A calendar stick

Question

A â€œcalendar stickâ€

Futuristic · Answer

The answer is E here....

Also I think both forms of usage "evidence that" and "evidence of" may be correct. Sorry did not see this part of your question before.

kripalkavi · Answer

(A) that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them  - 'them' is ambiguos 
(B) of the North American Indians who have developed advanced full-year calendars and based them -  'them' is ambiguos , evidence of North American Indians?? - doesnt make sense. 
(C) of the development of advanced full-year calendars by North American Indians, basing them  - 'them' is ambiguos 
(D) of the North American Indians and their development of advanced full-year calendars based  - evidence of North American Indians?? - doesnt make sense. 
(E) that the North American Indians developed advanced full-year calendars based  - CORRECT

ak_idc · Answer

question based on "modifier"..only E has right modifier.

trivikram · Answer

That  introduces the clause and A and E are the ones

HEre we need a simple past as this was done centuries ago. 

So E it is

gmat_stuff · Answer

E.
 
(A) that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them 

 basing them - them refers to what? Indians? calendars? 
 
(B) of the North American Indians who have developed advanced full-year calendars and based them 

 changes the meaning of the sentence, it says calendar stick is evidence for the North American Indians. 

(C) of the development of advanced full-year calendars by North American Indians, basing them 

 same reason as that for A

(D) of the North American Indians and their development of advanced full-year calendars based 

 same reason as that for C

(E) that the North American Indians developed advanced full-year 
calendars based 

 Clear and concise

buzzgaurav · Answer

Should be E.
In addition to the above reasons, E is concise 
"that the North American Indians developed advanced ". 
It doesnt use "who have developed " or " have developed"

bmwhype2 · Answer

i do not think  evidence that  or  evidence of  is tested here.  that  is used to start a restrictive clause.

vay · Answer

I go with answer E.

I don't think there is any general rule as such.

vshaunak@gmail.com · Answer

'E'

Here the emphasis is on the evidence of the incident (Indians developing the calendars) rather than on the Indian's existence.

A calendar stick

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