Although the coastal city of Kundapur was once home to a flourishing maritime trade, their economy has been dependent in more recent years on the cotton textile and sugar industries.

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Although the coastal city of Kundapur was once home to a flourishing maritime trade, their economy has been dependent in more recent years on the cotton textile and sugar industries. Option 1: it's economy had depended in more recent years Option 2: its economy lias in more recent years depended Option 3: the economy having in more recent years depended Option 4: its economy has depended in more recent years

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This question tests possessive pronouns and pronoun-antecedent agreement. When a city (singular) owns something, use "its" not "their." Think of it like this: "The dog wagged its tail" not "The dog wagged it's tail" or "their tail." The apostrophe in "it's" makes it a contraction meaning "it is" or "it has," while "its" shows ownership. Option 1 → Wrong contraction; "it's" means "it is," not possession. Option 2 → "Lias" is gibberish, and word order feels backwards. Option 3 → "Having" creates an incomplete, dangling construction here. Option 4 → Perfect! "Its" shows possession, tense works smoothly.

IPMAT Indore (VA) PYQs

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