Multiple choice

Not ____________ in time, he could not get the scholarship.

  1. being applied

  2. applying

  3. having applied

  4. applied
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The perfect participle 'having applied' is used here to show that one action (not applying in time) happened before another (could not get scholarship). The structure 'Not having done X, subject could not Y' is the correct construction. 'Being applied' is passive voice with wrong tense, 'applied' lacks the perfect aspect needed, and 'applying' doesn't convey the completed action.

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