Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase to make the grammatically correct?
The man who has committed such a serious crime must get the mostly severe punishment.
Answer: A
It should read get the most severe.
Severe is an adjective describing punishment, so its superlative is the most severe. Mostly means for the greater part and cannot form a superlative at all.
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They are not beware of all the facts
Answer: B
It should read are not aware of.
Beware is a verb used only in the imperative - beware of the dog - and cannot follow are. The adjective required here is aware, and it takes of.
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Despite of their differences on matters of principle, they all agree on the demand for a hike in salary.
Answer: A
Correct answer: Despite their
Despite is already a preposition, so it takes its object directly and never needs of. The redundancy comes from confusing it with in spite of, which does require the preposition.
Both of these are correct and interchangeable:
Mixing them into despite of is a very common error.
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As there was no time, the remaining items were deferred into the next meeting.
Answer: A
It should read were deferred till.
Deferring is postponing to a later time, and the preposition for a point in time is till or until. Deferred into is not English, and the past tense must match was in the first clause.
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We can not always convey ourselves in simple sentences.
Answer: D
It should read cannot always express.
One conveys a message but expresses oneself; convey ourselves is not idiomatic. Cannot is also written as one word in standard usage.
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One of the most significant phenomenons of our time has been the development of cinema.
Answer: B
It should read phenomena.
Phenomenon is a Greek singular and its plural is phenomena, like criterion and criteria. Phenomenons is used only of exceptional people, and even then rarely.
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Anand has the guts to rise from the occasion and come out successfully.
Answer: C
It should read to rise to.
To rise to the occasion is the idiom - to meet a demand well. Rise from would mean to get up out of it, which is not the sense.
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Acquisition of certain specific skills can be facilitated from general awareness, education and exposure to novel situations.
Answer: B
Correct answer: can be facilitated by
Two things are being tested. First the preposition: an action is facilitated by the means that assist it, not from them. Second the word itself - facilitate means to make easier, while felicitate means to congratulate. Skills are made easier to acquire, not congratulated, so the felicitated options are out.
Acquisition of certain specific skills can be facilitated by general awareness, education and exposure to novel situations.
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Technology must use to feed the forces of change.
Answer: B
It should read must be used to feed.
Technology is the thing used, not the user, so the verb must be passive. Must use would make technology the agent of its own employment.
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In the sentence below, a part is printed in bold. Choose the alternative that best replaces it.
The road to the village have been repaired after the monsoon.
Answer: B
Correct answer: has been repaired
The subject is the road, singular, so the verb must be singular: has been repaired. The plural village immediately before the verb is part of the prepositional phrase to the village and cannot be the subject. The construction is also passive, since the road receives the action rather than performing it, which requires the auxiliary be with the past participle: has been repaired. Has repaired and have repaired are active and would make the road the repairer. Are being repaired is both plural and in the wrong tense, describing work still in progress rather than completed after the monsoon. The general rule is worth fixing: find the true subject by stripping out every prepositional phrase, then decide the number of the verb from what remains.
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