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Parallelism

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Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark answer as (5). Insulation from cold,

  1. protect against dust and

  2. sand, and camouflage

  3. are among the

  4. functions of hair for animals


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Error of parallel construction. 'Insulation…protection…camouflage'.

Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark answer as (5).

  1. To transport goods

  2. by sea

  3. is cheaper

  4. than land


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Error of parallel structure. 'by sea…by land'.

Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark answer as (5).

  1. Advertising provides useful information to

  2. consumers that tell them about the product

  3. and service choices, as well as explaining

  4. features, elaborating benefits, and tells prices


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Error of parallel construction. 'explaining…..elaborating….telling'

Directions: Choose the best option to fill in the blank(s).

Modern man is heir to the caveman who made his first fire, flaked the first stone tools and _______ on the flesh of the mammoth.

  1. used to live

  2. had been living

  3. had to live

  4. lived

  5. was living


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Concept of parallel structure involved. 'Made...flaked...lived' all take past indefinite tense.

Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

The (1) works of the author Herman Melville are literary creations of a high order, blending (2) fact, fiction, (3) adventure, and subtle (4) symbolic. (5) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Error of parallel construction. 'fact…fiction…adventure…symbolism'.

Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

Although research has been ongoing (1) since 1930, the (2) existence of ESP – extra sensory perception – a communication without the (3) use of sight, (4) hear, taste, touch, or smell – is still disputed. (5) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

  5. (5)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Error of parallel construction. ‘Sight…hearing…taste…touch…’

Directions: The part of the sentence that has been underlined may have an error. The part has been rewritten under answer options (1) to (5). Select the option that is the most coherent and precise representation of the underlined part.

In all the big cities, there is a flood of health clubs which claim to build strength, decrease stress level and weight is reduced.

  1. decrease stress level and weight is reduced

  2. decrease stress level and weight reduces

  3. decrease stress level and reduce weight

  4. decrease stress level and reduced weight

  5. decreasing stress level and reducing weight


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Corrects the error of parallel construction. 'Build strength, decrease stress-level and reduce weight'.

Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

(1) Some insects bear a remarkable resemblance to dead twigs, (2) being long, (3) slenderness, wingless, and (4) brownish in colour. (5) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Error of parallel construction. 'Long…slender…wingless…'

Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

(1) The question (2) here is not of autonomy (3) but devolution of (4) power to grass root level. (5) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Error of parallel structure. The sentence should be “not of autonomy but of devolution of power.”

Directions: Choose the best option and fill in the blank.

In the last three hundred years, man has created a magnificent industrial society, produced machines that do much of the work for him and _______.

  1. gathering an ever-increasing knowledge of the universe

  2. an ever-increasing knowledge of the universe has been gathered

  3. gathered an ever-increasing knowledge of the universe

  4. has gathered an ever-increasing knowledge of the universe

  5. did gather an ever-increasing knowledge of the universe


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

'Created...produced...gathered'.

Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

Critical thinkers are (1) able to identify (2) main issues, recognize (3) underlying assumptions, and (4) evaluating evidence. (5) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

  5. (5)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Error of parallel construction. Base form of verbs has been used in the earlier part of the sentence, so same form required for third verb also. ‘Identify…recognize…evaluate’.

Directions: Choose the best option and fill in the blank.

At the beginning of economic growth, there are changes ________, in the work that they perform and in the manner in which they live.

  1. in what people consume

  2. in the pattern of what people consume

  3. in people's consumption pattern

  4. in the consumption pattern of people

  5. in the pattern of consumption of people


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

'In the pattern...in the work...in the manner'.

Directions: Choose the best option and fill in the blank. The mill management declared lock-out to minimize its losses arising out of the go slow activities of the workmen and also ___________ a lesson that they would not easily forget.

  1. for teaching the unions

  2. to teach the unions

  3. teaching the unions

  4. for the unions to learn

  5. taught the unions


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

'To minimize...to teach'.

Directions: The part of the sentence that has been underlined may have an error. The part has been rewritten under answer options (1) to (5). Select the option that is the most coherent and precise representation of the underlined part.

The government needs to focus on cutting unnecessary red tapism rather than to worry about a partly reduction in card fees.

  1. rather than to worry about a partly reduction in card fees

  2. rather to worry about a partly reduction in card fees

  3. rather than to worry about a part reduction in card fees

  4. rather than worrying about a partly reduction in card fees

  5. rather than to worry for a part reduction in card fees


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Corrects the error of parallel construction of 'gerund'.

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others. Even though he was over ninety he still enjoyed reading novels and sometimes spend an evening at the cinema.

  1. enjoyed reading novels and sometimes spend an evening at the cinema

  2. enjoyed reading novels and sometimes spending an evening at the cinema

  3. enjoyed reading novels and sometime spend an evening at the cinema

  4. enjoyed reading novels and sometimes spent an evening at the cinema


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Explanation for (1): The entire sentence has a base of past tense. “Enjoyed reading” and “sometimes spend” are unparallel.

Explanation for (2): “Enjoyed reading” and “sometimes spending” seem parallel but the original sentence really conveys that he sometimes spent an evening at the cinema.

Explanation for (3): The option compounds the error of parallel construction by changing 'sometimes' to 'sometime'.
Justification for (4): The entire sentence has a base of past tense, except 'spend'. “Enjoyed reading” and “sometimes spend” are unparallel. The sentence really conveys that he sometimes spent an evening at the cinema. Hence, (4) is the answer. Explanation for (5): “Enjoyed reading” and “to sometimes spend” are unparallel.

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