Multiple choice

Directions: Part of the sentence is underlined. Select the option that best corrects the underlined part. And despite a ban on digging bore-wells for commercial purposes, water is brazenly pumped out from the banks of lakes in the city outskirts and filled into innumerably 5,000-litre tankers.

  1. water is brazenly pumped out from the banks of lakes in the city outskirts and filled into innumerably 5,000-litre tankers.

  2. water is brazen pumped out from the banks of lakes in the city outskirts and filled into innumerable 5,000-litre tankers.

  3. water is brazenly pumped out from the banks of lakes in the city outskirts and filled in innumerable 5,000-litre tankers.

  4. water is brazenly pumped out from the banks of lakes in the city outskirts and filled into innumerable 5,000-litre tankers.

  5. water is brazenly pumped through the banks of lakes in the city outskirts and filled into innumerable 5,000-litre tankers.

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D Correct answer
Explanation

The correct phrasing is 'innumerable' (meaning countless) not 'innumerably' (which would be an adverb modifying the wrong word). Option D fixes this error while maintaining the correct 'filled into' construction.