Gmat Sentence Correction 95, 96

95). For members of the seventeenth-century Ashanti nation in Africa, animal-hide shields with wooden frames were essential items of military equipment, a method to protect
warriors against enemy arrows and spears.

(A) a method to protect

(B) as a method protecting

(C) protecting

(D) as a protection of

(E) to protect

96). Scientists have observed large concentrations of heavy-metal deposits in the upper twenty centimeters of Baltic Sea sediments, which are consistent with the growth of industrial activity there.

(A) Baltic Sea sediments, which are consistent with the growth of industrial activity there

(B) Baltic Sea sediments, where the growth of industrial activity is consistent with these findings

(C) Baltic Sea sediments, findings consistent with its growth of industrial activity

(D) sediments from the Baltic Sea, findings consistent with the growth of industrial activity in the area

(E) sediments from the Baltic Sea, consistent with the growth of industrial activity there

Answers --

95). C is the best choice.
A, B -- incorrect - subject verb agreement - singular "method" refers to the plural "items of military equipment."
D -- incorrect - "protection" cannot substitute for any prior noun in the sentence. Also this choice ends the sentence with a prepositional phrase which is incorrect.
E -- incorrect - run on sentence - has a comma splice splitting at the end two independent clauses making it a run-on sentence.

96). D is the best choice.
A -- incorrect - relative pronoun "which" incorrectly refers to "Baltic Sea sediments"
B -- incorrect - "these" refers to what?
C -- incorrect - "its" has no clear referrent
E -- incorrect - What is consistent with the growth of
industrial activity there ? The Baltic sea sediments ? The large concentrations of heavy metal deposits?