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Question 51. Correct the underlined part of the sentence to become grammatically correct from the given choices below.
In Martin Amis’ new novel, the narrator is trapped and hurtling towards a terrible secret, its resolution and the dreadful revelations it brings, ally to give an excruciating vision of guilt.
Type in the option.
A. Ally to give an excruciating vision of guilt
B. To us give a vivid picture of guilt
C. Is a painful picture of a guilt ridden world
D. Does not really solve all the questions in the narrator’s mind
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In Martin Amis’ new novel, the narrator is trapped and hurtling towards a terrible secret, its resolution and the dreadful revelations it brings, ally to give an excruciating vision of guilt.
Type in the option.
A. Ally to give an excruciating vision of guilt
B. To us give a vivid picture of guilt
C. Is a painful picture of a guilt ridden world
D. Does not really solve all the questions in the narrator’s mind
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Option: A
The underlined original phrase is best option and gives real feel to the problem of narrator of the novel.
Question 52. In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases that are highlighted (in bold). From the highlighted word(s)/phrase(s), select the most appropriate word(s)/phrase(s) to form correct sentences. Then, from the options given, choose the best one.
(A)He was baron [A] / barren [B] of tender feelings.
(B)The kohl [A] / coal [B] glowed [A] / glowered [B] in the dark giving solace to many.
(C)The pillars were decorated with a freeze [A] / frieze [B] of angels.
(D)The malls want to be in sync [A] / sink [B] with the customer’s demands.
(A)He was baron [A] / barren [B] of tender feelings.
(B)The kohl [A] / coal [B] glowed [A] / glowered [B] in the dark giving solace to many.
(C)The pillars were decorated with a freeze [A] / frieze [B] of angels.
(D)The malls want to be in sync [A] / sink [B] with the customer’s demands.
Answer: Option D. -> BBABA
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D
Option (d)
Baron means a person with great power, barren means lacking, bereft. The sentence means he lacked tender feelings.Coal is a piece of glowing, charred, or burned wood or other combustible substance. The glowing coal gave solace(comfort) to many.Kohl is powder used to darken eyelids, glowed means to burn brightly and glowered means to show anger.
Frieze is any decorative band at the top or beneath the cornice of an interior wall, a piece of furniture, etc., freeze means change from the liquid to the solid state.
Sync means harmony or harmonious relationship, Sink is to fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom. The malls wanted to be compatible with the customers’ demands.
Hence, correct option is (d).
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D
Option (d)
Baron means a person with great power, barren means lacking, bereft. The sentence means he lacked tender feelings.Coal is a piece of glowing, charred, or burned wood or other combustible substance. The glowing coal gave solace(comfort) to many.Kohl is powder used to darken eyelids, glowed means to burn brightly and glowered means to show anger.
Frieze is any decorative band at the top or beneath the cornice of an interior wall, a piece of furniture, etc., freeze means change from the liquid to the solid state.
Sync means harmony or harmonious relationship, Sink is to fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom. The malls wanted to be compatible with the customers’ demands.
Hence, correct option is (d).
Answer: Option D. -> D
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D
Option: (d)
‘Assure’ being an intransitive verb should be followed by an object, so in place of ‘assure’ correct usage shall be ‘be sure of a successful cure’.
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D
Option: (d)
‘Assure’ being an intransitive verb should be followed by an object, so in place of ‘assure’ correct usage shall be ‘be sure of a successful cure’.
Answer: Option A. -> they are tied to Moscow by ideological and military links.
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A
Option: (a)
No other option discusses their links with Soviets.
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A
Option: (a)
No other option discusses their links with Soviets.
Answer: Option A. -> There is a monster out there
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A
Option: (a)
The phrase given is an answer to the question of the author.
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A
Option: (a)
The phrase given is an answer to the question of the author.
Answer: Option D. -> Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because of the author's famed and masterful use of irony, evidenced in the slow revelation of a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece.
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D
The original sentence begins with the modifier "Famed for his masterful use of irony," which requires a person as its subject.However, in the original sentence, "many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories" is the subject. Moreover, the phrase "due to the author slowly revealing" isawkward.
(A)This choice is incorrect as itrepeats the original sentence.
