Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select No improvement.
Though many European traders visit Puducherry in the sixteenth century onwards , what remains today is a relic of its French past.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4, i.e. ‘traders visited Puducherry from the sixteenth century onwards'.
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In the first sentence, a event of the past is being explained which is being continued till date because the word onwards is used. Also, the word ‘onwards’ which means ‘forward in time’ signifies that the preposition ‘from’ should be used. |
Hence, ‘visited’ should be in place of ‘visit’ and ‘in’ should be replaced with ‘from’
Correct sentence will be: Though many European traders visited Puducherry in the sixteen century onwards, what remains today is a relic of its French past. |