Each of the following sentences in this section has a blank space and is followed by four choices. Select the most appropriate choice to fill in the blank and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
Passage:
CLOZE COMPREHENSION 1 This cultural form ....... 49 . organizing from Japan has a name which means ‘whimsical or impromptu pictures’. It ....... 50 . in existence since the 12th century when the first ....... 51 . for this art form was seen. Since the language itself is read from right to left, the books with ..... 52 . form follow the same pattern. .......... 53 . when English translations were made, they flipped the pictures and published it. This ........... 54 . the purists as it showed left-handed samurai, who did not exist in the original book. Hence, nowadays even English translations follow ...... 55 . right to left format. The name of this art form is Manga.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank 50.
- Ahad been
- Bhas been
- Cwas
- Dis
Explanation
‘Since the 12th century’ requires the present perfect: ‘It has been in existence since the 12th century.’ ‘Had been’ is past perfect, while ‘was’ and ‘is’ do not pair with ‘since’ for a state continuing to the present. Hence option (b) is correct.