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Britain's representative government, in which citizens vote for lawmakers to uphold their wishes, functions on the belief that if people were unhappy with their circumstances, they have more of an impetus to make their voices heard.

(A) they have more of an impetus to make their voices heard

(B) they would have more of an impetus to make their voices heard

(C) they will have more of an impetus to make their voices heard

(D) it would have more of an impetus to make its voice heard

(E) it will have more of an impetus to make its voice heard



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Re: Britain's representative government, in which citizens vote for lawmak [#permalink] New post   23 Apr 2023, 03:31
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Official Explaination for this? I chose B over C because will is used for certain actions only.
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Re: Britain's representative government, in which citizens vote for lawmak [#permalink] New post   23 Apr 2023, 04:08
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Concepts tested here are - Pronouns and Idioms/tenses.
Since subject is 'people' - pronoun has to be plural 'they' or 'them' - Options with 'it' (D and E) are out.

Correct use of Idiom/tenses is as under :-
If people were 'X', they would 'Y'.
If he were to do 'X', I would do 'Y'.

Only Option B uses the correct tense.
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Re: Britain's representative government, in which citizens vote for lawmak [#permalink] New post   24 Apr 2023, 23:09
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SidhantGupta04 wrote:
Official Explaination for this? I chose B over C because will is used for certain actions only.


In the current question, one has to use WOULD considering the subjunctive mood. For example, If I were president, I would give $100 to everyone. Since it is a hypothetical situation, Would is a better tense then Will.
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Re: Britain's representative government, in which citizens vote for lawmak [#permalink] New post   07 May 2023, 02:30
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Britain's representative government, in which citizens vote for lawmakers to uphold their wishes, functions on the belief that if people were unhappy with their circumstances, they have more of an impetus to make their voices heard.

(A) they have more of an impetus to make their voices heard

(B) they would have more of an impetus to make their voices heard

(C) they will have more of an impetus to make their voices heard

(D) it would have more of an impetus to make its voice heard

(E) it will have more of an impetus to make its voice heard



This is a SC Butler Question



Official Explanation :

Concepts tested : Subject Pronoun Agreement + Subjunctive mood (i.e, "If people were X, they would Y")

Choice (A) and (C) are flawed because the sentences are not in correct subjunctive form.

Choice (B) is correct because here the pronoun they agrees with subject people and the sentence adheres subjunctive form i.e, "If people were X, they would Y."

Choice (D) and (E) can be eliminated because the pronoun it does not agree with subject people.
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