Multiple choice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

The Shimla Agreement between India and Pakistan limited the number of troops that the two nations are allowed to deploy on their international border during peacetime.

  1. limited the number of troops that the two nations are allowed to deploy

  2. limited the number of troops that the two nations had been allowed to depute

  3. limited the number of troops that the two nations had been deploying

  4. limits the number of troops the two nations have been allowed to deploy

  5. limits the number of troops allowed for deployment by the two nations

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A Correct answer
Explanation

'limited' has correctly been used in the sentence to describe an event that took place in the past; the Present Tense 'are allowed' correctly refers to the present situation.