Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the statement(s) which is/are grammatically incorrect.

  1. The youth of today is disillusioned with the current political situation.
  2. Politics is all a game hobbled by money, muscle power and connections.
  3. The boy was badly mauled by a mad dog.
  4. The leaders make esoteric promises near the elections to lure people .
  5. As I walked away hastily, a coarse threatening sound like the clarionets fell into my ears.

  1. 3

  2. 1 and 4

  3. 2 and 5

  4. 5

  5. None of these
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Correct; the sentence has the error of parallel comparison. While comparing, the things compared should be of the same kind. In the sentence, the sound should be compared with the sound of clarionets, not clarionets. So, it should be 'like that of clarionets'.

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