Source: Kaplan Premier Live Online 2010 Edition The public's widespread belief in the existence of UFOs and their general curiosity about extraterrestrial life has generated considerable interest in science fiction. A UFOs and their general curiosity about extraterrestrial life has B UFOs and they are generally curios about extraterrestrial life which has C UFOs, as well as their general curiosity about extraterrestrial life, has D UFOs, as well as its general curiosity about extraterrestrial life, has E UFOs, as well as general curiosity about extraterrestrial life, have Answer: D

Practice Question: UFOs and Extraterrestrial Life

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MelissaLim: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 6; Joined: Sat Nov 12, 2011 10:07 pmFollowed by: 2 members

by MelissaLim » Wed Jan 04, 2012 3:50 pm

Source: Kaplan Premier Live Online 2010 Edition

The public's widespread belief in the existence of UFOs and their general curiosity about extraterrestrial life has generated considerable interest in science fiction.

A UFOs and their general curiosity about extraterrestrial life has
B UFOs and they are generally curios about extraterrestrial life which has
C UFOs, as well as their general curiosity about extraterrestrial life, has
D UFOs, as well as its general curiosity about extraterrestrial life, has
E UFOs, as well as general curiosity about extraterrestrial life, have

Answer: D

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by avik.ch » Thu Jan 05, 2012 2:51 am

here " The public's widespread belief " is singular - So the use of "their" and "they" are wrong. A,B and C are out.

E is wrong because if "have" as the subject is sigular.

Left with D.

Hope this helps !!

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by vikram4689 » Mon Apr 09, 2012 12:10 am

Though Avik mentioned the answer correctly BUT "its" is referring to public's and NOT " The public's widespread belief "

public/b] is a collective noun and hence singular and i.e. D

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