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 Police have hiked the penalty for drunk driving as part of their endeavor to reduce accidents during festival season.

  1. The Police have hiked the penalty for drunk driving as part of their endeavor to reduce accidents during festival season.

  2. The Police has hiked the penalty for drunk driving as part of its endeavor to reduce accidents during festival season.

  3. As a part of its endeavor to reduce accidents during festive season, the police has hiked the penalty for drunken driving.

  4. As a part of their endeavor to reduce accidents during festive season, the police have hiked the penalty for drunken driving.

  5. The penalty for drunken driving has been hiked by the police as a part of their endeavor to reduce accidents during festive season.

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D Correct answer
Explanation

The option uses idiomatically and grammatically correct 'drunken driving'.