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The OA should be C. As the practice is still continuing today.
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Im totally lost on the logic here! Guys anyone care to explain the logic for your choices?? PLEASE!
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Ok...here comes my reasoning part.

A,B,C : the use of words How,that and why doesn't sound apt.
Also ,"face painting and perfuming the body being found through out the historical evidences" are universal facts. Hence, they can be presented in simple present.

E : usage of 'body perfuming' doesn't sound right. Also, the subject is chagned from the acts of face painting etc to the persistance.

Again, not sure how right I'm.

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Why painting the face and perfuming the body should have persisted throughout recorded history has been the subject of a substantial amount of anthropological and psychological speculation.

(A) Why painting the face and perfuming the body should have persisted
(B) How painting the face and perfuming the body could be persistent
(C) That painting the face and perfuming the body are persisting
(D) Painting the face and perfuming the body persisting
(E) The persisting of face painting and body perfuming


D looks best to me.
Painting the face and perfuming the body persisting throughout recorded history has been the subject of a substantial amount of anthropological and psychological speculation.
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Guys, OA is A



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