The paradoxical rationale of a trade budget is that the

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The paradoxical rationale of a trade budget is that the budgeter has to balance it judiciously,  minimize non-development imports to save valuable exchange, and maximize  development imports to earn exchange through producing exportable goods and services

(A) minimize non-development imports to save valuable exchange, and maximize 
(B) by minimizing non-development imports to save valuable exchange, and by maximizing 
© to minimize non-development imports to save valuable exchange, and to maximize 
(D) and minimize non-development imports to save valuable exchange, while maximizing 
(E) by minimizing non-development imports to save valuable exchange, alongside maximizing

gmatexam2009 · Answer

it should be B... What's OA?

IMO underlined part in the sentence gives reasoning on how budgeter has to balance the budget which narrows choices down to B and E
E is out because alongside is wordy!!

A seems grammatically correct but I just like B better for above reason :-)

singh181 · Answer

IMO A

the budgeter has to 
- balance it judiciously, 
- minimize non-development imports to save valuable exchange, 
- and maximize development imports to earn exchange through producing exportable goods and services

So, B, D and E are out.

Between A and C, C introduces redundancy by replicating "to" with each items.

gurpreetsingh · Answer

B is correct.

A is not correct. Grammatically you may parallel the elements but logically you can not.

By maximizing emphasizes how it is balanced.

What is OA?

imania · Answer

B seems to the right answer

methevoid · Answer

Can anyone please explain....why we need a comma after judiciously?

why cant we just continue like- balance it judiciously by minimizing......

daagh · Answer

@Methevoid: I am afraid we can’t take off the comma, both in the passage and the choices. In the passage, if we take away the comma,

has to balance it judiciously minimize non-development imports to save valuable exchange

Isn’t it a run-on now?

In the choices, in B for example, if we remove the comma -  has to balance it judiciously by minimizing non-development imports to save valuable exchange, and by maximizing  - 
Now, the dilemma arises as to what  judiciously  modifies? Whether  balance it  or  maximizing . A comma after  judiciously  kills that ambiguity, IMO.

anh231 · Answer

Can someone help me:
 is the comma after exchange in B necessary??
 is it better off without the comma ??

methevoid · Answer

thnx dat sounds logical and correct.

+1 frm my side.

MBAhereIcome · Answer

ideas should also be logically parallel. this is a good example of this rule.

'balancing a budget' is not on the same level as 'minimizing/maximizing import'. the later is, in fact, a gateway through which a budget is balanced. so we need 'by minimizing import' here to present the idea logically.

B is the best ans.

The paradoxical rationale of a trade budget is that the

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