Directions: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is given in bold. Improve the emboldened part using the given alternatives. In case no replacement is required, mark (E) as your answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1) While third grade reading proficiency is important as an indicator of a student\u2019s later academic success, there is much research pointing toward social promotion of a student onto the next grade level despite of lack of proficiency as being preferable to retention.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A. In spite lack of proficiency as being preferable to retention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n B. In spite of a lack of proficiency as being preferable for retention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n C. Despite lack of proficiency as being preferable than retention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n D. despite lack of proficiency as being preferable to retention.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n E. No Improvement<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sol:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2018despite\u2019 is not followed by \u2018of\u2019 and \u2018in spite\u2019 is<\/p>\n\n\n\n always followed by \u2018of\u2019. Thus, the emboldened<\/p>\n\n\n\n part and option A get eliminated. Options B and<\/p>\n\n\n\n C get eliminated as they use the wrong<\/p>\n\n\n\n preposition with the word \u2018preferable\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2018Preferable\u2019 takes the preposition \u2018to\u2019 with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Therefore, option D is the correct answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2) When Lenin returned to the country after the February Revolution, he took immediate actions to gain the peasantry\u2019s allegiance, knowing that their support offered either a critical asset and a potentially detrimental liability.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A. its support offered either a critical asset or a potentially detrimental liability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n B. his support offered either a critical asset or a potentially detrimental liability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n C. their support offered either a critical asset or a potentially detrimental liability.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n D. their support offered either a critical asset nor a potentially detrimental liability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n E. No Improvement<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sol:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The word \u2018peasantry\u2019 is a plural noun which means \u2018small holders and agricultural labourers of low social status\u2019. It is followed by a plural pronoun \u2018their\u2019. And the correct structure to be followed is \u2018either\u2026..or\u2019. Thus, all the statements get eliminated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Therefore, option C is the correct answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3) Personal health technologies used by an individual that generate data from that individual\u2014 offer an unprecedented opportunity to completely alter<\/strong> how we currently detect and manage infectious diseases at an individual as well as population level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A. offers an unprecedented opportunity to complete alter<\/p>\n\n\n\n B. offer an unprecedented opportunity to completely altar<\/p>\n\n\n\n C. offers an unprecedented opportunity to completely alter<\/p>\n\n\n\n D. offer an unprecedented opportunity to complete alter<\/p>\n\n\n\n E. No Improvement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sol:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The subject in the given sentence is \u2018Personal<\/p>\n\n\n\n health technologies\u2019 i.e. \u2018plural\u2019. So, it should be<\/p>\n\n\n\n followed by a plural verb \u2018offer\u2019. Thus, options A<\/p>\n\n\n\n and C get eliminated. Option B gets eliminated<\/p>\n\n\n\n as the word \u2018altar\u2019 is a noun which is a ritual<\/p>\n\n\n\n performing table. In the sentence the adverb<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2018completely\u2019 should be followed by the verb<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2018alter\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Therefore, option E is the correct answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4) As India moves through demographic transition, with low fertility rates and from increase life spans,<\/strong> the economic conditions and fundamental social structures like family dynamics have started to show dramatic changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A. with lowering fertility rates and increased life spans<\/p>\n\n\n\n B. with lowering fertility rates and increasing life spans<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n C. with lower fertility rates and increase life spans<\/p>\n\n\n\n D. with lowered fertility rates and increasing life spans<\/p>\n\n\n\n E. 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