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Directions: Select the best revision for the underlined part in the given sentence.

There are three rules of all relations of time in phenomena, according to which the existence of each phenomena is determined in respect of the unity of all time, and these antecede all experience and render it possible.

  1. the existence of each phenomena is determined in respect of the unity of all time, and these antecede all experience and render it possible.

  2. the existence of every phenomenon is determined in respect of the unity of all time, and these antecede all experience and render it possible.

  3. the existence of all the phenomenas is determined in respect of the unity of all time, and these antecede all experience and render it possible.

  4. the existing of every phenomena is determined in respect of the unity of all time, and these antecede all experience and render it possible.

  5. the existence of each and every phenomena is determined in respect of the unity of all time, and these antecede all experience and render it possible.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

'Each phenomena' is a misfit. Each is singular and hence should be followed by singular noun 'phenomenon'. Also, 'every' is a more suitable adjective in place of each, since the focus is not individual item, but individual items in a large group.  Option (2) corrects both the errors.

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.

The writer then adds the names of several distinguished jurists who postponed the beginning of their legal studies, or at least his legal practice, to a time of life quite beyond the conventional student period.

  1. or at least his legal practice, to a time of life quite beyond

  2. and at least his legal practice, from a time of life quite beyond

  3. or at least their legal practice, to a time in life quite beyond

  4. and at least his legal practice, to a time in life quite beyond

  5. or at least their legal practice, to a time of life quite beyond

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Correct Option: E
Explanation:

The sentence bears error of pronoun. Singular pronoun 'his' has been used for a plural noun 'jurists'. This option corrects the error of pronoun. (plural pronoun 'their' is used for plural noun 'jurists').

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.

You can't have the best of both worlds: the material pursuit as well as the spiritual.

  1. the material pursuit as well as the spiritual.

  2. the material pursuit and the spiritual.

  3. the material pursuit along with the spiritual.

  4. the material pursuits and the spiritual.

  5. the material pursuits as well as the spirituals.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Justification for (1): 'Both' is always followed by 'and'. But this is true only if the conjunction is in the same clause. Here the underlined clause is distinct from the other. Hence, nothing wrong with the usage.

Explanation for (2): Both' is always followed by 'and'. But this is true only if the conjunction is in the same clause. Here the underlined clause is distinct from the other. There is nothing inherently wrong with this option but why should the change be made when it was not needed? Also, usage of 'and' results in loss of impact of two divergent pursuits.

Explanation for (3): Here the impact of having 'the best of both' is lost.
Explanation for (4): There is no need to change pursuit to plural. Explanation for (5): There is no need to change pursuit to plural.

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.

Humility, the finest human characteristic, is all but forgotten in our daily dealings because of their perceived link up with servility.

  1. is all but forgotten in our daily dealings because of their perceived link up with servility.

  2. is all but forgotten in our daily dealings because of our perceived link up with servility.

  3. are all but forgotten in our daily dealings because of our perceived link up with servility.

  4. is all but forgotten in our daily dealings because of its perceived link up with servility.

  5. are all but forgotten in our daily dealings because of their perceived link up with servility.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Explanation for (1): 'Humility' should be followed by singular pronoun; hence, the usage of 'their' is incorrect and should be rectified to 'its'.

Explanation for (2): It is not our link but humility's link.

Explanation for (3): 'Humility' should be followed by singular pronoun; hence, the usage of 'their' is incorrect. Also, it is not our link but humility's link.
Justification for (4): 'Humility' should be followed by singular pronoun; hence, the usage of 'their' is incorrect and should be rectified to 'its'. This option corrects the error. Explanation for (5): 'Humility' should be followed by singular pronoun; hence, the usage of 'are' and 'their' is incorrect.

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.

Since the jury was divided in its opinion, the judge had no alternative but to err on the safer side.

