The Supreme Courts concern with legitimacy is not for the

Question

The Supreme Courtâ€™s concern with legitimacy is not for the sake of the court  but the nation to which it is responsible. 
(A) but the nation to which it is responsible
(B) but for the sake of the nation to which it is responsible
(C) so much as the nation it is responsible to
(D) as the nation it is responsible to
(E) but the nation

explain your answer...

lanuk · Answer

(B) but for the sake of the nation to which it is responsible 

Parallelism... not for the sake of the court but for the sake of the nation

uvs_mba · Answer

Yup this one is B for Parallelism and is idiomatic

not for.... but for..

mailtheguru · Answer

I am with E.

The problem with A, B, C, D is that all of them use the pronoun 'it' to refer back to the Supreme court, but it is not valid. A pronoun cannot refer back to a possesive form. "Possessive poison'

mukeshnathani · Answer

Hi mailtheguru,
your answer and reasoning seem intresting.But don't you think that option E gives an incomplete sentence ?I mean that though the sentence makes sense with option E but it still limits the information available from the question.

mailtheguru · Answer

I guess, i chose the one-eyed among blinds. The rest have the possessive poison, so we just cannot choose them. They are gramatically incorrect.

tennis1ball · Answer

I am for E too. 

responsible to ... is wrong.

and the sentence only mentioned "the Court's", not the "Court". It is a possessive form of the noun. You could never find the antecedent of "it" if you use it.

kripalkavi · Answer

One more for E. Nicely explained by mailtheguru.

Hehe!! 'Possessive Poison' - thats a first!! :-D

ash82 · Answer

OA is B as many of you mentioned....

I was confused why not E...looks like the answer lies in the fact that this construction have to use 'not for.... but for' and so we have only one option.

bmwhype2 · Answer

Yes indeed!!! The lesser of 5 evils prevails....

saransh · Answer

the best out of 5 is " B ".

But a question :


what is " it " referring in the second part.

Mind it that we have " supreme court's "and not " supreme court " in the first part.

~sara

PTK · Answer

this is an example of BAD question in 1000 series. 
Avoid it, since it does not teaches you.

LifeChanger · Answer

good example of a bad question as 'it' in B probably refers to 'nation' rather than supremecourt

The Supreme Courts concern with legitimacy is not for the

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