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Theme/Para Completion 2
Directions: The question is a logical sequence of statements with a missing link, the location of which is shown parenthetically. From the five choices available you are required to choose the one which best fits the sequence logically.
Antitrust laws are intended to maintain competition among business firms. A 'trust' consists of two or more companies that collude in order to control the supply or price of a product or service. (______) This forbade any business combination or practice that interfered with free competition or promoted monopoly.
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times" new="" roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa="">The passage is about antitrust laws. 'This forbade' requires an antecedent (an act or law) that forbade. Option (3) talks about the same and is appropriate antecedent for the word 'this' mentioned in the last line.