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Q: Answer-&lt;p&gt;Ivory hunters were responsible &lt;strong&gt;for wiped out elephants in&lt;/strong&gt; Nort...

Ivory hunters were responsible for wiping out elephants in North Africa perhaps about 1,000 years ago, in much of South Africa in the 19th century and most of West Africa by the end of the 20th century. - Responsible will be correctly followed by the preposition lsquoforrsquo as in most cases.

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Ivory hunters were responsible for wiped out elephants in North Africa perhaps about 1,000 years ago, in much of South Africa in the 19th century and most of West Africa by the end of the 20th century.

Directions : In each question below, a sentence is given with a part of it printed in bold type. That part may contain a grammatical error. Each sentence is followed by phrases 1), 2), 3) and 4). Find out which phrase should replace the phrase given in bold to correct the error, if there is any, and to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘ No correction is required’ , mark 5) as the answer.

A To wiping out elephants in

B For wiping out elephants in

C For wiping out elephants at

D To wiping out elephants on

E No correction required

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