Question : The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
To descend a cragged / mountain, however, was most / difficult and dangerous / than to ascend it.
Option 1: To descend a cragged
Option 2: difficult and dangerous
Option 3: mountain however was most
Option 4: than to ascend it
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Correct Answer: mountain however was most
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
More should replace most, as it is the correct comparative form that should be used. The sentence requires a comparative form, as it is comparing the descent to the ascent.
Therefore, the correct sentence is: To descend a cragged mountain, however, was more difficult and dangerous than to ascend it.
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Question : The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. We've got to have / beefed-up intelligence, / including much strong / human intelligence than before.
Option 1: We've got to have
Option 2: human intelligence
Option 3: including much strong
Option 4: beefed-up intelligence
If you plant a seed, / you will be noticed / that it takes some / time to grow.
Option 1: that it takes some
Option 2: If you plant a seed
Option 3: you will be noticed
Option 4: time to grow
Question : The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. Uttar Pradesh / accounts for about 16 percent / of the / country population.
Option 1: of the
Option 2: country population
Option 3: Uttar Pradesh
Option 4: accounts for about 16 percent
The earthy / fragrance of soil / after a first rain / is always refreshing.
Option 1: is always refreshing
Option 2: fragrance of soil
Option 3: The earthy
Option 4: after a first rain
But this immortality / will have purchased / at the price of / his immortal part.
Option 1: will have purchased
Option 2: at the price of
Option 3: his immortal part
Option 4: But this immortality
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