Question

The number of students selected was more than the number of students who did not participate.

In each of the following sentences, one part of the sentence is emboldened. In the options, four alternatives are given. Find out which alternative could replace the phrase in bold to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If the phrase is correct, select option 5, “No improvement required” as your answer.
A The number of student selected was more than
B The number of students selected were more than
C The numbers of student selected were more than
D The numbers of students selected was more than
E No improvement required
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