Multiple choice

Tax incentives now encourage investing capital in agricultural ventures despite utilisation rates in existing ventures that are exceptionally low and no demand for their products.

  1. investing capital in agricultural ventures despite utilisation rates in existing ventures that are exceptionally low and

  2. capital investment in agricultural ventures, even though utilisation rates in existing ventures are exceptionally low and there is

  3. capital to be invested in agricultural ventures even though there are exceptionally low utilisation rates in existing ventures with

  4. investing capital in agricultural ventures even though the utilisation rates are exceptionally low in existing ventures with

  5. capital investment in agricultural ventures despite utilisation rates in existing ventures that are exceptionally low, and although there is

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B Correct answer
Explanation

‘Capital investment in agricultural ventures’ is more concise than ‘investing capital in agricultural ventures’. The subordinate clause after ‘and’ requires a verb provided by ‘there is’ in option (2). Hence (2).