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.

Genetic mapping, along with chromosomal dissection and life form creation, are attempts to speed up the natural process, but while nature takes millions of years to effect even a minor change, human beings try to evolve these evolutionary changes in decades.

  1. Genetic mapping, along with chromosomal dissection and life form creation, are attempts to speed up

  2. Genetic mapping, as well as chromosomal dissection and life form creation, is an attempt to speed up

  3. Genetic mapping, along with chromosomal dissection and life form creation attempt to speed up

  4. Genetic mapping, accompanied by chromosomal dissection and life form creation, attempts to speed up

  5. Genetic mapping, together with chromosomal dissection and life form creation, are attempting to speed up

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B Correct answer
Explanation

The joining of a singular subject with another noun or pronoun, or with several nouns or pronouns, by prepositions such as along with, together with, as well as, in addition to, or accompanied by does not make the singular subject into a plural one. The verb should, therefore, be put in conjunction with the singular first subject. 'Genetic mapping' is a singular subject and 'is' is a singular verb. Hence the given option is correct.