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Question:

In each of the questions, four different ways of presenting an idea are given. Choose the one that conforms most closely to Standard English usage.

The running of large businesses consist of getting somebody to make something that somebody else sold to somebody else for more than its cost.
The running of a large business consists of getting somebody to make something that somebody else will sell to somebody else for more than it costs.
The running of a large business consists of getting somebody to sell something that somebody else made for more than it cost.
The running of large businesses consist of getting somebody to make something else that somebody else will sell to somebody else for more than it costs.

Explanation:

The subject, ‘running of a large business’ or ‘running of large businesses’ is singular and should take a singular verb (consists) and not plural (consist). With that, options 1 and 4 can be ruled out.
In C, it should be ‘more than its cost.’ Option 3 can therefore be eliminated.
Statement B is correct in this regard (‘more than it costs’ is correct).

Hence, the correct answer is option 2.