Clarify asap please

[kavithashravani]

The portion of the interest earned on the state university’s endowment that is set aside to fund merit scholarships
for outstanding high school seniors is more numerous than that set aside to fund the university’s high-powered
athletic program.
- is more numerous than
- are more numerous than
- is greater than
- is greater
- are greater than

[Neha.K]

I think the answer should be A.

Since "Portion of Interest" is a countable noun. Therefore "More than" should be used.

Also, "Portion of Interest" is singular, therefore "is more numerous than".

[kavithashravani]

more numerous than.. isn't it redundant?

[krishnan.anju1987]

The portion of the interest earned on the state university’s endowment that is set aside to fund merit scholarships
for outstanding high school seniors is more numerous than that set aside to fund the university’s high-powered
athletic program.
- is more numerous than
- are more numerous than
- is greater than
- is greater
- are greater than

This is my take on this problem.

Since portion is singular, eliminate all options that contain plural verbs. These options are B and E.
Now, if we remove all the modifiers included here, the statement would be a simple one- this portion is more numerous than another portion. Here portions are being compared which is non numeric in nature. (example- My portion of the cake is bigger than yours. Here portion is bigger or larger and not more in number) Hence I believe D is correct.
This portion is greater than the other portion.

Thanks,
Kris

[tim]

"more numerous than" is not redundant on its own; it can be used correctly in the appropriate context. please note that in order to continue discussion of this problem we'll need a source so we can verify that it is legal to discuss on our forums..

[kiranck007]

Hi, Tim.

This question is from MGMAT CAT exam set 6, Q24.

How can we say be certain that that refers to The portion of interest and not to university' endowment? Theoretically the later is also possible.

[RonPurewal]

Hi, Tim.

This question is from MGMAT CAT exam set 6, Q24.

How can we say be certain that that refers to The portion of interest and not to university' endowment? Theoretically the later is also possible.

if you take out modifiers, the remaining core construction is
The portion of interest ... is greater than xxxx
so, you know xxxxx must refer to a portion of interest.