(B) The pronoun "he" must have a person as its antecedent, yet there is no person in the sentence.Remember that "he" cannot refer to "Guy de Maupassant" here, since the name is part of a possessive phrase: "Guy de Maupassant's short stories".The author himself is not grammatically present in the sentence.
(C) The opening modifier "famed for using irony in a masterful way"incorrectly modifies "short stories" instead of Guy de Maupassant himself. It also contains the awkward phrase "because of the author slowly revealing."
(D) CORRECT.This choiceremedies the flawed modifier by rewriting the sentence to avoid it. This choice also replaces the awkward phrase "due to the author's revealing" with "evidenced in the slow revelation."
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D
The original sentence begins with the modifier "Famed for his masterful use of irony," which requires a person as its subject.However, in the original sentence, "many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories" is the subject. Moreover, the phrase "due to the author slowly revealing" isawkward.
(A)This choice is incorrect as itrepeats the original sentence.
(B) The pronoun "he" must have a person as its antecedent, yet there is no person in the sentence.Remember that "he" cannot refer to "Guy de Maupassant" here, since the name is part of a possessive phrase: "Guy de Maupassant's short stories".The author himself is not grammatically present in the sentence.
(C) The opening modifier "famed for using irony in a masterful way"incorrectly modifies "short stories" instead of Guy de Maupassant himself. It also contains the awkward phrase "because of the author slowly revealing."
(D) CORRECT.This choiceremedies the flawed modifier by rewriting the sentence to avoid it. This choice also replaces the awkward phrase "due to the author's revealing" with "evidenced in the slow revelation."
Answer: Option C. -> to approach mathematics as a creative activity or to force students to memorize rules and principles
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C
The original sentenceincorrectly pairs an infinitive ("to approach") with a clause ("that they should...") in the construction "either X or Y." Moreover, the use of "like" in the phrase "to approach mathematics like a creative activity" is incorrect. “Like” is used to compare the similarities between things, while “as” is used in comparisons that show equality. In this case, mathematics is a creative activity; thus, “as” is necessary.
(A)This choiceis incorrect as it repeats the original sentence.
(B) While this choice does contain proper parallel structure, it incorrectly uses "like" instead of "as" in the phrase"to approach mathematicslike a creative activity".
(C) CORRECT. Theconstruction "either X or Y" requires parallelism between X and Y. In choice C, X and Y are parallel infinitive phrases ("to approach . . ." and "to force . . .").
(D) While this choice does create a parallel construction, it awkwardly beginsthe parallel elements with the words "that they" instead of the infinitive "to."Moreover, this choice incorrectly uses "like" instead of "as" in the phrase"to approach mathematicslike a creative activity".
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C
The original sentenceincorrectly pairs an infinitive ("to approach") with a clause ("that they should...") in the construction "either X or Y." Moreover, the use of "like" in the phrase "to approach mathematics like a creative activity" is incorrect. “Like” is used to compare the similarities between things, while “as” is used in comparisons that show equality. In this case, mathematics is a creative activity; thus, “as” is necessary.
(A)This choiceis incorrect as it repeats the original sentence.
(B) While this choice does contain proper parallel structure, it incorrectly uses "like" instead of "as" in the phrase"to approach mathematicslike a creative activity".
(C) CORRECT. Theconstruction "either X or Y" requires parallelism between X and Y. In choice C, X and Y are parallel infinitive phrases ("to approach . . ." and "to force . . .").
(D) While this choice does create a parallel construction, it awkwardly beginsthe parallel elements with the words "that they" instead of the infinitive "to."Moreover, this choice incorrectly uses "like" instead of "as" in the phrase"to approach mathematicslike a creative activity".
Answer: Option C. -> with occasional visits to the the veterinarian
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C
Option (C)
To deal with the sentence successfully you first need to consider its meaning. The sentence lists five items, four of which support the claim that cats’ needs are “simple and largely inexpensive.”
You know that the fifth item, the trips to the vet, aren’t part of this list and shouldn’t be parallel with it because, first, the and before shelter suggests that the initial list ends with shelter and, second, trips to the vet are not inexpensive. Therefore, the final item needs to be expressed as an exception. Eliminate (A). At this point, the primary problem is one of expression. veterinarian visits, while shorter, is less clear and idiomatic than visits to the veterinarian. Out with (B). As for (D), we have a dangling modifier: who is occasionally visiting the vet? Eliminate. Hence (C) it is.
