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Higher education in the United States has undergone radical changes over the past century,  having evolved from a system that consisted primarily of rote memorization of classics to one covering  a vast number of disciplines.

A) having evolved from a system that consisted primarily of rote memorization of classics to one covering

B) having evolved from a system consisting primarily of rote memorization of classics and one that covers

C) having evolved from a system consisting primarily of classics' rote memorization with one covering

D) which has evolved from a system consisting primarily in rote memorization of classics to one covering

E) which had evolved from a system consisting primarily of rote memorization of classics to one that covers

generis · Answer

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HoneyLemon · Answer

I was so confused in this question .
Finally I am voting for  A   ..

Below is my reasoning .

A) having evolved from a system that consisted primarily of rote memorization of classics to one covering

-- correct . ,having is acting as a verbing modifier conveying the meaning properly . Also From X .. to Y where X and Y are parallel is correctly used . The modifier of X and Y can be different form of modifier i.e that modifier and verb-ing modifier . 
 
B) having evolved from a system consisting primarily of rote memorization of classics and one that covers
  -- Idiom error .. correct idiom is From .. to 
 
C) having evolved from a system consisting primarily of classics' rote memorization with one covering

-- Idiom error .. correct idiom is From .. to

D) which has evolved from a system consisting primarily in rote memorization of classics to one covering

1. which does not modify the right entity --which modifier should modify to Higher education. However in this case it is modifying to prev noun incorrectly . 
2. consisting primarily in - is wrong. Correct usage is consisting of

E) which had evolved from a system consisting primarily of rote memorization of classics to one that covers

1. which does not modify the right entity --which modifier should modify to Higher education. However in this case it is modifying to prev noun incorrectly . 
 2. Use of had is incorrect .

NitishJain · Answer

IMO  A .
having correctly modifies 'change"
'that' refer to system
from..to...

No issues with original sentence

B. "and" it joins two phases and changes the meaning
C. "with" changes the meaning
D. Use of "which" & "in" wrong
E. Use of "Which had" wrong

ekta26 · Answer

How I approached this question -

The only option that logically makes sense, given that the statement is talking about evolution, is A.. 
The idiom 'from (something) to (something)' is correct.

Option B incorrectly uses 'and', which changes the meaning
Option C incorrectly uses 'with' before one
Options D & E incorrectly use 'which' which seems to modify the 'past centuary'

Hope this helps.

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rishab90 · Answer

Option A is my answer.

A) having evolved from a system that consisted primarily of rote memorization of classics to one covering
 -> "having evolved" (present perfect)correctly modifies Higher Education and idiom "from A to B" is the correct form as well. No problems with this

B) having evolved from a system consisting primarily of rote memorization of classics and one that covers
 -> "having evolved"(present perfect) is the correct usage and correctly modifies Higher Education. "from A and B" is incorrect.

C) having evolved from a system consisting primarily of classics' rote memorization with one covering
 -> "having evolved"(present perfect) is the correct usage and correctly modifies Higher Education. "from A with B" changes the meaning.

D) which has evolved from a system consisting primarily in rote memorization of classics to one covering
 -> "which" would modify the the word immediately preceding it. In this case, which would modify "past century" and this is incorrect.

E) which had evolved from a system consisting primarily of rote memorization of classics to one that covers
 -> "which" would modify the the word immediately preceding it. In this case, which would modify "past century" and this is incorrect.

monk123 · Answer

Higher education in the United States has undergone radical changes over the past century, having evolved from a system that consisted primarily of rote memorization of classics to one covering a vast number of disciplines.
 
POE:
There is 2/3 split in answers.
Eliminate (D), (E) - which is modifying century but it is not subject here. Hence, incorrect.
A comparison is happening between two things.
Eliminate (B), (C) - 'and', 'with' are not comparison words.

A) having evolved from a system that consisted primarily of rote memorization of classics to one covering -   CORRECT

B) having evolved from a system consisting primarily of rote memorization of classics  and  one that covers

C) having evolved from a system consisting primarily of classics' rote memorization  with  one covering

D)  which  has evolved from a system consisting primarily in rote memorization of classics to one covering

E)  which  had evolved from a system consisting primarily of rote memorization of classics to one that covers

vipulshahi · Answer

Higher education in the United States has undergone radical changes over the past century,  having evolved from a system that consisted primarily of rote memorization of classics to one covering  a vast number of disciplines.

* Subject Verb Pair   - Corrects
* Tense   - No issues in that
* If -then condition - Not used - so nothing to worry
* Subjunctive verb - Not used 
* Pronoun - no error
* Modifier  
* Parallelism   - correctly used
* Comparison - No error
* Idioms   - used correctly

A) having evolved from a system that consisted primarily of rote memorization of classics to one covering

1. "having evolved" correclty modifies the " Higher Education system "
2. correct idiomatic usage "from ....to...."
3. No parallelism error

- Correct
 
B) having evolved from a system consisting primarily of rote memorization of classics   and   one that covers

- Idiomatic error

- Incorrect

C) having evolved   from a system consisting primarily of classics' rote memorization with one covering

1. wrong idiomatic usage  
2. parallelism error

- Incorrect
 
D)   which   has evolved from a system consisting primarily in rote memorization of classics to one covering

- modifier error , "which" incorrectly modifies " past century" in spite of " Higher education"

- Incorrect
 
E)   which had   evolved   from a system consisting primarily of rote memorization of classics to one that covers

1.modifier error , "which" incorrectly modifies " past century" in spite of " Higher education" 
2. usage of "had" - changed the meaning 
3. Parallelism error

- Incorrect
 
IMO(A)

Iceman2020 · Answer

Higher education in the United States has undergone radical changes over the past century,  having evolved from a system that consisted primarily of rote memorization of classics to one covering  a vast number of disciplines.

A) having evolved from a system that consisted primarily of rote memorization of classics to one covering  Correct

B) having evolved from a system consisting primarily of rote memorization of classics and one that covers  Incorrect. The correct idiom is "... from x .... to Y..."

C) having evolved from a system consisting primarily of classics' rote memorization with one covering  Incorrect. The correct idiom is "... from x .... to Y..."

D) which has evolved from a system consisting primarily in rote memorization of classics to one covering  Which incorrectly refers to the noun / noun phrase before the comma (past century in this case)

E) which had evolved from a system consisting primarily of rote memorization of classics to one that covers  Which incorrectly refers to the noun / noun phrase before the comma (past century in this case)

Giorgosaek · Answer

GMATNinja   generis 
Can someone please explain why in answers D and E the "which" CANNOT modify the "higher education".
It is true that if is to modify the previous entity is obviously wrong according to "touch rule" and the intended meaning of the stem, but how can i be sure that which is not referring back to original subject so as for the option to make sense?
To be more precise, GMATNinja  i'm confused about what you have said in a videos of yours -about pronouns and their ambiguity- that "whenever we see a pronoun we can substitute to it all the possible references and see whether it makes sense or not."
Correct me if i'm mistaken.

Need your cents please!

Thank you in advance.

krishnav89 · Answer

In this question what i felt is instead of getting entangled with parallelism of "consisting/covering" use POE. First POE should be with relative clause "which". "Which" should not be used as it's modifying subject is not clear " higher education" /"united states " /past century. So D and E are eliminated. Now in A,B & C check from correct ideom " from to" instead of "from with" or "from that"

otautahi · Answer

This is a cause-effect type question, so the correct one needs the "verb+ing" form.  Eliminate D and E.

The correct idiom is  "from X to y" .  Eliminate B and C.

Correct answer: A

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