Question

In each of these questions, a part of the sentence has been underlined. Find the best way of writing the underlined part of the sentence.
To prepare himself, he subjected himself to two weeks of total abstinence and intensive training in the open fields of Panipat, $\underline{\text{climbing}\ \text{the}\ \text{hills}\ \text{nearby}\ \text{30}\ \text{times,}\ \text{spend}\ \text{nights}\ \text{in}\ \text{the}\ \text{open}\ \text{and}\ \text{to}\ \text{test}\ \text{to}\ \text{see}\ \text{how}\ \text{long}\ \text{he}\ \text{could}\ \text{hold}\ \text{out}\ \text{wiyhout}\ \text{food}}$

• A. spending nights in the open by climbing the hills nearby 30 times and tested for seeing
• B. climbed the hills nearby 30 times, spending nights in the open and tested to see
• C. climbing the hills nearby 30 times, spend nights in the open and to test to see
• D. climbing the hills nearby 30 times, spending nights in the open and testing to see

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

climbing the hills nearby 30 times, spending nights in the open and testing to see

Answer 2

The best way to rewrite the underlined part of the sentence is:

D: "climbing the hills nearby 30 times, spending nights in the open and testing to see."

This option maintains parallel structure with the phrases "climbing," "spending," and "testing," ensuring grammatical consistency throughout the sentence.

The correct option is (D): climbing the hills nearby 30 times, spending nights in the open and testing to see