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Because of its effectiveness in bringing about good results and because it has some other advantages, this teaching method has been adopted by most of the universities of the country.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Answer & Solution
The basic structure of the sentence:
Because of its effectiveness in bringing
about good results
Clause
The underline portion of question is
modifier of the main sentence.
The modifier has two portion both starts
from ‘Because of ….’. First portion of the modifier is phrase and second
portion is clause.
Since, both portion of modifier is connected
with coordinate, both will be either phrase or clause.
In that sense, choice-(D) maintains the
parallelism of both modifiers.
its
effectiveness in bringing about good results
Because of + Phrase + this teaching method
Phrase
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Now-a-days managements in many organizations have begun to provide health club facilities for employees because exercise builds stamina, decreases tension and absenteeism is reduced.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Answer & Solution
Clause
(Active) Clause (Active) Clause (Passive)
In the above underline, after the
conjunction ‘because’ there exists three clauses two in active form and the
last one in passive form.
The clauses are connected with coordinate.
So, the clauses should be in same structure.
From that sense, option-(C) is appropriate
in structure.
because exercise + builds stamina +
decreases tension + reduces
absenteeism
Clause
(Active) Clause (Active) Clause (Active)
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The older girls had a birthday party to get us acquainted and it was deeply appreciated by me.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Answer & Solution
The sentence in the question is compound
and connected with coordinating conjunction ‘and’. So, both the clauses should
be in similar structure. The first clause is in active form, but the last
clause is in passive form. This is quite absurd, rather should be parallel.
The older girls had a birthday party to get us acquainted and it was deeply appreciated by me
Clause (Active) Clause (Passive)
In the above structure, both clause should
be in either passive or active form, but passive form is quite verbose and
unnecessary.
In that sense, option-(A) is appropriate to express the meaning with parallelism.
I appreciated the birthday party which the older girls gave to get us acquainted.
Clause (Active) Clause
(Active)
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Many economists in our country maintain that the current low inflation rate not only promotes investments in subsidiaries but also made it more profitable.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Answer & Solution
Many economists in our country maintain
+
that +
Main clause
the current low inflation rate not only
promotes investments in subsidiaries but also made it more profitable Subordinate clause
The subordinate clause structurally used
coordinating conjunction not only …………. but also. The clause next to not only
is in present form but in next portion of but also past form has been used
unnecessarily.
Choice-(A) makes the right form of tense
in both portion (present form). In choice –(D) the word ‘enough’ has been
replaced. So, Choice-(A) is the right answer.
not only + promotes investments in subsidiaries + but also + made
it more profitable
Present
form Past
form
not only + promotes investments in
subsidiaries + but also + makes
it more profitable
Present form Present form
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At the zoo, a huge bodied elephant that walked elegantly like an ancient bulky-bodied king.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Answer & Solution
Seemingly, it seems the existence of
conjunction ‘that’ makes the sentence complex, that means there are two clauses
in the sentence. But in the sentence, there is no finite verb indeed! Actually
‘that’ confused us. As there is no main clause, the presence of subordinating
clause is meaningless. Hence, we need to make the sentence correct with finite
verb.
So, Choice-(D) is appropriate option to
make sentence both meaningful and grammatically correct.
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Because of his illness the singer has not and apparently will not sing within a week.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Answer & Solution
Adverbial phrase Clause-1 Clause-2 Adverb of clause-2
Apparently two clauses are connected with
a coordinate ‘and’. The first clause has subject (the singer) and auxiliary
verb (has) but no main verb. Without main verb, auxiliary verb can’t express
the meaning. So, Choice-(D) is the right answer as it maintains the same
sentence structure in the both of the clauses and other choices unnecessarily
changes tense or basic meaning.
the singer +
has not + sung
Subject Aux.
Verb Main
Verb
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Without expecting a reply, a letter was written to the police.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Answer & Solution
In the first part of the sentence there is
no verb, it’s a phrase prepositional phrase as it starts with preposition. In
the second portion, the verb is ‘was written’, but in the passive form and the
verb has no subject.
Actually, this is not a complete sentence.
The main part of the sentence has been unnecessarily turned into passive form.
So, Choice-(D) makes the sentence complete
as there exists ‘Sub + Verb + Object’ basic structure.
Without expecting a reply + a
letter + was written +
to the police
Prepositional phrase Subject verb Object
Passive form
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According to scrutiny board, many personal things were purchased by the secretary of the club that had no legal authorization.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Answer & Solution
Reading the sentence at a glance, it seems
that the sentence is very much complicating, but its quite easy sentence in
structure.
At first, we observe the main part of the
underline sentence (many personal things were purchased by the secretary of the
club). This clause has been changed into passive form unnecessarily.
In the clause ‘that had no legal
authorization’, that is a relative pronoun of ‘personal things’. Now, the
question is why it is so away from the antecedent. It should be immediate next
to antecedent.
So, Choice-(C) stated the sentence
properly in active form keeping the meaning unchanged.
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I have to make dinner, wash the dishes, do my home work and then relaxing.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Answer & Solution
The original sentence has a parallelism error. In a list, all the
verbs should be in the same form.
- The first three verbs (make, wash, do) are in
the base form, but relaxing is in the -ing form,
which is inconsistent.
- Option D
correctly changes relaxing to relax, ensuring all verbs are
in the base form for parallel structure.
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We are more concerned that the best possible candidate be hired than the following of such rigid rules.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Answer & Solution
The sentence compares hiring the best
possible candidate with following rigid rules. To
maintain correct grammatical structure, "than that such rigid
rules be followed" (Option C) is the best choice because here
“Error of Parallelism” occurs.
The clause after that is in Subject + be + V
format. So, second clause should also follow the first clause.
