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Sentence Correction Mixed Practice - VIII

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Except for a rendition that the playwright himself rendered in 1883, Bhartendu’s political satire Andhernagari was not mass staged until 1921, forty years after its completion.

  1. Except for a rendition that the playwright himself rendered

  2. Except for a rendition with the playwright himself rendering it

  3. Besides a rendition being rendered by the playwright himself

  4. Excepting a rendition that the playwright himself rendered

  5. With the exception of a rendition with the rendering done by the playwright himself

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

‘Staged’ used later in the sentence requires the usage of ‘rendered’ for correct parallelism. This is the case only in option (1), with all other options carrying some extraneous elements. Hence (1).

Three hundred slender-billed vulture chicks left their nests in northern India this spring, bringing to 2700 the number of chicks successfully raised since conservation efforts began in 1987.

  1. bringing

  2. and brings

  3. and it brings

  4. and it brought

  5. and brought

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

‘Bringing’ is the right construct because the conservation effort is still going on and hence, the requirement of the continuous tense. Hence (1)

Tax incentives now encourage investing capital in agricultural ventures despite utilisation rates in existing ventures that are exceptionally low and no demand for their products.

  1. investing capital in agricultural ventures despite utilisation rates in existing ventures that are exceptionally low and

  2. capital investment in agricultural ventures, even though utilisation rates in existing ventures are exceptionally low and there is

  3. capital to be invested in agricultural ventures even though there are exceptionally low utilisation rates in existing ventures with

  4. investing capital in agricultural ventures even though the utilisation rates are exceptionally low in existing ventures with

  5. capital investment in agricultural ventures despite utilisation rates in existing ventures that are exceptionally low, and although there is

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

‘Capital investment in agricultural ventures’ is more concise than ‘investing capital in agricultural ventures’. The subordinate clause after ‘and’ requires a verb provided by ‘there is’ in option (2). Hence (2).

For all his avowed contempt of such pursuits, the scholar was quite a resolute Hollywood aficionado.

  1. For all his avowed contempt of such pursuits

  2. Having always avowed contempt for such pursuits

  3. All such pursuits were, he avowed, held in contempt, and

  4. Avowing that all such pursuits were held in contempt

  5. In spite of avowals of holding in contempt all such pursuits

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

‘For all’ in option (1) means ‘despite’ which makes the sentence meaningful with the contrast following the comma. All other options are either not structured correct grammatically or alter the very meaning of the sentence. Hence (1)

For many farmers, farm labour remains taxing even if able to afford agricultural technology their forefathers would find a miracle.

  1. even if able to afford agricultural technology their forefathers would find a miracle

  2. despite being able to afford agricultural technology their forefathers would find a miracle

  3. even if they can afford agricultural technology their forefathers would have found miraculous

  4. although they could afford agricultural technology their forefathers would find miraculous

  5. even if they are able to afford agricultural technology which would have been a miracle to their forefathers

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The word ‘miracle’ is meant to modify ‘agricultural technology’ hence its adjective form ‘miraculous’ is more appropriate. Option (4) changes the very meaning of the sentence, so it is not very suitable. Hence (3)

For most policy holders, the cost of health insurance continues to go up every year, even if free of hospitalisation claims and other sickness benefits.

  1. even if

  2. despite being

  3. even if they are

  4. although they may be

  5. even if remaining

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The ‘policy holders’ is the true subject in the sentence because it is only the policy holders who can seek ‘hospitalisation claims and other sickness benefits’. So the proper pronoun to refer to the subject is ‘they’. ‘Even if’ expresses the required contrast better than ‘although’. Hence (3)

For many hikers, guided tours often turn out to be far more expensive than they originally seemed.

  1. they originally seemed

  2. they originally seem to

  3. they seemingly would cost originally

  4. it seemed originally

  5. it originally seemed they would

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

‘Guided tours’ being a plural needs a plural pronoun – ‘they’. ‘Seemed’ in past tense is the correct usage as ‘seeming’ had occurred earlier than when the tour was undertaken. Hence (1)

For almost a century and a half after having its beginning in 1830, the British exiled some 3,000 freedom fighters to Burma.

  1. For almost a century and a half after having its beginning in 1830

  2. Beginning in 1830 for a century and a half

  3. Beginning almost a century and a half, in 1830

  4. During a century and a half, beginning in 1830

  5. Over a century and a half beginning in 1830

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Correct Option: E
Explanation:

The sentence tries to convey that the British did something over a given period of time. The best preposition to show that is ‘over’. Hence (5)

For some reason the new market expert treats his audiences like imbeciles, talking to them like they were harebrained and unqualified to understand anything even slightly complicated.

  1. like imbeciles, talking to them like they

  2. as if they were imbeciles, talking to them like they

  3. like imbeciles, talking to them as if they

  4. as imbeciles, talking to them like they

  5. like imbeciles who

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Wherever we have to choose between like and as, like is used to compare nouns and as is used to compare clauses. This usage is best exemplified by option (3). Hence (3)

For some mammals the sense of hearing seems to play a role in maintaining bearings, since mice with surgically removed cochlear nerve were found to have increased difficulties in staying balanced.

  1. were found to have increased difficulties

  2. have been found to have increased difficulty

  3. were found to have increasing difficulty

  4. had been found to have increased difficulties

  5. have been found to have increasing difficulties

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In the second part of the sentence, "since" is used so we should use has/have. This leaves us with options (2) and (5). Option (5) can be eliminated because of "increasing". Besides in the context 'difficulty' is the usage of choice. Hence (2)

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