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After clinching business worth several hundred billion dollars every year, India’s IT industry as well as its cousin BPO industry, both of which develop software programs and outsource business processes respectively for global major corporates that handle such diverse things as space journeys to shaving soaps, appear to be softening out due to the recent economic gloom.

(A) as space journeys to shaving soaps, appear to be softening out

(B) like space journeys to shaving soaps, appears to be softening out

© as from space journeys to shaving soaps, appears to be softening out

(D) as from space journeys to shaving soaps, appearing to be softening out

(E) as space journeys and shaving soaps, are appearing to be softening out
I pick C. Correct use of the idiom "such as" and "from...to.."
A- Incorrect: the verb should be "appears" since we are dealing with a singular subject.
B- Incorrect use of the idiom "such..like".
D- Incorrect: No need of the progressive tense.
E- Incorrect "are appearing"
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Yes. OA is C as most have made out
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It's C

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My choice is C because of the correct idiom such...as
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Indian's IT as well as BPO industry, [modifier], appears to be softening out.

Only when 'and' is used we can use the plural form. In this case 'as well as' is used. Hence verb conjugation has to be singular.
Hence A,D & E are out..

Between B &C. B is incorrect because 'like' cannot be used in this context when we are using examples.

Hence C is the right answer.

I didn't know that 'as well as' does not take plural verbs. I'd pick A 100 times out of 100. :(
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nice catch daagh :)

Guys please refer to MGMAT SC page 39.

Additive phrases such as:
along with
accompanied by
in addition to
together with
as well as
including A and B


But unlike and additive phrases do not form compound subjects. Rather they act as modifiers and therefore can not change the the number of the subject.



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