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.

A part from its demographical and cultural implications, China's one-child policy also impacted the social fabric of the country; epitomizing a serious fallout and a largely unwanted side-effect of the policy were the mass feticide of female embryos and the resulting mismatch in male-female ratio.

  1. epitomizing a serious fallout and a largely unwanted side-effect of the policy were the mass feticide of female embryos and the resulting mismatch in male-female ratio

  2. an example of the serious fallout and a largely unwanted side-effect of the policy was the mass feticide of female embryos and the resulting mismatch in male-female ratio

  3. an example of such serious fallout and largely unwanted side-effect of the policy were the mass feticide of female embryos and the resulting mismatch in male-female ratio

  4. epitomized by the mass feticide of female embryos and the resulting mismatch in male-female ratio was a serious fallout and a largely unwanted side-effect of the policy

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Correct. The option begins the second independent clause by using Active Voice. Also, the option removes the Subject-Verb Agreement error by replacing 'were' with 'was'.