France, it :- use of which is incorrect also verb for main subject is missing

ArunSharma12 · Answer

Ans: D

The decorated cave of Pont d’Arc, which contains pictorial drawings carbon-dated to the Aurignacian period (30,000 to 32,000 BP),  and is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France and  extends to an area of approximately 8,500 square meters.
 
 A)  and is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France and;  The decorated cave is without a verb.

B)  is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France,;  two verbs is located.., extends need to be separated by an and.

C)  and is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France, which;  The decorated cave has no verb

D)  is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France and;  correct choice

E)  which is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France, it;  The decorated cave has no verb. which contains..,which is located.. need to be connected by an and

sanjeevsinha082 · Answer

The Correct Ans is D .
A)   and   is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France and
and is changing the meaning, 
B) is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern  France ,

Comma after France gives a meaning that France is extended

C)  and  is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France, which

Same as A

D) is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France and
Correct 
E)  which  is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France, it
Double use of which

ksht · Answer

A)  and  is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France and

B) is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France, -  we need a conjunction for the next clause

C) and is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France, which - ' which' modifies 'France' here
 
 D) is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France and  - Correct

E) which is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France, it -  'which' modifies 'Aurignacian period'

Abhishekrao12 · Answer

The decorated cave of Pont d’Arc, which contains pictorial drawings carbon-dated to the Aurignacian period (30,000 to 32,000 BP),  and is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France and  extends to an area of approximately 8,500 square meters.
 
A) and is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France and

and is located , and extends are verbs that are taken by the which clause leaving the subject 'cave' without a verb to complete the sentence. This is a incomplete sentence.

B) is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France,

is located and extends are verbs which take cave as the subject but there is no conjunction seperating the 2 verbs. This is a run on sentence.

C) and is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France, which

and is located , which extends are verbs that are taken by the which clause leaving the subject 'cave' without a verb to complete the sentence. This is a incomplete sentence.

D) is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France and

This is what is left after the POE. This is the correct option. The subject cave takes both the verbs i.e is located and extends

E) which is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France, it

The subject cave is without a subject as the verb extends is taken up by the pronoun it. This is a incomplete sentence.

poojakhanduja3017 · Answer

IMO D

The decorated cave of Pont d’Arc, which contains pictorial drawings carbon-dated to the Aurignacian period (30,000 to 32,000 BP),  and is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France and  extends to an area of approximately 8,500 square meters.

A) and is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France and :   which part is optional. Hence, the sentence without that part reads : The decorated cave of PdC and is allocated. So wrong

B) is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France,  This corrects the first error but also removes the second And which was necessary

C) and is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France, which   Same error as A

D) is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France and  Correct

E) which is located in a limestone plateau of the meandering Ardèche River in southern France, it   includes another optional clause in the statement. This changes the meaning as this was mandatory accd to the sentence logic

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