The following question presents a sentence, part of which is underlined. Select the answer that produces the most effective, grammatically correct sentence.
Tuberculosis, together with its effects, ranks one of the leading causes of death in India.
Options:
(A) ranks as one of the leading causes of death
(B) rank as one of the leading causes of death
(C) has the rank of one of the leading causes of death
(D) are one of the leading causes of death
Official Answer Key:
A
Step-by-Step Solution & Explanation
The subject ‘Tuberculosis’ is singular, so the verb must be singular (‘ranks’, not ‘rank’ or ‘are’) — the intervening phrase ‘together with its effects’ does not change subject-verb agreement. This eliminates (B) and (D). Between (A) and (C), the idiomatically correct construction is ‘ranks as one of’, not ‘ranks one of’ (missing preposition in the original) or the wordier, less standard ‘has the rank of’. Hence (A) is the most effective and grammatically correct choice.
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