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 proposal to privatize loss making government companies, like the national airline and the postal department, that were put forth by the Indian government were less harsh when compared to other SAARC members, which advocated total privatization

The proposal to privatize loss making government companies, like the national airline and the postal department, that were put forth by the Indian government were less harsh when compared to other SAARC members, which advocated total privatization

The proposal of privatizing of loss making government companies, like the national airline and the postal department, put forth by India was less harsh when compared to the approach of SAARC members advocating total privatization

When compared with proposal for total privatization put forth by other SAARC members, the proposal to privatize loss making government companies, like the national carrier and the postal department, that were put forth by India were less harsh

The proposal by the government of India, to privatize loss making government companies like the national carrier and the postal department, was less harsh when compared to the proposal of total privatization put forth by the other members of SAARC.

India, in comparison to the other members of SAARC, put forth a proposal to privatize loss making government companies like the national carrier and the postal department which were less harsh than those suggested by the other members