Question

The Olympic Games helped to keep peace among the pugnacious states of the Greek world in that a sacred truce was proclaimed during the festival's month.

• A. World in that a sacred truce was proclaimed during the festival's month
• B. World, proclaiming a sacred truce during the festival's month
• C. World when they proclaimed a sacred truce for the festival month
• D. World, for a sacred truce was proclaimed during the month of the festival
• E. World by proclamation of a sacred truce that was for the month of the festival

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

World, for a sacred truce was proclaimed during the month of the festival

The given sentence explains how the Olympic Games helped to keep peace among the pugnacious nations. But, the underlined part of the sentence does not give that out clearly and so option A is incorrect. Option B appears incomplete. Option C does not clearly bring out the meaning of the sentence and so it is incorrect. Option D sis a more simplified version of the underlined part of the sentence compared to option E and so the most apt answer is option D.