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 the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct? If the sentence is correct as it is and 'No correction is required', mark (5) as the answer.

Cardiac arrest has been known to strike younger and active males more often than the elder people of either sex.

  1. more often than the elder people of both sexes

  2. more often than the older people of either sex

  3. more often than the older people of both sexes

  4. as often as the elder people of either sex

  5. no change required
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The correct usage is 'older' population.

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