  1. Since the jury was divided in its opinion

  2. Since the jury was divided in their opinion

  3. Since the jury were divided in their opinion

  4. Since the jury were divided in its opinion

  5. Since the jury members were divided in their opinions

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Explanation for (1): Where the opinion or action in a group is divergent, the pronoun and verb used take plural form. Here, there is no unanimity in the group and hence both the verb and the possessive pronoun should take the plural form.

Explanation for (2): Where the opinion or action in a group is divergent, the pronoun and verb used take plural form. Here, there is no unanimity in the group and hence both the verb and the possessive pronoun should take the plural form. This option corrects the possessive but not the verb.

Justification for (3): Where the opinion or action in a group is divergent, the pronoun and verb used take plural form. Here, there is no unanimity in the group and hence both the verb and the possessive pronoun should take the plural form. This option corrects both the errors.
Explanation for (4): Where the opinion or action in a group is divergent, the pronoun and verb used take plural form. Here, there is no unanimity in the group and hence both the verb and the possessive pronoun should take the plural form. This option corrects the verb but not the possessive. Explanation for (5): This option makes no coherent sense.

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.

The emotions and experiences that Shakespeare has shared in 'Othello' are better than 'Antonio and Cleopatra'.

  1. The emotions and experiences that Shakespeare has shared in 'Othello' are better than 'Antonio and Cleopatra'.

  2. The emotions and experiences that Shakespeare has shared in 'Othello' are better than emotions and experiences in 'Antonio and Cleopatra'.

  3. The experiences and emotions that Shakespeare has shared in 'Othello' are better than in 'Antonio and Cleopatra'.

  4. The emotions and experiences that Shakespeare has shared in 'Othello' are better than those in 'Antonio and Cleopatra'.

  5. The experiences and emotions that Shakespeare has shared in 'Othello' are more better than those of 'Antonio and Cleopatra'.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

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.

They might have been a trifle stunned at first, but all would soon have come round, and all would have been joy.

  1. but all would soon have come round, and all would have been joy

  2. but would soon have come round, and all would have been joy

  3. but they would soon have come around, and all would have been joy

  4. but they would soon come round, and all would be joy

  5. but would soon have come round, and all might have been joy

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Explanation for (1): The sentence involves a shift in the subject from 'they' to 'all' and does not even use 'all of them'.

Justification for (2): Although we could use 'they' a second time, a better option is to skip the repetitive pronoun altogether. Hence, (2) is the best option.

Explanation for (3): This option incorrectly replaces 'come round' with 'come around'. 
Explanation for (4): This option uses the simple present 'come' instead of the present perfect 'have come' and results in inconsistency of tense. Explanation for (5): This option incorrectly replaces 'would' with 'might'.

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.

Contemporary film directors, some of them write the scripts for, act in, and even produce own motion pictures, are thereby assuming ever more control of their art.

  1. Contemporary film directors, some of them write the scripts for, act in, and even produce

  2. Contemporary film directors, some of them writing the scripts for, acting in, and even producing

  3. Some of the contemporary film directors, write the scripts for, act in, and even produce

  4. Contemporary film directors, some of whom write the scripts for, act in, and even produce

  5. Contemporary film directors write the scripts for, act in, and even produce

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Explanation for (1): ‘Them’ should be replaced by ‘whom’.

Explanation for (2): ‘Them’ should be replaced by ‘whom’.

Explanation for (3): ‘Them’ should be replaced by ‘whom’.
Justification for (4): ‘Them’ should be replaced by ‘whom’. Only this option does so. We will use relative pronoun 'whom' to refer to the original subject 'film directors'. Using 'them' introduces another subject in the sentence whcih is not required. Explanation for (5): ‘Them’ should be replaced by ‘whom’.

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.

I left Jeeves to get my baggage safely past an aggregation of suspicious-minded guards that were digging for buried treasure among my new shirts, and drove to the hotel.

