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With his theories of relativity and gravity long confirmed and  his Nobel Prize was a decade old,  Einstein was, in 1931, by far the most famous scientist in the world.

A) his Nobel Prize was a decade old,

B) his Nobel Prize a decade old,

C) his Nobel Prize being a decade old,

D) a Nobel Prize a decade's age,

E) a Nobel Prize aged a decade,

generis · Answer

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vipulshahi · Answer

With his theories of relativity and gravity long confirmed and  his Nobel Prize was a decade old , Einstein was, in 1931, by far the most famous scientist in the world.

This question test parallelism.

A)   his Nobel Prize was a decade old  ,

- Not parallel to "his theories of relativity and gravity long confirmed" - Incorrect  
 
B) his Nobel Prize a decade old,

- Correct ;

C) his Nobel Prize being a decade old,

- Usage of "being" is inappropriate - Incorrect

D) a Nobel Prize   a decade's age  ,

-  "his" not available so its parallelism error - Incorrect

E) a Nobel Prize aged a decade,

- same error as in option(D) - Incorrect .

NiftyNiffler · Answer

With his theories of relativity and gravity long confirmed and  his Nobel Prize was a decade old,  Einstein was, in 1931, by far the most famous scientist in the world.

A) his Nobel Prize was a decade old,  -- "With" is the start of a participial modifier, hence the underlined IC is incorrect
 
B) his Nobel Prize a decade old,  -- CORRECT, as the main verb is eliminated, the underlined part is converted into a modifier

C) his Nobel Prize being a decade old,  -- "being" is the wrong usage here

D) a Nobel Prize a decade's age,  -- doesn't make sense

E) a Nobel Prize aged a decade,  -- awkward

So, answer should be  B

KumarSri · Answer

IMO B,

A) his Nobel Prize was a decade old,
 Parallelism error- Presence of 'was' makes the this nonparallel to 'his theories of relativity and gravity long confirmed'

B) his Nobel Prize a decade old,
 Correct Answer - Parallel to 'his theories of relativity and gravity long confirmed'

C) his Nobel Prize being a decade old,
 Modifier error - 'Being' used as a modifier

D) a Nobel Prize a decade's age,
 Construction error - This Construction does not makes sense. Hence eliminate.

E) a Nobel Prize aged a decade,
 Same error as in D. Hence eliminate

HoneyLemon · Answer

B ,  IMO

Meaning  : 
 With his theories of relativity and gravity long confirmed 
 and
 his Nobel Prize that was a decade old , 
 Einstein was by far the most famous scientist in the world.

Analysis  : 
 1. The opening modifier With his X and Y correctly modifies to Einstein .
 2. There seems to be a parallelism error in the opening modifier 
 With his theories of relativity and gravity long confirmed and  his Nobel Prize was a decade old

his theories of relativity -- Noun and his Nobel Prize was a decade old -- (complete clause ) - Not parallel .

With his theories of relativity and gravity long confirmed and his Nobel Prize was a decade old, Einstein was, in 1931, by far the most famous scientist in the world.

A) his Nobel Prize was a decade old,

1.parallelism error in the opening modifier as mentioned above 
 
B) his Nobel Prize a decade old,
  -- Correct . above error is corrected the removal of was . now this part is parallel 
With his theories of relativity and gravity long confirmed and his Nobel Prize a decade old,

C) his Nobel Prize being a decade old,

-- Wrong usage of being

D) a Nobel Prize a decade's age,

-- 1. Parallelism error discussed above , his his theories of relativity and gravity and a noble prize is not logically parallel 
 2. decade's age -- wrong use of possessive -- Incorrect - Out

E) a Nobel Prize aged a decade,

-- 1. Parallelism error discussed above , his his theories of relativity and gravity and a noble prize is not logically parallel 
 - Incorrect - Out

monk123 · Answer

With his theories of relativity and gravity long confirmed and his Nobel Prize was a decade old, Einstein was, in 1931, by far the most famous scientist in the world.

POE:
Stop sign - 'and'
when you see and in the statement, always search for parallelism.
Eliminate (A), (D), (E) - not parallel.
Eliminate (C) - being is redundant on GMAT.
 
A) his Nobel Prize  was  a decade old,

B) his Nobel Prize a decade old, -   CORRECT

C) his Nobel Prize  being  a decade old,

D)  a Nobel Prize  a decade's age,

E)  a Nobel Prize  aged a decade,

Iceman2020 · Answer

With his theories of relativity and gravity long confirmed and  his Nobel Prize was a decade old,  Einstein was, in 1931, by far the most famous scientist in the world.

A) his Nobel Prize was a decade old,  usage of "was"

B) his Nobel Prize a decade old,  Correct

C) his Nobel Prize being a decade old,  usage of "being"

D) a Nobel Prize a decade's age,  wrong

E) a Nobel Prize aged a decade,  wrong

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