Direction (Qs.1-5): In the given question, a part of the sentence is given in bold. Below the sentence, three alternatives to the bold part are given which may help improve the sentence. Choose the option that reflects the correct use of the phrase in the context of the sentence. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (5), i.e., "No correction required".
Question No : 1
Even the long shadow of encroaching modernism has not dimmed the unique spiritual gifts from her rich and complex culture.
(i) unique spiritual gifts of her rich and complex culture
(ii) unique and spiritual gifts from her rich and complex culture
(iii) unique spiritual gifts from her rich and complex cultures
(1) Only (i)
(2) Only (ii)
(3) Only (iii)
(4) Both (i) and (iii)
(5) No correction required
Question No : 2
As the days passed, it became more difficult for the people trapped in the barren island to survive.
(i) it would become more
(ii) it was becoming more
(iii) it became lesser
(1) Only (i)
(2) Only (ii)
(3) Only (iii)
(4) Both (ii) and (iii)
(5) No correction required
Question No : 3
Evaporation, a process different from boiling, is a type of vaporization that occurs on the surface of a liquid hence it boils into the gaseous form before reaching its boiling point.
(i) though it transforms
(ii) as it changes
(iii) though it boils
(1) Only (i)
(2) Only (ii)
(3) Only (iii)
(4) Both (ii) and (iii)
(5) No correction required
Question No : 4
In a Galaxy already crowded with stars when our Sun formed, and where the stars were scattering their higher elements throughout the primordial hydrogen clouds, it was certainly an overt simplification to suggest the Sun was formed out of a uniform cloud containing hydrogen.
(i) it was certainly an over simplification to suggest that the Sun formed from a uniform cloud containing hydrogen
(ii) it was certainly overtly simplified to suggest the sun had been formed out of a uniform cloud which contains hydrogen
(iii) it was certainly a simplified distortion that the Sun formed from a uniform cloud containing hydrogen
(1) Only (i)
(2) Only (ii)
(3) Only (iii)
(4) Both (i) and (iii)
(5) No correction required
Question No : 5
In a Galaxy already crowded with stars when our Sun formed, and where the stars were scattering their higher elements throughout the primordial hydrogen clouds, it was certainly an overt simplification to suggest the Sun was formed out of a uniform cloud containing hydrogen.
(i) it was certainly an over simplification to suggest that the Sun formed from a uniform cloud containing hydrogen
(ii) it was certainly overtly simplified to suggest the sun had been formed out of a uniform cloud which contains hydrogen
(iii) it was certainly a simplified distortion that the Sun formed from a uniform cloud containing hydrogen
(1) Only (i)
(2) Only (ii)
(3) Only (iii)
(4) Both (i) and (iii)
(5) No correction required