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.

Since 1947, after India had been partitioned into two countries, the issue of the sovereignty of Kashmir, given the claims of both India and Pakistan, was a bone of contention between the two countries.

after India had been partitioned into two countries, the issue of the sovereignty of Kashmir, given the claims of both India and Pakistan, was

when India was partitioned into two countries, the issue of the sovereignty of Kashmir, given the claims of both India and Pakistan, has been

when India was partitioned into two countries, given the claims of both India and Pakistan, the issue of the sovereignty of Kashmir had been

after India had been partitioned into two countries, the issue of the sovereignty of Kashmir has been,

after India had been partitioned into two countries, the issue of the sovereignty of Kashmir, given the claims of both India and Pakistan, has been