Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
The communities of ants are sometimes very large, (numbered) even upto 500 individuals: and it is a lesson to us that no one has ever yet seen quarrel between any two ants belonging to the same community.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Numbering.
- We need to replace 'numbered' with 'numbering'.
- Since the sentence is in the present tense, 'numbering' is appropriate.
The correct sentence will be-
The communities of ants are sometimes very large, numbering even upto 500 individuals: and it is a lesson to us that no one has ever yet seen quarrel between any two ants belonging to the same community.