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.

One of the main difficulty in trying to arrive at a psychological understating of states like moksha is terminological.

  1. One of the main difficulty in trying to arrive at a psychological understating of states

  2. One of the principal difficulty in arriving at a psychological understanding of states

  3. Trying to arrive at a psychological understanding of states is one of the main difficulty

  4. One of the main difficulties in trying to arrive at a psychological understanding of states

  5. In trying to arrive with a psychological understanding of states is one of the main difficulties
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D Correct answer
Explanation

(D): With the 'one of the' subject, the noun used is always plural as we are talking about one out of many. In option (E) wrong preposition 'with' is used.

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