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by madhur_ahuja » Mon Jul 20, 2009 9:02 am
There are more than forty newspapers published in the cities of Kerala, a state on the Malabar Coast, which reflects the fact that Keralans are by far India’s most literate citizens

(A) which reflects
(B) and that number reflects
(C) which reflect
(D) that number reflects
(E) that reflects
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by hk » Mon Jul 20, 2009 12:25 pm
My answer would be B, but i'm not sure of how reliable the source is. For one reason, people of kerala are not called Keralans, they are called keralites :lol:

here is my reasoning,

Newspapers happens to be the main subject in the passage and needs a plural verbal - reflect!! so as is A, D and E are wrong.

There is also a problem with "Which" in many of the answer choices and this incorrectly refers to malabar coast instead of the main subject. So C is wrong.

The reason why B is right inspite of the verb reflects is that here the emphasis is changed from newspapers to the fact of the number = 40. Hence its considered a singular verb. Plus 'and' helps to distinguish this shift of focus.
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