coastal peru

Question

hi,
 Building on civilizations that preceded them in coastal
Peru, the Mochica developed their own elaborate
society, based on cultivating such crops like corn
and beans, the harvesting of fi sh and shellfi sh, and
exploiting other wild and domestic resources.

(A) based on cultivating such crops like corn and
beans, the harvesting of fi sh and shellfi sh, and
exploiting
(B) based on the cultivation of such crops as corn
and beans, the harvesting of fi sh and seafood,
and the exploitation of
(C) and basing it on the cultivation of crops like corn
and beans, harvesting fi sh and seafood, and the
exploiting of
(D) and they based it on their cultivation of crops
such as corn and beans, the harvest of fi sh and
seafood, and exploiting
(E) and they based it on their cultivating such crops
like corn and beans, their harvest of fi sh and
shellfi sh, and they exploited

this problem tests the use of parallelism. however, i dont' see it in choice B which is the OA. cultivation and harvesting are not parallel. please advise!

seekmba · Answer

Building on civilizations that preceded them in coastal Peru, the Mochica developed their own elaborate society,  based on cultivating such crops like corn and beans, the harvesting of fish and shellfish, and exploiting  other wild and domestic resources.

(A) based on cultivating such crops  like  corn and beans, the harvesting of fish and shellfish, and exploiting
(B) based on  the cultivation of   such  crops  as  corn and beans,  the harvesting of  fish and seafood, and  the exploitation of  -  CORRECT 
(C) and  basing it  on the cultivation of crops  like  corn and beans, harvesting fish and seafood, and the exploiting of
(D) and  they based it on their  cultivation of crops such as corn and beans, the harvest of fish and seafood, and exploiting
(E) and  they based it on their  cultivating such crops  like  corn and beans,  their  harvest of fish and shellfish, and  they  exploited

x2suresh · Answer

cultivation of --- noun phrase
havesting of -- noun prhase
exploitation of -- noun phrase.

harvesting --> gerund act as noun.

these three are parallel and correct.

also such..as is correct idiom. such .. like is incorrect.

praveenism · Answer

Yup..its B !!
@tt11254 : Generally to convert gerund into noun phrase, you will observe that " the ______ of " system is used. This converts it into a noun phrase. The above question is a classic example of Noun Phrase Parallelism.

geturdream · Answer

first SUCH AS and LIKE --- it should be such as here as we are giving example of the crops being cultivated. its not some crops like corn and beans .. its really corn and bean

now the ||ism
cultivation -- noun
harvesting -- noun (gerund)
exploitation -- noun..

final answer B

pradeepskunwar · Answer

B. for the use of idiom "such x as y and z".

FQ · Answer

B has parallelism of concrete noun and complex gerunds "the -ing of"

coastal peru

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