Multiple choice

Directions: The last sentence in the following passage has been deleted. Select the sentence, out of the available options, that best suits the end of the passage.

The discovery of DNA fingerprinting had huge implication for the non-criminal legal system and led to an overhaul of the UK's Immigration legislation. Current UK immigration legislation accepts results of DNA testing as the ultimate proof or relationship between a child and his or her relatives. Accordingly, DNA test results will normally (although not invariably) provide conclusive evidence as to whether a child is related, as claimed, to one or both of his alleged parents. Before January 1991, it was up to the applicant to decide whether or not to obtain DNA evidence in support of his or her application or appeal. In January 1991, a government scheme was introduced, which enables entry clearance officers (ECOs) to offer to arrange DNA tests in cases where

  1. the applicants are persistent even after the claim having been rejected on filial grounds

  2. the court has intervened in favour of the applicant, although the administration may have rejected the claim

  3. the UK sponsors are prepared to bear the costs

  4. they are not satisfied that persons seeking admission as children are related to their UK sponsor

  5. other genetic determination tests fail to prove conclusively the sponsorship claims
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D Correct answer
Explanation

 (4) is grammatically and logically correct as the pronoun 'they' refers to ECOs and the test is needed only where parenthood is in doubt. 

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