Source: KAPLAN. (but beware many questions are simply copy of OG and i do not know whether they copied from somewhere else as well. I saw this one first on KAPLAN)

Because country music plays on more radio stations there and is thus better able to capitalize on its fan base, a country music concert featuring a recognizable country group typically attracts a crowd much larger in the southern United States than it does in the Northeast.

a. featuring a recognizable country group typically attracts a crowd much larger in the southern United States than it does in
b. featuring a recognizable country group will typically attract a much larger crowd if it occurs in the southern United States instead of
c. will typically attract a crowd much larger in the southern United States than one featuring a recognizable country group in
d. that is performed in the southern United States will typically attract much larger a crowd than if it occurred featuring the same country group in
e. in the southern United States will typically attract a much larger crowd than will a concert featuring the same country group performed in



I doubt.. the answer. The first part of the sentence which gives the reasoning is in present tense. Logically, the conclusion should be drawn within the same time frame. hence.. the underlined part should be in simple present.

"it" i think is right.. since.. the subject( which is a random country concert featuring recognizable band) is a general one and can be used.

Need your opinion.

Thanks Eli.

But I got a doubt-:

Can we draw an inference-: that in reasoning questions like this- (Because X, Y)

if X is in present tense and then y will be in future tense.
(similar on lines of if...then construction)



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