Multiple choice

Directions: Which of the phrases, 1, 2, 3, and 4 given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence, to make this sentence grammatically meaningful and correct? If the sentence is correct as it is and no correction is required, mark 5 as the answer.

The horizon of Indian Economy is presently very (1) bleak, and so has it been (2) for the first (3) fifty years after (4) independence.

  1. so is it

  2. so had it been

  3. so it has been

  4. so it had been

  5. No correction required
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B Correct answer
Explanation

'First fifty years' makes it distant past. If the usage had been 'last fifty years', the  correct answer would have been 'so has it been'.

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