The recent rise of United States and the rise of United Kingdom in 1900s starkly resemble each other, not only because the latter was at the forefront of science and technology by using its natural resources to shore up production and because it simultaneously used a high percentage of its GDP to shore up its defenses.

A. The recent rise of United States and the rise of United Kingdom in 1900s starkly resemble each other, not only because the latter was
WRONG there is not only but there is no but also later in the sentence- Parallelism error

B. The rise of United Kingdom in 1900s starkly resembles the recent rise of United States both because they were both
WRONG they does not go with its natural resources

C. The recent rise of United States bears a stark resemblance to the rise of United Kingdom in 1900s, both because the latter was
CORRECT No parallelism or pronoun error

D. The recent rise of United States and the rise of United Kingdom in 1900s bear stark resemblance because they both were
WRONG same as B

E. There is a stark resemblance between the rise of United Kingdom in 1900s and the recent rise of United States, not only because
WRONG same as A