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A bite from the tsetse fly invariably paralyzes its victims unless an antidote is administered within two hours.

(A) its victims unless an antidote is administered
(B) its victims unless an antidote can be administered
(C) its victims unless an antidote was administered
(D) its victims unless an antidote is administered to the victims
(E) its victims unless they receive an antidote

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E should be the best option.

A, B, and C do not clarify to whom the antidote is administered. Only E does this.

"can be administered" in option B does not make sense. "can be administered" = "It is possible to administer" is not the same as "is administered".
"administering antidotes" saves a person; "ability to [=can] administer" CANNOT.

"unless an antidote is administered to the victims" -- unnecessarily wordy and indirect compared with option E.
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25 Nov 2019, 18:03

In option E “it’s victims unless ‘they’ receive an antidote”. Isn’t “they” ambiguous? They= fly or they= victims?

Even though D have more words in it this ambiguity is cleared!!

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25 Nov 2019, 19:49

MeghnaIjjapureddy wrote:

Here THEY refers to the victims (PLURAL)
But the FLY is singular and thus THEY cannot refer to it and as a result their is no ambiguity in option E
Option D will not be chosen due to redudancy

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05 Dec 2019, 03:44

In option E "they receive an antidote" seems to be passive voice, because of which i selected D
Please correct me

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05 Dec 2019, 03:53

ridhiagarwal wrote:

In option E "they receive an antidote" seems to be passive voice, because of which i selected D
Please correct me

Oh, it's the other way round Ridhi! Option D uses passive voice.

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09 Dec 2019, 06:12

why is D wrong in this question ?

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09 Dec 2019, 06:41

Hi Aarushi, the only difference is passive (option D) and active (option E), though I don't recollect such things getting so explicitly tested in official questions.
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