What are the subject and the verb of the independent clause in the following sentence? ignorance of the issues, even if the reliable information is unavailable, fails as a good reason for people not to vote.

The answer is: Information and is.

Explanation:

The independent clause as you may know, can stand alone, this means that it can express a complete thought, whereas the dependent clause, although it contains a subject and a verb, it cannot stand alone for it won't make sense. So, having said this, the independent clause in your sentence is the first line with two commas, after the second comma it´s the dependent clause. So, now a subject is the noun (thing, object, person) and the verb will be the action (jump, drink, take) so this is the reason why information is the subject (noun) and is, the verb.

sight: watching a movie

touch: petting a dog

smell: smelling dinner

hearing: listening to music

taste: eating pizza

the correct answer is   d. a picture depicting people applauding a country's leader.