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Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Nuclear power for civil use is well (1)_________ in India. Since building the two small boiling water reactors (2)___________ Tarapur in the 1960s, its civil nuclear strategy (3)_________ directed towards complete independence in the nuclear fuel cycle, necessarily (4)__________ it is excluded (5)__________ the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 3.

Option 1: have

Option 2: have been

Option 3: has been

Option 4: has


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Answer (1)
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Correct Answer: has been


Solution : The most appropriate option to fill in the blank is the third option.

Explanation: In this context, "its civil nuclear strategy" is a singular subject, and the correct verb form in the present perfect tense is, has been directed. Therefore, the correct sentence reads, Since building the two small boiling water reactors at Tarapur in the 1960s, its civil nuclear strategy has been directed towards complete independence in the nuclear fuel cycle.

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