CAT Exam Model Paper 8 with solutions for free online practice

Given below is a sentence, part or all of which, is underlined. Beneath the sentence are four ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other three are different.
Choose the option that produces the most effective sentence; this answer should be clear and exact, without awkwardness, ambiguity, redundancy, or grammatical error. The question tests correctness and effectiveness of expression.
I have no doubt that Sri Lankan Tamils — including many with no connections whatever to the Tigers — continue to suffer repression by Sri Lankan officials, despite of the deadly civil war between the two sides having ended last year.