  1. that were digging for buried treasure among my new shirts, and drove to the hotel,

  2. who were digging for buried treasures among my new shirts, and drove to the hotel,

  3. that were digging for buried treasures amongst my new shirts, and drove to the hotel,

  4. who were digging for buried treasure among my new shirts, and drove to the hotel,

  5. who were digging for buried treasure among my new shirts, and had driven to the hotel,

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Explanation for (1): The correct pronoun to use for persons is 'who'. The antecedent is 'suspicious minded guards'. 'That' is used as a pronoun either for a combination of persons and non-persons or when the information it refers to is vital to the meaning of the sentence. Neither is the case here.

Explanation for (2): 'Treasure' is a collective noun so it does not take an 's' in the plural form. 

Explanation for (3): The option does not correct the pronoun error and also has a preposition error.  'Amongst' is correctly used before a vowel sound; otherwise 'among' is used for more than two persons or things. 
Justification for (4): The correct pronoun to use for persons is 'who'. The antecedent is 'suspicious minded guards'.  This option maintains consistency in tense, correct noun use and correct pronoun. Explanation for (5): The option changes the simple past 'drove' to 'had driven'. This is inconsistent with 'left' and 'requested'.

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.

It seems to be the law of biography that those characters who are known to the world by a few brilliant strokes of genius have as a rule only a meager personal history.

  1. those characters who are known to the world by a few brilliant strokes of genius have

  2. those characters that are known to the world by a few brilliant strokes of genius have

  3. those characters who are known to the world by few brilliant strokes of genius has

  4. those characters which were known to the world by a few brilliant strokes of genius have

  5. those characters that are known to the world by few brilliant strokes of genius has

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Explanation for (1): The sentence has error of relative pronoun. 'Those' is followed by 'that' rather than 'who'.

Justification for (2): The sentence has error of relative pronoun. 'Those' is followed by 'that' rather than 'who'. This option rectifies the error by replacing 'who' by 'that'.

Explanation for (3): The option does not rectify the error of relative pronoun and also introduces another error of adjective by replacing 'a few' by 'few'. 'A few' has positive connotation and 'few' has negative connotation. The sentence bears positive connotation.
Explanation for (4): The option does not rectify the error of relative pronoun. And it also introduces another error (replaces 'who' by 'which'). Explanation for (5): The option rectifies the error of relative pronoun, but introduces the error of subject-verb agreement ('have' in place of 'has').

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.

The third distinctive note of this generation of writers is their dogma of impartiality.

  1. this generation of writers is their dogma

  2. this generation of writers is its dogma

  3. this generation is its dogma

  4. this generation of writers is his dogma

  5. this generation is his dogma

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Explanation for (1): The sentence bears the error of pronoun agreement. The subject in this case is singular 'generation', so the possessive should be 'its'.

Justification for (2): This option rectifies the error of pronoun agreement. The subject in this case is singular 'generation', so the possessive should be 'its'.

Explanation for (3): This option rectifies the error of pronoun agreement but changes the meaning of the original sentence by deleting 'writers'.
Explanation for (4): This option compounds the error of pronoun agreement by replacing 'their' with 'his'. Explanation for (5): This option makes so many changes as to make the sentence incomprehensible.

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. The followers of such a theory believe that human soul is created out of nothing and continues to exist throughout eternity either to suffer or to enjoy because of the deeds performed during the short period of their earthly existence.

  1. human soul is created out of nothing and continues to exist throughout eternity

  2. human soul is created out of nothing and continue to exist throughout eternity

  3. human souls are created out of nothing and continues to exist throughout eternity

  4. human souls are created out of nothing and continue to exist throughout eternity

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Explanation for (1): The sentence has error of pronoun agreement. The noun for plural possessive pronoun 'their', should be plural 'human souls' and the verb should be plural 'continue'.

Explanation for (2): This option does not rectify the error of pronoun agreement and also compounds the error (soul … continue).

Explanation for (3): This option rectifies half the error, but leaves the subject-verb agreement error (Human souls continues)
Justification for (4): The sentence has error of pronoun agreement. The noun for plural possessive pronoun 'their', should be plural 'human souls' and the verb should be plural 'continue'. This option corrects the error of plural usage. Explanation for (5): This option makes unnecessary change in tense and commits unwarranted errors.

