Like an expert......., a robot..... is correct.
Like is used for comparison of nouns- expert and robot.
C- is the correct option. (A)
Like an expert cricket fielder focusing his attention on his movement and catching the ball coming in his direction,
any object tossed in its direction is grabbed by a newly developed robot- expert compared to object- INCORRECT
(B)
Similar to an expert cricket fielder who focuses his attention on his movement for catching the ball coming in his direction, a newly developed robot grabs any object tossed in its direction- similar to should not be used for comparison of nouns- INCORRECT
(C)
Like an expert cricket fielder who focuses his attention on his movement and catches the ball coming in his direction,
a newly developed robot grabs any object tossed in its direction- expert is compared to robot- CORRECT
(D)
As with an expert cricket fielder who focuses his attention on his movement, catching the ball coming in his direction, a newly developed robot grabs any object tossed in its direction- as with is INCORRECT usage for comparison.
(E)
Like an expert cricket fielder who focuses his attention on his movement to catch the ball coming in his direction,
any object tossed in its direction is grabbed by the newly developed robot- expert compared to object- INCORRECT
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