Correct Answer: B
Beginning with the original television series and continuing with subsequent films and series, the franchise has become a cult phenomenon, initiated the creation of the full-fledged language Klingon, and spawned many pop culture references.
A.the franchise has become a cult phenomenon, initiated the creation of the full-fledged language Klingon, and spawned many
B.the franchise has become a cult phenomenon, initiating the creation of the full-fledged language Klingon, and spawning many
C.the franchise has become a cult phenomenon,
initiated the creation of the full-fledged language Klingon, and
spawning many
D.the franchise has become a cult phenomenon,
initiating the creation of the full-fledged language Klingon, and
spawned many
E.the franchise has become a cult phenomenon,
initiated the creation of the full-fledged language Klingon, and
spawns manyThinking Approach:
C, D, E can be straightaway eliminated since they have parallelism issues. Coming to A and B, I was a little confused but when I observed the first part of incorrect sentence which says 'has become' which denotes something in present, I eliminated Option A.
Hope my approach helped you as well.