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My answer is (B). It took me 01:12.

(A) The inconsistent use of verb tense ("were not" vs. "do so") cannot be justified. Use present tense or past tense in both places.

(B) "are not" and "do so" are consistent.

(C) See (A). In addition, "do it" is incorrect because there is no antecedent for "it".

(D) Past perfect tense of "had been doing so" is illogical.

(E) Past perfect tense of "had not had" is incorrect when there was no simple past tense somewhere others.
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hi, wouldnt in option b - They can refer to hotels or agents ? how is it right in this case ?
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It is very normal for sentences using "they" to have multiple plural nouns in them. That's only a concern if there is a true ambiguity of meaning. That's not the case here. First, hotels cannot provide advice. Second, the sentence is in the middle of talking about what travel agents do, so we should assume that "they" refers to travel agents.
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A. were not required to provide advice pertaining to hotels and entertainment when they were organizing travel packages, but many do so Incorrect because of tense issue.

B. are not required to provide advice pertaining to hotels and entertainment when they organize travel packages, but many do so Correct

C. were not required for providing hotel and entertainment advice when they organized travel packages, but many do it Incorrect because of use of it.
D. were not required that they provide advice pertaining to hotels and entertainment when they organized travel packages, but many had been doing so Incorrect use of Past Perfect tense

E. had not had the requirement for them to provide advice pertaining to hotels and entertainment when they organize travel packages, but many do itIncorrect because of use of it.
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hi, wouldnt in option b - They can refer to hotels or agents ? how is it right in this case ?

Hello Magni03,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, pronoun ambiguity does not apply if there is only one noun that the pronoun in question can logically refer to.

To understand the concept of "Exceptions to Pronoun Ambiguity" on GMAT, you may want to watch the following video (~2 minutes):


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hi, wouldnt in option b - They can refer to hotels or agents ? how is it right in this case ?

The GMAT exam does not test pronoun ambiguity.

Incorrectly used pronouns on the GMAT will actually be incorrect.
Either
/1/ the intended referent of such a pronoun will appear in a grammatical form that's incompatible with the pronoun (= the wrong one of singular/plural, or not a noun at all)—
or else
/2/ there just won't be a sensible referent at all (as in the case of unnecessary pronouns that are added to some versions of a sentence that works perfectly well without a pronoun).


There are other U.S. standardized tests that have, historically, tested pronoun ambiguity. Most notably, the SAT (given to high-school students for use in undergraduate university admissions) tested this concept quite heavily for several years.
Insofar as you may see references to pronoun ambiguity in American test-prep materials, those parts were almost certainly originally motivated by those other exams; occasionally, certain topics have been observed to 'bleed together' in the publications of test-prep companies that publish materials for multiple different exams.
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