chunjuwu wrote:
The population of India has been steadily increasing for decades, and it will probably have what is estimated as 1.6 billion people by 2050 and surpass China as the world's most populous nation.
(A) it will probably have what is estimated as
(B) they are likely to have
(C) the country will probably have
(D) there will probably be
(E) there will be an estimated
This question is based on Construction.
In Option A, the pronoun ‘it’ refers to the population of India. The meaning conveyed by the usage of the pronoun in this option is that the population of India will probably have what is estimated as 1.6 billion people. Since this meaning is illogical,
Option A can be eliminated.
In Option B also, the pronoun ‘they’ refers to the population of India. Besides being illogical, the use of the pronoun also creates a pronoun-antecedent disagreement, since the plural pronoun ‘they’ cannot refer to the singular antecedent ‘the population’. So,
Option B can also be ruled out.
Option C has the appropriate construction. The noun ‘the country’ is mentioned in the option to convey the intended meaning that it is the country that will have the estimated population of 1.6 billion people.
So, C is the best of all options.Options D and E begin with the adverb ‘there’. The meaning conveyed by the usage of the adverb is that there will be an estimated 1.6 billion people and surpass China. The adverb ‘there’ refers to a place in which an action takes place. However, in neither of the options is the place mentioned, so we do not know what will surpass China. So,
Options D and E can be eliminated.
Therefore, C is the most appropriate option.Jayanthi Kumar.
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