Question

Join the following sentences using the most suitable conjunction. Omit any unnecessary words.

The climb up Jerai Mountain was a success. The scouts faced many challenges along the way.

• A. The climb up Jerai Mountain was a success, so the scouts faced many challenges along the way.
• B. The climb up Jerai Mountain was a success because the scouts faced many challenges along the way.
• C. The climb up Jerai Mountain was a success even though the scouts faced many challenges along the way.
• D. The climb up Jerai Mountain was a success or if the scouts faced many challenges along the way.

Answer 1

The correct option is C The climb up Jerai Mountain was a success even though the scouts faced many challenges along the way.

The conjunction 'even though' is used to join two sentences when there is an unexpected situation. In the given question, the successful climb up the mountain is an unexpected situation because the scouts faced many challenges along the way. Thus, to indicate the occurrence of this unexpected situation, the two sentences are joined using 'even though'.

The scouts facing challenges along their way is not a reason for the successful climb up the mountain, thus the conjunctions 'so' and 'because' i.e. option A and B are incorrect.

Option D will also be incorrect because the conjunction 'or' is used when there are two options or two possibilities which is not the case in the given question.

Therefore, the answer is option C.