Question:
Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part of the sentence:
Marginal sellers who have the ability to control their price levels, or pass on any rise in costs to customers, are likely to maintaining or even improve their profit margins.
वाक्य के हाइलाइट किए गए भाग को बदलने के लिए सबसे उपयुक्त विकल्प चुनें:
Marginal sellers who have the ability to control their price levels, or pass on any rise in costs to customers, are likely to maintaining or even improve their profit margins.
Options:
- are likely to maintain or even improve their profit margins
- is likely to maintain or even improve their profit margins
- are likely to maintains or even improve their profit margins
- are likely to maintain or even improves their profit margins
- are likely to maintain or even improve their profit margins
- is likely to maintain or even improve their profit margins
- are likely to maintains or even improve their profit margins
- are likely to maintain or even improves their profit margins
Correct Answer: a)
Explanation:
After ‘likely to’, the infinitive base verb form ‘to + maintain’ (not gerund ‘maintaining’) must be used, followed by base verb ‘improve’. Since the subject ‘Marginal sellers’ is plural, the plural verb ‘are’ is correct. Thus, option (a) is correct.
‘likely to’ के बाद verb की base form (infinitive ‘maintain’) का प्रयोग होता है (‘maintaining’ का नहीं)। चूँकि कर्ता ‘Marginal sellers’ बहुवचन है, इसलिए ‘are likely to maintain or even improve…’ सही है।