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C
Option (C)
To deal with the sentence successfully you first need to consider its meaning. The sentence lists five items, four of which support the claim that cats’ needs are “simple and largely inexpensive.”
You know that the fifth item, the trips to the vet, aren’t part of this list and shouldn’t be parallel with it because, first, the and before shelter suggests that the initial list ends with shelter and, second, trips to the vet are not inexpensive. Therefore, the final item needs to be expressed as an exception. Eliminate (A). At this point, the primary problem is one of expression. veterinarian visits, while shorter, is less clear and idiomatic than visits to the veterinarian. Out with (B). As for (D), we have a dangling modifier: who is occasionally visiting the vet? Eliminate. Hence (C) it is.
Question 59. (A) In the past few years the imaginative [A] / imaginary [B] distinctions between [A] / among [B] urban life and the natural world have crumbled.
(B) The decision of the election commission of India to hold Assembly elections in Karnataka before the expiry of the six-month [A] / six-months [B] term of the President’s rule ends a period of political uncertainty.
(C) Now Hamlet is primarily [A] / primary [B] a drama of revenge, one of the most dislikeable of all human passions.
(D) The winds blow unceasingly sapping your energy, blighting your hopes and producing energy, blighting your hopes and producing [A] / produce [B] a conviction that nothing is worth an effort.
(B) The decision of the election commission of India to hold Assembly elections in Karnataka before the expiry of the six-month [A] / six-months [B] term of the President’s rule ends a period of political uncertainty.
(C) Now Hamlet is primarily [A] / primary [B] a drama of revenge, one of the most dislikeable of all human passions.
(D) The winds blow unceasingly sapping your energy, blighting your hopes and producing energy, blighting your hopes and producing [A] / produce [B] a conviction that nothing is worth an effort.
Answer: Option D. -> BAAAA
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D
‘Imaginary’ describes something that is created by and exists only in the mind, that is notreal whereas imaginative means new, original and clever. Hence, option ‘B’ imaginary’is correct. In sentence 2 the compound word 'six-month' is used as an adjective and therefore it should be in the singular. In sentence 3 primarily means ‘mainly’ and primary means ‘most important’. Hence ‘A’ ‘primarily is correct. In sentence 4 tomaintain parallelism in construction production [A] should be used. Hence BAAAA is theright choice.
ANS:option D
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D
‘Imaginary’ describes something that is created by and exists only in the mind, that is notreal whereas imaginative means new, original and clever. Hence, option ‘B’ imaginary’is correct. In sentence 2 the compound word 'six-month' is used as an adjective and therefore it should be in the singular. In sentence 3 primarily means ‘mainly’ and primary means ‘most important’. Hence ‘A’ ‘primarily is correct. In sentence 4 tomaintain parallelism in construction production [A] should be used. Hence BAAAA is theright choice.
ANS:option D
Answer: Option D. -> rather than in a separate process
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D
Option (D)
The problem with the original sentence is separately. Separately is an adverb but in this context it’s not clear exactly which verb it’s modifying. (A) and (B) share the same problem.
(C) and (D) both bring out the parallelism in the sentence, which you can see if you rewrite the sentence: “One benefit of learning to speak a language while learning to read it rather than as/in a separate process is . . . .”. You’ll notice that (D) changes process to the plural processes and undermines the parallelism; the underlined portion should refer to only one process, that of learning to speak a language, in order to create a parallel alternative to while learning to read it.
Hence, (D) is more appropriate.
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D
Option (D)
The problem with the original sentence is separately. Separately is an adverb but in this context it’s not clear exactly which verb it’s modifying. (A) and (B) share the same problem.
(C) and (D) both bring out the parallelism in the sentence, which you can see if you rewrite the sentence: “One benefit of learning to speak a language while learning to read it rather than as/in a separate process is . . . .”. You’ll notice that (D) changes process to the plural processes and undermines the parallelism; the underlined portion should refer to only one process, that of learning to speak a language, in order to create a parallel alternative to while learning to read it.
Hence, (D) is more appropriate.
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