The correct answer is **The ruling party did many developments in the state, however, it's a million dollars question about their success.** (Option 1). **Comprehensive Derivation:** The correct answer is 'The ruling party did many developments in the state, however, it's a million dollars question about their success'. Explanation & Key Takeaways: • Two sentences are given in the question. We need to combine them to make a single unified sentence without changes the meaning of the sentences. • First sentence is in contrast to the second sentence. The context is that even though ruling party did many developments, it is still arguable if they have another chance to win. Let's take the first sentence, • Here, the two sentences are joined using the conjunction 'however'. • 'However' is the word that is used to join two contrasting statements. • Hence, option 1 is the correct answer. The correct answer is -'The ruling party did many developments in the state, however, it's a million dollars question about their success'. Related Concepts: • In option 2 'its' means possession but 'it's' is the contracted from of 'it is'. Here 'its' is not the correct usage. **Option Elimination:** • **Option 1 (The ruling party did many developments in the state, however, it's a million dollars question about their success.)**: Correct Answer; accurate according to canonical reference. • **Option 2 (As the ruling party did many developments in the state, its a million dollars question about their success.)**: Incorrect distractor. • **Option 3 (Because the ruling party did many developments in the state, it's a million dollars question about their success.)**: Incorrect distractor. • **Option 4 (While the ruling party did many developments in the state, it's a million dollars question about their success.)**: Incorrect distractor. **Exam Trap:** Be careful of misleading distractors and subtle terminology differences. Verify core properties before selecting your answer. **Memory Booster:** Core mnemonic rule: The ruling party did many developments in the state, however, it's a million dollars question about their success. corresponds to Option (1).