Multiple choice

Even though the government has spent more than a decade and a huge sum of money planning a dam on the river, the idea will have to be abandoned as a result of the river flow becoming so scanty.

  1. will have to be abandoned as a result of the river flow becoming so scanty

  2. is to be abandoned on account of the scanty flow which the river received

  3. had to be abandoned because the river flow had become so scanty

  4. has to be abandoned because of the river and its scanty flow

  5. must be abandoned because the river flow has become so scanty
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E Correct answer
Explanation

The idea of construction of the dam has to be compulsorily abandoned in the present and not sometime in the future so 'must be abandoned' presents the best construct. Hence (5).

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