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Indus civilization was either in decline when it was destroyed by Aryan invaders from the northwest speaking an Indo-European language from which most of the languages of Pakistan, Northern India, and Bangladesh descend or that it was militarily vulnerable.

A. that it was militarily vulnerable.
B. had militarily vulnerability.
C. was militarily vulnerable.
D. militarily vulnerable.
E. was it militarily vulnerable.



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parallel structure. D
was either in decline or militarily vulnerable
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Straight D

was either X or Y

ignore the answers with was, common trick they try to throw at you
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Indus civilization was either in decline when it was destroyed by Aryan invaders from the northwest speaking an Indo-European language from which most of the languages of Pakistan, Northern India, and Bangladesh descend or that it was militarily vulnerable.

A. that it was militarily vulnerable.
B. had militarily vulnerability.
C. was militarily vulnerable.
D. militarily vulnerable.
E. was it militarily vulnerable.
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I totally missed this one!!! I went for C but I can see why D is the right answer!!
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good one. D.
by the time we reach the end of the sentence we tend to forget the fist half of the sentence.
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D for me.

For questions such as these I try to use the middleman technique from manhattan SC.
...... was either in decline ... or militarily vulnerable (this option makes most sense).

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Indus civilization was either in decline when it was destroyed by Aryan invaders from the northwest speaking an Indo-European language from which most of the languages of Pakistan, Northern India, and Bangladesh descend or that it was militarily vulnerable.

A. that it was militarily vulnerable.
B. had militarily vulnerability. [Awkward]
C. was militarily vulnerable.
D. militarily vulnerable. [Best option - most || ]
E. was it militarily vulnerable.
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