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[mrinal2100]

Those driving through the Australian outback must be careful to pack plenty of supplies, as there are certain stretches where the amount of fuel or amenities are minimal at best.

a)amount of fuel or amenities are
b)amount of fuel or amenities is
c)number of amenities and amount of fuel is
d)amount of fuel or amenities available is
e)number of amenities and amount of fuel available are

e

i have a question why can't the correct choice be amount of fuel and amenities are

[shovan85]

The reason it cannot be "amount of fuel and amenities are" is if the presence of amount of in the statement.
If you do not use "number of" after "AND" this will be logically read as "amount of fuel and amount of amenities" because of the parallelism rule.

But you agree with me that "amount of amenities" is wrong as Amenities are countable.

Hope this helps.

[Jim@Grockit]

The reason it cannot be "amount of fuel and amenities are" is if the presence of amount of in the statement.
If you do not use "number of" after "AND" this will be logically read as "amount of fuel and amount of amenities" because of the parallelism rule.

But you agree with me that "amount of amenities" is wrong as Amenities are countable.

Hope this helps.

I just want to add that in travel contexts, "amenities" are synonymous with "conveniences" -- places to eat and stores and places to get fresh, clean water -- and thus are very countable.