سوال ۶۱ کنکور ارشد مدیریت کسب‌وکار (MBA) ۱۴۰۱

Answer: option 4 — were this to happen. Conditional inversion (وارونگی شرطی) allows if this were to happen to become were this to happen. The proposed merger is hypothetical, and would benefit states its expected consequence.

• 1) happens to this: supplies neither a conditional connector nor a suitable subject for happens; it cannot attach the condition to the main clause.
• 2) whether this had happened: introduces an indirect yes/no question about an earlier event, not the hypothetical future condition required here.
• 3) this happened: would work after if, but alone it creates an unlinked finite clause.
• 4) were this to happen: is a complete inverted conditional clause, equivalent to if this were to happen.

Exam trick: In hypothetical conditions, if + subject + were to can become were + subject + to; the result commonly contains would.