Identify the correct sentence:- A). It has been well said that the highest aim of education is analogous to the highest aim in mathematics, namely, to obtain not only results but also powers, not particular solutions but the means by which endless solutions may be wrought. B). It has been well said that the highest aim of education is analogous to
the highest aim of mathematics, namely, to obtain not results but powers, not particular solutions but means by which endless
solutions may be wrought. C). It has been well said that the highest aim of education is analogous to
the highest aim in mathematics, namely to obtain not only results but
also powers, not particular solutions but means by which endless
solutions may be wrought. D). It has been well said that the highest aim in education is analogous to
the highest aim in mathematics, namely, to obtain not results but powers, not particular solutions but the means by which endless
solutions may be wrought.
Answer: D In statement A and C, the first error is the 'highest aim of education'. The correction is the 'highest aim in education'. the preposition used should be 'in'. In sentence B and C the words 'not only results but also powers' changes the intended meaning. The intended meaning is the 'the highest aim in education is not to obtain results but powers.'. In both B and C the definite articles 'the' is not used before the word 'means'. 'The mean' is appropriate because it refers to the particular means through which endless solutions may be obtained.
Q. No. 32:
Identify the correct sentence:- A). The talent of I.T companies to identify new area of business opportunities early enough is well known as their skill to coin new terms. B). The talent of I.T companies to identify the newest areas of business
opportunities early enough is as well known as their skill to coin new
terms. C). The talent of I.T companies to identify newer areas of business
opportunities early enough is as well known as their skill to coin new
terms. D). The talent of I.T companies to identify the newer area of business
opportunities early enough is well known as their skill to coin new
terms.
Answer: C We are comparing the two things about the talent of the Indian IT companies- their ability to identify new areas of business opportunity and coin new terms. The two are equally well known ; so 'as well known as......' is correct. The article 'the' before 'newer areas' is D and 'newest areas' in B is erroneous as they have not been mentioned in the sentence.
Q. No. 33:
Identify the correct sentence:- A). By casteism, groupism and sycophancy stirring the boiling cauldron of star egos, there is the ticking time bomb called star rage that could explode without provocation. B). With casteism, groupism and sycophancy stirring the boiling cauldron of
star egos, there is the ticking time bomb called star rage that could
explode without provocation. C). By casteism, groupism and sycophancy stirring the boiling cauldron of
star egos, there is the ticking time bomb called star rage that had
exploded without provocation. D). With casteism, groupism and sycophancy stirring the boiling cauldron of
star egos, their's is the ticking time bomb called star rage that had
exploded without provocation.
Answer: B It is not 'by'(implying through the means of) but 'with' (accompanied by). Choice A and C are ruled out. In choice D, the possessive (their's) is wrong.
Q. No. 34:
Identify the correct sentence:- A). Children are moulded on not only what they are fed physically but also mentally and emotionally, as such a healthy balanced diet of wholesome entertainment is the need of the hour. B). Children are moulded on not only what they are fed physically but also
mentally and emotionally, as such a healthy balanced diet of wholesome
entertainment is the hour's need. C). Children are moulded on what they are fed not just physically but also
mentally and emotionally, as such a healthy balanced diet of wholesome
entertainment is the hour's need. D). Children are moulded on what they are fed not just physically but also
mentally and emotionally, as such a healthy balanced diet of wholesome
entertainment is the need of the hour.
Answer: D The correlative conjunctions 'not only...but also' are placed immediately before two things that are being compared. Here the comparison is between physically (on one side). Choices A and B where 'not only' precedes 'what they are fed' that the comparison is between what they are fed and something else (like what they study). Hence they are wrong. The phrase 'need of the hour' means what is urgently needed, but 'hour's need' does not mean the same. Hence choice B and C are incorrect.
Q. No. 35:
Identify the correct sentence/sentences:- Washington currently reverberate in voices crying(1)/for drastic reduction and even wholesale dismemberment of America's spy agencies(2)/But as with defense spending generally(3)/most of the demands for crash cuts reflect short range political pressures(4)/rather than any grand global strategy or reconceptualization of intelligence as such(5)
Answer: C Statement 1 is erroneous. Reverberate is followed by 'with' and not 'in' statement 2 is incorrect. The conjunction 'and' does not suit the context. 'or' is appropriate. statement 3 is erroneous 'as with defence spending generally' is a parenthetical statement and requires commas after 'but' and 'generally'. Statement 5 is erroneous in using 'rather then' in place of 'rather than'.
Q. No. 36:
Identify the correct
sentence/sentences:- To say that art is not identical to the concept of beauty(1)/and requires for its realization(2)/the concept of the ugly as its negation is a platitude.(3)/Yet this does not amount to the annulment if the category of the ugly(4)/as a cannon of prohibitions(5)
Answer: D Statement 1 is faulty, 'identical to' is incorrect 'identical' is correct. Statement 2 is erroneous because of the use of the conjunction 'and' in place of 'but'. 'But' should be used when a contrasting idea is presented. Statement 5 is erroneous because of the use of cannon (which is a large gun on wheels) in place of 'canon' (which means a general rule or principle) which is appropriate.