Multiple choice

Direction: The following sentence test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.
The term moksha has been variously taken to mean self - realization, transcendental, salvation, a release from worldly involvement, from 'coming' and 'going'.

  1. self - realization, transcendental, salvation, a release from worldly involvement, from 'coming' and 'going'

  2. self-realizing, transcendental, salvation, a release from worldly involvement, from 'coming' and 'going'

  3. self-realization, transcendence, salvation, releasing from worldly involvement, from 'coming' and 'going'

  4. self-realization, transcendence, salvation, a release from worldly involvement, from 'coming' and 'going'

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

(D): The problem is of faulty parallelism. All the meanings are stated in the noun form in the (D) option.