Multiple choice

Among the reasons for the decline of Indian manufacturing in the last three decades were the high cost of land, the pressure of housing and commercial development, and basing a marketing and distribution system on importing products from China and South-East Asia.

  1. basing a marketing and distribution system on importing products from China and South-East Asia

  2. a marketing and distribution system based on importing products from China and South-East Asia

  3. basing a system of marketing and distribution on the import of products from China and South-East Asia

  4. basing a marketing and distribution system on the imported products of China and South-East Asia

  5. a marketing and distribution system importing products from China and South-East Asia as its base
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Parallelism is tested here. High cost and the pressure are concrete nouns. So the third parallel noun can only be a concrete noun. Basing being a simple gerund would not fit the bill. A marketing and distribution system is the correct choice as it is a concrete noun. But option (5) is incorrect as its structure implies that a marketing and distribution system is importing products. Hence (2).

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