OG13 SC 10th Q
The BB theory staes 2 things , 1. The universe began in a joyous//mournful/explosive moment 2. The universe has been expanding ever since ( it never gets tired, Boost is the secret )………………. Option C : The beginning of the universe was a joyous moment THAT has expanded ……………. Does this sent make any sense – Eliminated. Lets draw an analogy, Sachin’s study began in a perfect moment & Sachin has been expanding his knowledge base since then …….. …. Lets put it in C mode : The beginning of Sachin’s study was a perfect moment THAT expanded……………though ur intent n somewhat from common sense implies that its Sachin n not the moment that has expanded the knwldg base but the way u have expressed keeps one, not that proficient in english, guessing n baffled. Leading to OA A
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> The widely accepted big bang theory holds that the
> universe began in an explosive instant ten to twenty
> billion years ago and has been expanding ever since.
> (A) that the universe began in an explosive instant
> ten to twenty billion years ago and has been
> expanding
> (B) that the universe had begun in an explosive
> instant ten to twenty billion years ago and had
> been expanding
> (C) that the beginning of the universe was an
> explosive instant ten to twenty billion years ago
> that has expanded
> (D) the beginning of the universe to have been an
> explosive instant ten to twenty billion years ago
> that is expanding
> (E) the universe to have begun in an explosive
> instant ten to twenty billion years ago and has
> been expanding
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> Logical predication; Verb form
> ! e sentence describes the central tenet of a
> theory about how the universe began. ! e focus
> of the second clause should be consistently on
> the subject the universe, and all verbs in the clause
> beginning with that must describe what the
> universe did at the initial explosive moment.
> A Correct. Both verbs in the second clause
> correctly take universe as their subject.
> B Had begun is the wrong tense because it
> describes action that occurred farther in the
> past than some other, specifi ed past action.
> C ! e relative clause that has expanded
> describes instant, which makes no sense.
> D ! e beginning of the universe to have been … is
> suggests that beginning is expanding, not the
> universe.
> E ! e verb phrases to have begun and has been
> expanding both reference the same subject of
> the clause,
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> My doubt:
> Agreed A is correct. But what’s wrong with C? How can ‘that has expanded ‘
> refer to ‘instant’?? It would be illogical. Anybody reading the sentence
> would understand logically that universe is being referred.
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> Is it because ‘instant’ is noun here ? On one hand , people say don’t fall
> into the trap of grammatical jargon and on the other hand , we find that it
> is indeed needed. :O
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Another way to look at it:
