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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".   At one time, the lock industry here flourished and locks (was exported) on a major scale. 

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".  

At one time, the lock industry here flourished and locks (was exported) on a major scale. 


1). is exported
2). were export
3). were exported
4). no improvement


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Flourished => past tense. Since a sentence must be uniform throughout => rule out 2). Locks = plural => rule out 1) is and 4) was. Option 3) Were exported is the correct answer.

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