Multiple choice

Direction: The following sentence tests correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.

In order to help the Tsunami victims, the Indian government initiated plans for the preparation, delivering and transportation of foodstuffs to the Tsunami hit areas.

  1. initiated plans for the preparation, delivering and transportation of foodstuffs to the Tsunami hit areas.

  2. initiated plans for preparing, delivering and transportation of foodstuffs to the Tsunami hit areas.

  3. for preparing, delivering and transporting of foodstuffs to the Tsunami hit areas, initiated plans.

  4. developed plans for preparation, delivering and transportation of foodstuffs to the Tsunami hit areas.

  5. initiated plans for the preparation, delivery and transportation of foodstuffs to the Tsunami hit areas
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

(E) option is the correct one. The problem is of Faulty Parallelism. Three activities are stated, all the three should be in the same grammatical format.

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