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The accident victim was very grateful to the hospital that had saved his life, but viewed his insurance company with suspicion out of fear that it will refuse to pay his claim and very expensive medical bills.

(A) out of fear that it will refuse
(B) in fear that it will refuse
(C) out of fear that it would refuse
(D) out of fear that it is refusing
(E) out of fear that they will refuse

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Dear SajjadAhmad , I will request you to kindly recheck and confirm the OA and post the OE if possible...

With abhimahna , with (C) for this one..
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Official Explanation

Without getting involved in the intricacies of the subjunctive, because the refusal is not a certainty, to express the doubt we require the “would.” Every other choice is wrong because it does not capture the element of doubt expressed by the phrase “out of fear that.”

The correct answer is (C)
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