Directions In the questions below a sentence is given followed by five options Choose the option tha...........

English ( Master) Sentence Improvement

Directions: In the questions below, a sentence is given, followed by five options. Choose the option that best conveys the same meaning as the original sentence and is correct with respect to grammar, meaning and usage.

The UGC has served India’s higher education system for over six decades and like many other institutions forming its cohort, it has been struggling to cope with diverse responsibilities for some time.

The UGC has been in operation for the past six years and like its counterparts, it has been struggling to tackle responsibilities.

The UGC has served the nation for sixty years but unlike its peers, it has struggled to cope with different types of responsibilities.

The UGC has been a part of India’s higher education system for more than sixty years and like many other of its fellow institutions, it has also been struggling for some time, to tackle various types of responsibilities.

The UGC, in its struggles to cope with different types of responsibilities, is similar to its fellow institutions which have also been a part of India’s education system for more than sixty years and are also struggling.

None of the above

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Explanation:

Option A is incorrect as it is factually incorrect (six years vs six decades)
Option B is incorrect as it changes the meaning of the original statement by using ‘unlike’ instead of ‘like’.
Option D is incorrect as it implies all its fellow institutions are in the higher education domain, something that is not mentioned in the original statement.
Option C is correct contextually and grammatically.
Hence, option C is correct.