Multiple choice

Architects and craftsmen, huge palace and temple clusters were built by Chandra Gupta Maurya without the benefit of machines and transport.

  1. Architects and craftsmen, huge palace and temple clusters were built by Chandra Gupta Maurya without the benefit of machines and transport.

  2. Without the benefit of machines and transport, huge palace and temple clusters were built by Chandragupta Maurya.

  3. Chandragupta Maurya built huge palace and temple clusters without the benefit of machines and transport.

  4. They were built, without the benefit of machines and transport, huge palace and temple clusters by Chandragupta Maurya.

  5. By architects and craftsmen, were built huge temple clusters , without the benefit of machines and transport, by Chandragupta Maurya.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

For the sentence to be logical, architects and stone mansions must immediately precede Chandragupta Maurya, the noun phrase it is meant to modify. Passive forms in A, B and D produce an awkwardness. The best answer C also uses the right active verb form “built”.

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