-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Que. No.1- He said/ that he wanted a room/ and that his luggage would follow./No Error.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
SSC Key Answer is : (D ) No error
My Answer is
: (C ) and that his luggage would follow
Examination : The correct sentence should be
“ He said that he wanted a room and that his luggage would also follow. “
So there is error in the third part that is option (C)
So the option (C) seems to be more appropriate.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ques No 81) Can we solve this problem ?
(A)Can this problem solved ?
(B)Can this problem not be solved?
(C ) Can this problem be solved?
(D)Can this problem be solved by us ?
SSC Key Answer is : (C ) Can this problem be solved?
My Answer is : (D) Can this problem be solved by us ?
Explanation : In this case , the subject ‘We’ should be changed to the object ‘us’.
There is nothing wrong in the option (D).
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ques No 82 ) They had to scrap all the rules to accommodate a particular person.
(A)All the rules had to be scrapped to accommodate a particular person.
(B)All the rules had been scrapped to accommodate a particular person.
(C ) All the rules had to be scrapped by them to accommodate a particular person.
(D)All the rules were scrapped to accommodate a particular person.
SSC Key Answer is : (A) All the rules had to be scrapped to accommodate a particular person.
My answer is : (C ) All the rules had to be scrapped by them to accommodate a particular person .
Explanation : In this case , the subject ‘They’ should be changed to the object ‘them’.
There is nothing wrong in the option (C).
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ques No 102) Socrates had many disciples and the most great of them was Plato.
(A) the greatest
(B) greatest
(C) the greater
(D) no improvement
SSC Key Answer is : (A) the greatest
My answer is : (B) greatest
Explanation : As the underline part is only most great , it should be replaced with greatest only
,therefore the correct sentence would be “Socrates had many disciples and the most greatest of them
was Plato.
As the SSC answer key , The sentence is : Socrates had many disciples and the the most greatest of
them was Plato.
So word “The” is coming two times in the sentence .
So the option (B) seems to be more appropriate.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ques no 107) After adequate deliberations,the council can see scarcely any valid reason for its reviewing
the request.
(A) can see scarcely any valid reason for its
(B) can scarcely see any valid reason for its
(C) cannot see scarcely any valid reason for its
(D) No improvement.
SSC Key Answer is : (D) No improvement
My answer is :
(B) can scarcely see any valid reason for its .
Explanation : Because scarcely has the force of a negative, its use with another negative, as in cannot
see scarcely any valid reason for its , is regarded as incorrect. So the option (C ) is incorrect.
Here Scarcely is used as an adverb of degree and adverbs of degree tell us about the intensity or degree
of an action, an adjective or another adverb.
Adverbs of degree are usually placed before the adjective or adverb they are modifying.
So the option (B) seems to be more appropriate.
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Ques No 115) If he does not succeed this year ,he would give the examination again next year.
(A) Would be giving
(B) Will be taking
(C) Would take
(D) No improvement
SSC Key Answer is : (C ) Would take
My answer is : (B) Will be taking
Explaination : This is a conditional sentence . They are used to express that the action in the main clause
(without if) can only take place if a certain condition (in the clause with if) is fulfilled.
Option (C ) is not correct as we use ‘would’ in the main clause only if the conditional clause is stated in
past tense . like If + past form (conditional clause) + would (in main clause ) example : If I found her
address, I would send her an invitation.
Now in the question , there is simple present tense(does not succeed) in the conditional clause , so we
should use ‘Will ‘ in the main clause .
So the option (B) seems to be more appropriate.
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Que. No.171) –What are the subtler forms of torure at higher level,used progressively.?
(A)Getting admission into colleges is a torture.
(B)Getting into colleges,getting textbooks and facing exams.
(C) Putting away the obsolete weapons like cannes
(D) using examination as a means of torture.
SSC Key Answer is : (A) Getting admission into colleges is a torture.
My answer is
: (B) Getting into colleges,getting textbooks and facing exams.
Explanation : Here are few lines of passage- “
……… at higher levels of education, torments to a young soul are devised in subtler forms progressively;
admissions, textbooks and examinations are the triple weapons in the hands of an educator today.”
It is clearly mentioned in the last line of passage that there are three weapons in the hands of educator
today . So the option (B) seems to be more appropriate as in option (A) , only one weapon , getting into
colleges is mentioned.
So the option (B) seems to be more appropriate.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ques No 185) A carrion bird is a bird
(A)which eats only grain
(B)of prey
(C) which eats human flesh
(D) which eats dead bodies
SSC Key Answer is : (D) which eats dead bodies
My answer is
: (C) which eats human flesh
Explaination : Here are few lines of passage- “ in the second paragraph …..
Antigone was distraught .Polynices had been left unburried,unwept,a feast of flesh for keen eyed carrion
birds . -------------------As it clearly mentioned in the second paragraph , as highlighted above , a feast of flesh means, A meal of
flesh .
Therefore the answer (C) seems to be more appropriate.
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