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.

He did write a long letter to Emily, in which he expressed a hope that both George and himself would soon be with her, and immediately prepared for his departure.

  1. He did write a long letter to Emily, in which he expressed a hope that both George and himself would soon be with her, and

  2. He wrote a long letter to Emily, in which he expressed a hope that both George and he would soon be with her, and then

  3. He wrote a long letter to Emily, in which he expressed a hope that both George and himself would soon be with her, and then

  4. He did write a long letter to Emily, in which he expressed a hope that George and he would soon be with her, and then

  5. He wrote a long letter to Emily, in which he expressed a hope that both George and himself will soon be with her, and

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Explanation for (1): ((Error of diction and pronoun). 'Did write' introduces an element of emphasis not required by the sentence. The sentence also uses the incorrect reflexive pronoun 'himself'. 

Justification for (2): 'Did write' introduces an element of emphasis not required by the sentence.

This option corrects the error. The verbs 'wrote' and 'expressed' are consistent with the verb 'prepared' in the non-underlined part of the sentence. It also uses the correct pronoun 'he' rather than the reflexive pronoun 'himself'. 
Explanation for (3): This option rectifies the error of diction but maintains the error of incorrect use of reflexive pronoun. 
Explanation for (4): This option rectifies the error of pronoun but maintains the error of diction. It also omits the pronoun 'both', before 'George and he'. Explanation for (5): This option rectifies the error of diction but maintains the error of incorrect use of reflexive pronoun.  Also, it incorrectly changes 'would' to 'will'.

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.

You cannot think so vilely of me as in opinion that in my old age I would smirch the fair name of my family.

  1. You cannot think so vilely of me as in opinion that

  2. You cannot think so vile of me as to opine that

  3. You cannot think so vile of me so as to opine that

  4. You cannot think so vilely about me so as to opine that

  5. You cannot think so vilely of me as to opine that

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Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Explanation for (1): The sentence exhibits incorrect noun usage. 'As in opinion' ought to be replaced by 'as to opine'.

Explanation for (2): Option (2) rectifies the error of incorrect noun usage but introduces another error by replacing the adverb form 'vilely' with adjective form 'vile'.

Explanation for (3): Option (3) rectifies the error of incorrect noun usage but introduces other errors by replacing the adverb form 'vilely' with adjective form 'vile' and adding 'so' before 'as'.
Explanation for (4): Option (4) rectifies the error of incorrect noun usage but introduces other errors by replacing the preposition 'of' with 'about' and adding 'so' before 'as'. Justification for (5): The sentence exhibits incorrect noun usage. 'As in opinion' ought to be replaced by 'as to opine'. Option (5) rectifies the error.

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.

His meteoric rise to fame was attributed to his clandestine nexus with the underworld, and because of it, everyone kept him at an arm's length.

  1. and because of it, everyone kept him at an arm's length.

  2. and because of it everyone kept him at arm's length.

  3. and because of this clandestine nexus, everyone kept him at an arm's length.

  4. and because of these, everyone kept him at an arm's length.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Explanation for (1): In the sentence, the antecedent of 'it' is unclear; whether it refers to the 'rise' (or) to his 'clandestine nexus'.

Explanation for (2): The option fails to clarify the antecedent of 'it'; whether it refers to the 'rise' (or) to his 'clandestine nexus'.

Justification for (3): In the sentence, the antecedent of 'it' is unclear; whether it refers to the 'rise' (or) to his 'clandestine nexus'. This is clarified only in option (3).
Explanation for (4): The option muddles up the antecedent of the underlined part. 'Rise' and 'clandestine nexus' are not in the same flow and cannot be joined with the simple conjunction 'and'. Explanation for (5): The option fails to clarify the antecedent of 'this'; whether it refers to the 'rise' (or) to his 'clandestine nexus'.

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