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.

Delhi was the capital of Tughlaq Empire till 1327, when Devgiri was proclaimed the capital by Muhamad Tughlaq, who renamed it Daulatabad and used Delhi as a garrison.

  1. who renamed it Daulatabad and used Delhi as a garrison

  2. who renamed it Daulatabad and used Delhi like a garrison

  3. who, when he had renamed it Daulatabad, used Delhi like a garrison

  4. who had renamed it Daulatabad, used Delhi as a garrison

  5. who renaming it as Daulatabad and using Delhi as a garrison
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Explanation

Correct; correctly supplies the past tense verbs renamed and used to describe two actions performed in 1327; also, it idiomatically employs the phrase used Delhi as a garrison, in which 'used as' means utilized in the capacity of.

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