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GMAT Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: In 2002 lack of resources reduced the agricultural production of the

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daagh wrote:

What was less than what? It was the agricultural production that turned forty percent less in 2002 from that of 2001.

The second point is ‘production’ is a collective noun that is singular. So now we have to use ‘less than’.

Thirdly, the production has to be compared with another production and not a year.


A. nearly 40 percent less than those of the 2001 ----‘those of’ – production is singular; hence it should be ‘that of’
B. nearly 40 percent less than the 2001--- production compared with a year; wrong

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