1000 Series 962 Question

[singhag]

Contrary to the scholarly wisdom of the 1950's and early 1960's that predicted the processes of modernization and rationalization would gradually undermine it, ethnicity is a worldwide phenomenon of increasing importance.
(A) would gradually undermine it
(B) to be a gradual undermining of it
(C) would be a gradual undermining of ethnicity
(D) to gradually undermine ethnicity
(E) gradually undermining it

Kindly post your answer with an explanation...OA after some discussion

[money9111]

IMO C because it predicted that the processes would be a gradual undermining of ethnicity...

[thephoenix]

Contrary to the scholarly wisdom of the 1950's and early 1960's that predicted the processes of modernization and rationalization would gradually undermine it, ethnicity is a worldwide phenomenon of increasing importance.
(A) would gradually undermine it
(B) to be a gradual undermining of it
(C) would be a gradual undermining of ethnicity
(D) to gradually undermine ethnicity
(E) gradually undermining it

Kindly post your answer with an explanation...OA after some discussion

IMO A

b) wrng idiom "predict X to be Y" is unidiomatic.
c)awkward
d)"predict X to do Y" is unidiomatic.
e) meaning altered

[onedayi'll]

+ 1 A

something is "predicted" in past => "would" is require to refer to future from past

[bhumika.k.shah]

Kindly help yourself clear this ambiguity picture in your mind with regards to this sentence by looking at Ron's explanation in this link

https://www.beatthegmat.com/ethnicity-t39693-15.html

Hope this helps

Contrary to the scholarly wisdom of the 1950's and early 1960's that predicted the processes of modernization and rationalization would gradually undermine it, ethnicity is a worldwide phenomenon of increasing importance.
(A) would gradually undermine it
(B) to be a gradual undermining of it
(C) would be a gradual undermining of ethnicity
(D) to gradually undermine ethnicity
(E) gradually undermining it

Kindly post your answer with an explanation...OA after some discussion