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    Question

    Fill in the blanks with the most suitable word from the options.

    The Fenian element was with him, as he admitted, but the

    clergy were against him, and the odds ____________ too great, especially against a Protestant politician.
    A were Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B are Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C was Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D be Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Some countable nouns like ‘odds’, ‘surroundings’, etc. always takes a plural noun and is always followed by a plural verb. The Fenian element was with him, as he admitted, but the clergy were against him, and the odds were too great, especially against a Protestant politician.

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