Multiple choice

For almost a century and a half after having its beginning in 1830, the British exiled some 3,000 freedom fighters to Burma.

  1. For almost a century and a half after having its beginning in 1830

  2. Beginning in 1830 for a century and a half

  3. Beginning almost a century and a half, in 1830

  4. During a century and a half, beginning in 1830

  5. Over a century and a half beginning in 1830
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E Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence tries to convey that the British did something over a given period of time. The best preposition to show that is ‘over’. Hence (5)

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