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The number of foreigners going to India for fertility treatments, specially surrogacy, has dramatically increased in recent years.
  • a)
    especially surrogacy, have dramatically increased in past years.
  • b)
    especially surrogacy, has dramatically increased in recent years.
  • c)
    specially surrogacy, have dramatically increased in recent years.
  • d)
    specially surrogacy, have shown dramatic improvement in recent years.
Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?

Jayant Mishra answered
Specially vs especially (Specially means exclusively for, especially means—for a particular purpose); 'especially' suit the context better because 'infertility treatments' are mentioned as the class of treatments the tourists go for. Options 3 and 4 are eliminated. 'The number of foreigners...' is the subject of the sentence, "the number" is always singular, hence 'has' is the correct verb.

A. NRIs does not include a person who has gone out of India on employment, business or vocation,
B. or any other purpose for an uncertain period.
C. Also, a person who has come to stay in India other than employment,
D. business or vocation, or on any other purpose for an uncertain period.
  • a)
    A, C and D
  • b)
    B only
  • c)
    All are correct
  • d)
    All are incorrect
Correct answer is option 'D'. Can you explain this answer?

Jayant Mishra answered
A is incorrect in NRIs does not; it should be NRIs do not... B is incorrect as the preposition is missing " on employment etc... is correct, but on cannot be applied to 'or on any other purpose" hence a new preposition needs to be inserted. E.g., "for any other purpose". C also misses the preposition—other than for/on employment will be correct. D is incorrect "on any other purpose"—"for any other purpose" would be correct.

The stuents were / awating for / the arrival of the chief guest / No error.
  • a)
    The students were
  • b)
    Awaiting for
  • c)
    The arrival of the chief guest
  • d)
    No error.
Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?

Alok Verma answered
The verb await itself means to wait for somebody/something. Therefore, in option B either remove "for" after awaiting or replace "awaiting" with "waiting".

Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
  • a)
    If I will have the time
  • b)
    I shall try and make it
  • c)
    to the zoo this afternoon.
  • d)
    No error.
Correct answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer?

Samiksha Joshi answered
Identifying Grammatical Errors in Sentences

Explanation:
The given sentence is:
If I will have the time I shall try and make it to the zoo this afternoon.

The correct sentence should be:
If I have the time, I shall try to make it to the zoo this afternoon.

Explanation:
The error in the given sentence is the use of "will" after "if". The correct usage is "if" + simple present tense. Hence, the word "will" should be removed from the sentence.

Moreover, the conjunction "and" should be replaced by "to" as the correct idiom is "to try to do something".

Finally, a comma should be used before the conjunction "and" to separate the two clauses of the sentence.

Therefore, option (a) is the correct answer.

If I was you, then I would not do that.
  • a)
    If I were you, I would not do that.
  • b)
    If I were you, then I would not have done that.
  • c)
    If I was you, then I would not do that.
  • d)
    If I had been you, I would not have done that.
Correct answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer?

The subjunctive mood (If I were.) - "in grammar, subjunctive mood designates the mood of a verb used to express condition, hypothesis, contingency, possibility, etc., rather than to state an actual fact: distinguished from imperative, indicative." Also, in modern English "If I was you ..." is completely incorrect. If.... then as a conjunction is best avoided, though it is not always incorrect; 'if' would suffice in most situations.

Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
  • a)
    Were you
  • b)
    given a choice
  • c)
    or you had to do it?
  • d)
    No error.
Correct answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer?

Radhika Iyer answered
Error in subject-verb agreement

Explanation:

The correct sentence should be "Were you given a choice or did you have to do it?" The verb "had" is incorrect as the sentence is in past tense and requires the past participle "given" to maintain subject-verb agreement.

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