Select the most appropriate option to improve the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select ‘No improvement’.
The World Health Organisation wamed the Government that even many people were likely to die of epidemics than of the tsunami.

Options

A. that so many people are likely
B. No improvement
C. that even most people are going to be likely
D. that more people were likely

Answer

D

Explanation

Here, we are comparing the number of deaths occurring due to epidemics and tsunamis using ‘than’. So, we will use a comparative degree(more). Hence, the use of “more people” instead of “even many people” is correct.