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    Question

    In the following sentence, a part of the sentence is highlighted in bold. Below it, some options are suggested which may improve the highlighted part of the sentence, to make it meaningful and grammatically correct. Choose which of the following option(s) can successfully replace the highlighted part to make the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct. If the sentence is grammatically correct and requires no improvement, choose option 5), i.e. No improvement required.

    If the news about our illegal activities will spread ,

    it will be difficult to get along with them.      
    A If the news about our illegal activities spreads Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B If the news about our illegal activities will spreads Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C If the news about our illegal activities spread Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D If the news about our illegal activity spreading Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No improvement required Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Here, ‘news’ is always singular and uncountable. So, ‘spreads’ is correct. If the news about our illegal activities spreads , it will be difficult to get along with them.

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