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Sentence Improvement (Level-3) Test-2
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Question 1 |
In the question below, there are four statements which express the same idea. Choose the alternative that is most concise and clear. Also, make sure you select the grammatically correct sentence from among the four options given.
The distinctive feature of tariffs and export subsidies is that they create difference of prices at which goods are traded on the world market and their price within a local market. | |
The distinctive feature of tariffs and export subsidies is that they create a difference between prices at which goods are traded with the world market and their prices in the local market. | |
The distinctive feature of tariffs and export subsidies is that they create a difference between prices at which goods are traded on the world market and their prices within a local market. | |
The distinctive feature of tariffs and exports subsidies is that they create a difference across prices at which goods are traded with the world market and their prices within a local market. |
Question 1 Explanation:
There are two things to be kept in mind while solving this question:
a. difference is created between prices, not among, of or across them
b. goods are traded on the world market, not with the world market. (This is a prepositional error).
Remember these two little nuggets to solve the question.
Question 2 |
In the question below, there are four statements which express the same idea. Choose the alternative that is most concise and clear. Also, make sure you select the grammatically correct sentence from among the four options given.
None of us were comfortable with what was happening. | |
None of us was comfortable with what was happening. | |
None among us were comfortable with what was happening. | |
None amongst us were comfortable with what was happening |
Question 2 Explanation:
This is a tricky question and one where we generally have a lot of debate. There are some people who treat none as singular and some who treat none as plural. In the case of CAT and other entrance exams, none of any countable noun is taken to be singular in nature. This makes option 2 the correct answer at it uses the singular verb ‘was’.
Question 3 |
In the question below, there are four statements which express the same idea. Choose the alternative that is most concise and clear. Also, make sure you select the grammatically correct sentence from among the four options given.
Looking back, our inability to confirm speakers gave us the maximum headaches. | |
Looking at it with hindsight our inability to confirm speakers gave us the maximum headaches. | |
On hindsight we find that our inability to confirm speakers gave us the maximum headaches. | |
On hindsight, our inability to confirm speakers gave us the maximum headaches. |
Question 3 Explanation:
This question is based on idiomatic usage. “Looking back’ is the correct idiomatic usage in this case.
Question 4 |
In the question below, there are four statements which express the same idea. Choose the alternative that is most concise and clear. Also, make sure you select the grammatically correct sentence from among the four options given.
Any action of government to reduce the systemic risk inherent in financial markets will also
reduce the risks that private operators perceive and thereby encourage excessive hedging. | |
Any action by government to reduce the systemic risk inherent in financial markets will also
reduce the risks that private operators perceive and thereby encourage excessive gambling. | |
Any action by government to reduce the systemic risk inherent in financial markets will also
reduce the risks that private operators perceive and thereby encourages excessive gambling. | |
Any action of government to reduce the systemic risk inherent in financial markets will also
reduce the risks that private operators perceive and thereby encourages excessive gambling. |
Question 4 Explanation:
Two points to be kept in mind:
Reduce and encourage will make a parallel construction.
Action is taken by someone, not of someone; hence the construction in statement B is the appropriate one.
Question 5 |
In the question below, there are four statements which express the same idea. Choose the alternative that is most concise and clear. Also, make sure you select the grammatically correct sentence from among the four options given.
Cannot one do what one likes with one’s own? | |
Cannot one do that one likes to do with his own? | |
Cannot one do that one likes with his own? | |
Cannot one do what he likes with his own? |
Question 5 Explanation:
As we need to show possession and ownership in this case, the best phrasing would be one’s own. The apostrophe s is an indicator of ownership and highlights the relationship the author wishes to expound upon.
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