Multiple choice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

That the second Prime Minister of independent India was a true secularist is more of a defining moment in his biography than him being a Hindu.

  1. him being a Hindu

  2. being a Hindu was

  3. his religion being Hindu

  4. that he was a Hindu

  5. that he is a Hindu

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Correct. 'That the second' and 'that he was' are parallel in structure. Also, since the non underlined part of the sentence is in the past tense (was a true secularist), the underlined part should also be in the Past Tense.