Çözüldü Modals - Grammar - Irregular Verbs

Atatürk was the only man bold enough to conceive that a movement independent of the sultan (and hence of British pressure on the sultan) __________ unify the resistance throughout Anatolia. Growing independence from the sultan __________ to a republic completely divorced from the Ottoman Empire, upon which Atatürk __________ the country's modernization.

A) has been supposed to / will inevitably have led / would have been based
B) should have been supposing to / could inevitably have been leading / should be based
C) will / might have inevitably been led / will have been based
D) could / would inevitably lead / would base
E) may have supposed to / should have inevitably led / ought to be based

Correct Choice: D (could / would inevitably lead / would base)

Source:
"Atatürk and the Modernization of Turkey", edited by Jacob M. Landau
https://singlelogin.re/book/1105407/d91d86/atatürk-and-the-modernization-of-turkey.html
[ Page 49 (60 in the pdf file) ]